Mccurdy Us History Terms Ch. 25-27

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In 1968, the Republicans chose this former Vice President as their candidate for President.

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Richard Nixon

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As national security adviser and Secretary of State, HE played a major role in shaping Nixon's foreign policy.

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Henry Kissinger

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Group of nations that sets oil prices and production levels. (mostly Arab nations)

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OPEC

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Because the U.S. backed Israel in its 1973 war with Egypt and Syria, OPEC imposed and embargo on the shipping of ______.

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Oil to the U.S.

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In 1973 it resulted in higher inflation and a recession in the U.S.

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OPEC's Oil embargo

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Included easing guidelines for desegregation and an attempt by the Justice Department to prevent the extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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Nixon's "southern strategy"

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First two people to walk on the moon on July 20, 1969.

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Neil Armstrong & "Buzz" Aldrin

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Bringing about détente with the Soviet Union and China was perhaps HIS greatest accomplishment in foreign affairs.

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President Nixon

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Relaxation of tensions between the U.S. and the USSR in the 1970s.

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détente

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Nixon wanted to use America's friendship with China to help in negotiations with the _________.

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Soviet Union

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Proved that the superpowers could reach agreements relating to nuclear arms control.

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SALT I Treaty

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Froze the number of missiles the U.S. & USSR could produce.

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SALT I Treaty

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Documents handed over to the New York Times by Daniel Ellsberg, which revealed that Presidents from Truman to Johnson had deceived Congress and the American people about the real situation in Vietnam.

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Pentagon Papers

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A group formed with Nixon's approval to stop government leaks.

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Plumbers

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The Plumbers and the Committee to Reelect the President were formed to ensure the overwhelming victory for ______.

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Nixon in 1972

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Because the Committee to Reelect the President wanted to wiretap the Democratic National Committee they had people break-in to the ____.

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Watergate Hotel

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Were caught attempting to wiretap Democrats' phones.

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Watergate burglars

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The trials and sentencing of the Watergate burglars led to testimony to a Senate committee about _____.

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White House involvement

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As a result of the Watergate scandal Richard Nixon __________.

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resigned

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President Ford's most controversial act as President.

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pardoning Nixon

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President Ford faced an economy experiencing both rising unemployment and rising inflation.

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stagflation

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Law limiting when a President can get involved in foreign conflicts without a formal declaration of war.

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War Powers Act

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In 1975, when Ford asked for military aid to try to save South Vietnam, Congress used the _____.

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War Powers Act to say no

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Was chosen by the democrats as their presidential candidate in 1976.

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Jimmy Carter

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The basic issue of the 1976 presidential campaign was ____.

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trust

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He assumed the role of peacemaker to negotiate the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt.

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Jimmy Carter

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The hostage crisis in Iran helped Ronald Reagan to _____.

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defeat Jimmy Carter in 1980

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Criticized both the New Deal and the Great Society for having expanded the size of the federal government.

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Conservatives

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Rock music, affirmative action, and the women's movement all troubled ___.

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Conservatives

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Coalition of conservative groups in the 1980s.

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New Right

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Political organization that wanted to restore Christian values to the society.

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Moral Majority

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The election of 1980 was especially significant because it demonstrated that conservatives controlled the _______.

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nation's agenda

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According to this theory, a cut in taxes would make the economy grow faster by putting more money into the hands of businesses.

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supply-side economics

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Cutting taxes and cutting government regulations were two major elements of HIS economic plan.

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Ronald Reagan

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President Reagan's economic program was based on the theory of ______.

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supply-side economics

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Reagan believed government regulations needed to be reduced because they ______.

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stifled competition

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Under Reagan, programs created by Lyndon Johnson's Great Society were ______.

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cut back

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A plan by both Nixon and Reagan to redistribute power from the federal government to the states and local government.

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New Federalism

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Plan to build a massive satellite shield to protect the U.S. from incoming missiles.

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Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)

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Reagan ordered a huge military build up to defend America's interest in the ____.

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Cold War

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In 1981, THIS highly threatening disease of the immune system was discovered.

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AIDS

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First female Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Sandra Day O'Connor

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In the area of civil rights, President Reagan worked to end some __________.

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affirmative action programs

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Critics charged that President Reagan's conservative policies led to a larger gap between the _____.

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rich and the poor

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During the 1980s the gap between America's rich and poor ____.

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widened considerably

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Secret operation to arm rebels in Nicaragua.

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Iran-Contra affair

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In Nicaragua Reagan wanted to overthrow the ____.

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Marxist government

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Nicaraguan anti-communist guerrilla fighters.

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Contras

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It caused the most serious criticism that the Reagan administration ever faced.

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Iran-Contra affair

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1987 agreement calling for the destruction of 2,500 Soviet and U.S. missiles in Europe.

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INF Treaty (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty)

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During HIS second term, U.S. relations with the Soviet Union improved.

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Ronald Reagan

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Reform leader of the Soviet Union with which Reagan developed a close relationship.

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Mikhail Gorbachev

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Gorbachev's new policy of "political openness."

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glasnost

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Gorbachev's new policy to restructure the Soviet economy and allow limited free enterprise.

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Perestroika

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Soviet policies that helped end the Cold War by helping cause the fall of Communist regimes in Eastern Europe.

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perestroika and glasnost

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Gorbachev's policies of perestroika and glasnost resulted in better relations with the _____.

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United States

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Improved relations with the Soviet Union resulting from Gorbachev's policies led to arms _______.

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reduction talks

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During the campaign for President in 1988, George Bush promised that he would not ______.

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raise taxes

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George H.W. Bush won the presidency partially by attacking THIS PERSON'S record on crime.

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Michael Dukakis

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In the late 1980s, a series of anti-Communist revolts broke out in ___.

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Eastern Europe

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The end of the Cold War was signaled by the signing of ________.

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arms-control treaties between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.

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Called for dramatic cuts in American and Soviet supplies of long-range nuclear weapons.

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Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START)

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When the Soviet Union collapsed, the U.S. promoted a move toward Western-style democracy in the ___________.

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former Soviet states

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Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait began the ____.

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Persian Gulf War

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A major reason that President George Bush responded forcefully to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait was that he wanted to protect the ______.

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flow of oil to the West

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Conflict in which Iraq was driven out of Kuwait by U.N. forces.

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Persian Gulf War

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In the early 1990s, unemployment rose when companies engaged in laying off workers to cut costs.

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downsizing

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To deal with the recession of the early 1990s he agreed to raise taxes as part of a deficit-reduction plan. (contrary to his earlier promise)

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President George H.W. Bush

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Won the presidency in 1992 with 43% of the popular vote.

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Bill Clinton

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A successful businessman, who ran as a third-party candidate for President in both 1992 & 1996.

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Ross Perot

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Dominant issue in the presidential campaign of 1992.

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the economy

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President Clinton wanted to reform the healthcare system because millions of Americans did not have _____.

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health insurance

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President Clinton's first budget aimed to reduce the deficit by ______.

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spending cuts & tax increases

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For the first time in 40 years, Republicans won a majority in both houses of Congress, in the ____.

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1994 congressional elections

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Republican pledge to limit the role of the federal government, cut regulations and taxes, and balance the budget.

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Contract with America

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Former Senate Majority Leader who ran for President in 1996.

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Bob Dole

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The reason given by the House of Representatives for impeaching President Clinton was that he had _______.

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lied under oath

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To charge government official with wrongdoing.

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impeach

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President Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives but he was not _______.

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convicted by the Senate

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The confusion over ballot reports from this state led to controversy in the Presidential election of 2000.

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Florida

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Confusion over the ballot reports in Florida, during the election of 2000, led to the final decision about the recount being made by the ______.

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Supreme Court

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Won the Presidential election of 2000 after the Supreme Court decided he should get Florida's electoral vote.

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George W. Bush

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Democratic candidate for President, in 2000, who won the largest percentage of the popular vote but lost in the electoral college.

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Al Gore

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Most of George W. Bush's support in the 2000 election came from what sections of the country?

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the South and the Midwest

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Systematic separation of people of different racial backgrounds.

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apartheid

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The U.S. imposed economic sanctions on South Africa to protest its policy of _____.

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apartheid

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Imprisoned in South Africa for 27 years, HE became that country's president after apartheid.

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Nelson Mandela

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The U.S. sent billions of dollars in aid to Russia for the use in creating a __________.

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free market economy

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The breakup of THIS former Communist country, in the early 1990s, brought the worst violence in Europe since World War II.

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Yugoslavia

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Yasir Arafat of the PLO and Yitzhak Rabin of Israel signed a historic peace agreement in ______. (year)

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1993

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American foreign policy in the post-Cold War era had to contend with violent turmoil in _____. (3 places)

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the Balkans, Africa, and the Middle East

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On September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked planes and flew them into the _____.

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World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon

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Because ITS government, run by the Taliban, had supported Al Qaeda, in 2001 the U.S. attacked _____.

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Afghanistan

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Starting in 1965, U.S. immigration policy contributed to the nation's increasing ______.

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diversity

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In the 1990s, most immigrants to the U.S. came from ___.

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Asia and Latin America

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American immigration policy as of 1990 has been characterized by ______.

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easier admissions

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A policy that gives special consideration to women and members of minority groups to make up for past discrimination.

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Affirmative action

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What was the main issue in the debate over affirmative action?

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fairness

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Fastest growing age group in the U.S., in the 1990s is the people over 65.

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"the graying of America"

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The greatest threat to Social Security and Medicare during, and since, the 1990s was the rapidly growing number of Americans over ______.

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65 years of age

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Older Americans pushed for a prohibition against forced _______.

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retirement at a given age

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The growth of industries that use computer technology has increased the demand for _____.

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educated workers

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The internet has increased the demand for what type of services?

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internet and technology

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In the 1990s there was a continuing growth of global ___.

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trade

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Pact called for the removal of trade restrictions between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Created a free trade zone in North America.

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North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

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Businesses that operates in more than one country.

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Multinational corporations