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54 Cards in this Set
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Deregulation
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The cut of regulations and rules on businesses from government agencies
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Federal debt
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The money owed by the government
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Glasnost
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The opening of Soviet society to ideas
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Perestroika
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The policy, which encouraged Soviets to even greater changes
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Coup
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An overthrow of the government
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Bankruptcy
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The selling of everything to raise money
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Grassroots
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A movement where people bring up a representative at the local level
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Budget deficit
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The amount where the spending exceeds the revenue
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Line-item Veto
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Allowed the president to cancel any individual items within a spending bill.
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Gross domestic product
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The total amount of services and goods sold in a nation in a year.
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Impeach
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A formal accusation of wrong doing against a public official.
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Incumbent
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Current officeholders
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Internet
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A world-wide linking of computer networks to communicate around the world
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Ozone
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A layer of atmosphere which protects life from harmful cancer-causing rays
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Global warming
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The steady increase of the world’s temperatures
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terrorism
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the use of violence by groups against civilians to achieve a political goal
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counter-terrorism
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military and political activities intended to combat terrorism
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Sunbelt
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southwest and south region
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Sandra Day O’Connor
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the first woman ever appointed to the supreme court
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Supply side economics
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a plan that proposed to stimulate the economy by increasing the supply of goods and services
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Gramm-Rudman-Hollings acts
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the act set a series of targets for eliminating the federal budget deficit
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SDI
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the strategic defense initiative nicknamed star wars would provide a defensive shield against enemy missiles. Scientists were unable to develop the technology for the SDI.
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Sandinistas
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communist rebels in Nicaragua
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Contras
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a group battling the Sandinistas
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Iran contra scandal
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Terrorists held U.S. citizens hostages in Lebanon
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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Leader of the Soviet Union
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INF treaty
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Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces. The treaty aimed to reduce the number of nuclear missiles in each superpower’s arsenal
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START treaty
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Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
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Solidarity
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where shipyard workers had won the right to form an independent labor union
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Boris Yeltsin
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president of the Russian Republic
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Manuel Noriega
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former Panamanian general
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Envoy
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diplomatic representative
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Saddam Hussein
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Iraq’s dictator
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Tiananmen Square
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the center of Beijing
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Kuwait
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a small neighboring country rich in oil
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Operation desert shield
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a operation that was aimed to prevent an invasion of Saudi Arabia
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Deficit spending
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spending more money than funds cover
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Perjury
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lying under oath
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Fiscal year
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a 12 month planning period
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Budget surplus
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the amount of money after all expenditures
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Ethnic cleansing
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forcibly removing or killing members
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Slobodan Milosevic
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Serbian leader
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Domestic terrorism
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someone attacks people in their own countries
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International terrorism
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someone attacks people internationally
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Osama Bin Laden
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the prime suspect for the falling of the twin towers
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Muslim
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someone who believes in and practices the religion of Islam
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Fundamentalists
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they believe that any action is justified to drive American influence out of the Arab world
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Afghanistan
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Southwest Asia
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Al-Queda
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“the base”
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Taliban
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Muslim fundamentalists
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USS Cole
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an American warship
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Anthrax
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An animal disease that has lasted forever
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USA patriot act of 2001
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gave federal prosecutors and FBI agents new powers to investigate those who plot or carry out acts of terrorism
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Kabul
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Capital of Afghanistan
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