unit 13 he defeated bill clinton bush nd monica lewinsky
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Unit 13
Bill Clinton
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BILL GATES
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He defeated George H
Bush. to become the 42nd
POTUS. An extremely
popular president who
improved the economy
but his tenure was stained
with the Monica
Lewinsky Scandal, when
he was unsuccessfully
impeached.
431 William Henry "Bill"
Gates III (born October 28,
1955) is a Computer
Programmer and inventor
who is one of the best-
known entrepreneurs of the
personal computer
revolution. Founder of
MICROSOFT
432
World Trade Organization
Members
Members, dually represented by the EU
Observers
433
NAFTA
432
The World Trade
Organization (WTO) is an
organization that intends to set
trade policies and mediate
disputes among members. WTO
has spurred the growth of
American goods on a global
level.
433 . The North American Free Trade
Agreement is an agreement signed
by Canada, Mexico, and the United
States, creating a trilateral rules-
based trade bloc in North America.
The agreement came into force on
January 1, 1994. NAFTA lowered or
eliminated tariffs. It was signed by
President Clinton in 1993. NAFTA
has allowed many companies to
move overseas
434
INTERNET
435
EUROPEAN UNION [EU]
434 The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to link several billion devices worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks, of local to global scope, that are linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless, and optical
networking technologies. The Internet carries an extensive range of information resources and services
435
In 1992, twelve countries in
Western Europe formed to
advance economic integration,
laws and foreign policy. In 1999
they adopted a shared currency
called the EURO. It currently
has 22 countries as members
436
Contract with America
437 The Balkan Crisis
436
1994 Republicans led by
Newt Gingrich devised a
10 point plan that
promised to balance the
budget, create jobs and
reform the welfare program.
437 In 1994 the US brokered peace between Croatian forces and Bosnia. The Croatian Army and the combined Bosnian and Croat forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina, conducted an operation code named Operation Maestral to push back Bosnian Serb military gains. Together with NATO air strikes on the Bosnian Serbs, the successes on the ground put pressure on the Serbs to come to the negotiating table.
438 George W. Bush
439
Ralph Nader
438
He grew up in Midland, TX &
was Governor from 1994-2000
when he was elected the 43rd
President. Sept. 11, 2001
prompted U. S. actions to
liberate Iraq & invade
Afghanistan to attack the
Taliban & al Qaida. He was
criticized for a lack of response
to Hurricane Katrina.
439 He is an American political activist,
as well as an attorney. Nader ran in
the 2000 election as candidate of the
Green Party, which had been
formed in the wake of his 1996
campaign. A common claim is that
Nader's candidacy acted as a spoiler
in the 2000 U.S. presidential
election, in which 537 votes gave
George W. Bush a crucial and
controversial victory in Florida
440 Hurricane Katrina
441
AL QAEDA
440 Is one of the five deadliest
hurricanes, in the history of the
United States. The hurricane surge
protection failures in New Orleans
are considered the worst civil
engineering disaster in U.S. history
and prompted a lawsuit against the
U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers(USACE). President
George W. Bush as well as FEMA
were criticized in their handling of
the Katrina aftermath. It was made
worse due to New Orleans being
under sea level and surrounded by
water
441
Is a global militant Islamist and
takfiri organization founded by
Osama bin Laden, at some point
between August 1986 and late 1989.
Al-Qaeda has attacked civilian and
military targets in various countries,
including the September 11. 2001
attacks. The U.S. government
responded to the September 11
attacks by launching the War on
Terror.
442
TALIBAN
443
NeoConservatives
442 Is an Islamic fundamentalist
political movement in
Afghanistan. It spread
throughout Afghanistan and
formed a government, ruling as
the Islamic Emirate of
Afghanistan from September
1996 until December 2001.It
enforces its strict interpretation
of Sharia law,
443
Favor using U.S.
military power to
confront hostile
dictators and to
promote democracy
around the world
444 WAR ON TERROR
445
9/11
444
Prompted by the 9/11
attacks the U.S.
declared a war on
terrorism. It invaded
Afghanistan to oust
the Taliban regime,
it then moved to Iraq
and overthrew
Saddam Hussein
445
September 11th 2001 two
airplanes flown by Al
Quaeda terrorists struck
the world trade center in
NYC. They also crashed
into the Pentagon
446
Barak Hussein Obama II
447
No Child Left
Behind
446
Currently our 44th
President, he is the first
African-American to
attain the office when he
was popularly elected in
2008. He graduated
Columbia University and
Harvard Law School and
won the 2009 Nobel Prize
for Peace.
447 The government's flagship aid program for
disadvantaged students. NCLB supports
standards-based education reform based on
the premise that setting high standards and
establishing measurable goals can improve
individual outcomes in education. Proposed
by George W. Bush and passed in 2001.
The Act requires states to develop
assessments in basic skills. To receive
federal school funding, States must give
these assessments to all students at select
grade levels.
448
Patriot Act
449 America Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of
2009
448 October 26, 2001
authorization of indefinite
detentions of immigrants; the
permission given law
enforcement officers to search a
home or business without the
owner’s or the occupant’s
consent or knowledge; the
expanded use of National
Security Letters, which allows
the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) to search
telephone, e-mail, and financial
records without a court order
449 Commonly referred to as the Stimulus or
The Recovery Act to respond to the Great
Recession, the primary objective for
ARRA was to save and create jobs almost
immediately. Secondary objectives were to
provide temporary relief programs for
those most impacted by the recession and
invest in infrastructure, education, health,
and renewable energy. The approximate
cost of the economic stimulus package
was estimated to be $787 billion Recovery
Act.
450
Patient Protection
and Affordable Care
Act
451
2000 Election
450 Called the Affordable Care Act
(ACA) or "Obamacare”. The
ACA was enacted with the goals
of increasing the quality and
affordability of health insurance,
lowering the uninsured rate by
expanding public and private
insurance coverage, and
reducing the costs of healthcare
for individuals and the
government.
451 It was controversial presidential
election between George W. Bush
[republican] and Al Gore
[democrat]. Election results hinged
on Florida,Where the margin of
victory triggered a mandatory
recount. Litigation in select counties
started additional recounts, and this
litigation ultimately reached the
United States Supreme Court. The
S.C. ruled in favor of Bush
452
Steve Jobs
453
George H.W. Bush
452 He was the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc. After a power struggle with the board of directors in 1985, Jobs left Apple and founded NEXT, a computer platform development company. As the new CEO of the company, Jobs oversaw the development of the iMac, iTunes, iPod, iPhone, and iPad, and on the services side, the company's Apple Retail Stores, iTunes Store and the App Store
453
An American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993. He joined the US. Navy and became a naval aviator at the age of 18. Former CIA Director and V.P under Reagan
454
GULF WAR
455
Benghazi
454
Codenamed Operation Desert Shield for operations
leading to the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi
Arabia and Operation Desert Storm was a war
waged by coalition forces from 34 nations led by
the United States against Iraq in response to
Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.
455 On the evening of September 11,
2012, Islamic militants attacked the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, killing two
American Ambassadors marking the first time since 1979 a U.S.
Ambassador was killed in the line of duty. In the aftermath of the
attack, State Department officials were criticized for denying requests for
additional security at the consulate prior to the attack. As Secretary of
State, Hillary Clinton subsequently took responsibility for the security lapse
456
457
Fannie Mae
Freddy Mac
Housing Bubble
456
Is an online social networking service
headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Its website was launched on February 4, 2004, by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow Harvard University students
457 loan originators backed by Wall Street capital began operating beyond the Fannie and Freddie system that had been working for decades by peddling large quantities of high-risk subprime mortgages with terms and features that drastically increased the chance of default. From 2008 to 2012, Fannie and Freddie would lose a combined $265 billion, The Bush administration in September 2008 responded by placing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into government conservatorship, where they remain today
458
459
Panama Invasion
458
Twitter is an online social networking service that enables users to send and read short 140-character messages called "tweets" As of December 2014, Twitter has more than 500 million users, The venerable US institution is assembling all of the 400 million tweets sent by Americans each day, in the belief that each of the mini-messages reflect a small but important part of the national narrative.
459 “Operation Just Cause”, was the invasion of Panama by the United
States in December 1989. It occurred during the administration of U.S.
President George H. W. Bush, In 1978 the U.S. agreed to turn over the Panama Canal to the country of
Panama. The U.S. wanted to make sure the Government was stable before the transition occurred. The overthrow of Manuel Noriega happened due to
drug trafficking. Panama had become a center for drug money laundering and a
transit point for drug trafficking to the U.S. and Europe. Noriega was sentenced to 40 years in prison
460
Tiananmen Square
Massacre
461
Ross Perot
460
A student led popular demonstration for freedom of speech in Beijing which took place in the spring of 1989. It received broad support from city residents, exposing deep splits within China's political leadership. The protests were forcibly suppressed by hard-line leaders who ordered the military to enforce martial law in the country's capital. Soldiers killed hundreds of protesters.
461 An American businessman best known
for being an independent 3rd party candidate presidential candidate
in 1992
462
Service Sector/
Downsized
463 NASDAQ
462
Service Sector = provides a
service, not an actual product that could be held in your hand. Activities in the service sector include retail, banks, hotels, real estate, education, health, social work, computer services,
Downsized = to reduce the number of workers on staff to cut costs and increase profits
463 It is an American stock exchange. It is
the second-largest exchange in the U.S. and world by market
capitalization and trading volume.
464
GATT
464
It is a multilateral agreement regulating international trade. Its purpose was the "substantial reduction of tariffs and other trade barriers and the elimination of preferences, on a reciprocal and mutually advantageous basis”. The U.S. signed up in 1994, the GATT also set up the WTO [World trade Organization]
465
Information
Superhighway
466 Telecommunications
Act of 1996
465 President Clinton appointed V.P Al Gore to
push for an information superhighway, which will link everyone at home or office to everything else—movies and television shows, shopping services, electronic mail and huge collections of data.
466
The law allowed
telephone and cable
companies to enter
each others’
industries. This
increased mergers and
cut the number of
competing countries
467
Gentrification
468
Proposition 187
467
The rehabilitation of old
neighborhoods in which
middle class people
move into an area and
lower income people
move out due to rising
house costs.
468
A California law which
cut Education and non
emergency health
benefits to illegal
immigrants. It was
ruled unconstitutional
in 1998
469
Osama bin Laden
470
Axis of Evil
469
He was the founder of al-Qaeda, the
militant organization that claimed responsibility for the September 11
attacks on the United States, On May 2, 2011, bin Laden was shot and killed inside a private residential
compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, by SOCS Robert O'Neill
470 The term given to countries Iraq, Iran
and North Korea in George W.
Bush’s State of the Union address in
2002. These nations had been known
to sponsor terrorism and were
suspected of developing weapons of
mass destruction.
471 Kelo v City of New London
472
EARMARKS
471 The 5th amendment states the Government
can’t take property without just or equal
compensation to owners. In 2000 the city
of New London seized property and gave
the land to a corporation to have it
redeveloped as part of the city’s
rejuvenation project. In 2005 the S.C. ruled
5-4 in favor of the City of New London
citing the phrase “public use” to have a
broad meaning
472 SPECIFICATIONS ADDED
BY BOTH REPUBLICAN
AND DEMOCRATS FOR THE
EXPENDITURE OF
FEDERAL MONEY FOR
CERTAIN PROJECTS
473
OCCUPY WALL
STREET
474
TEA PARTY
473 Is the name given to a
protest movement that began on September 17, 2011, in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City's Wall Street
financial district, The main issues raised by Occupy Wall Street
were social and economic inequality, greed, corruption and the perceived undue influence of corporations on
government—particularly from the financial services sector. The OWS
slogan, "We are the 99%", refers to income inequality and wealth
distribution in the U.S. between the wealthiest 1% and the rest of the
population
474 Is an American political movement known for its conservative positions and its role in the Republican Party ("GOP"). It demands a reduction in the U.S. national debt and federal budget deficit by reducing government spending and taxes The movement opposes government sponsored programs such as universal healthcare and has been described as a mix of libertarian populist and conservative activists.
475
The ARAB Spring
475 It was a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests (both non-violent and violent), riots, and civil wars in the Arab world that began on 18 December 2010By January 2015, rulers had been forced from power in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen; civil uprisings had erupted in Bahrain and Syria; Minor protests had occurred in Mauritania, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Djibouti, Western Sahara, and Palestine.