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- Air bombing campaign
- Bombing occurred when the US entered the Vietnam War
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| - Various alternatives to mainstream values and behaviors that became popular in the 1960's, including experiments with psychedelic drugs, communal living, a return to the land, Asian religions, and experimental art. |
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- June 28, 1969
- Police raided a gay bar and the patrons fought back
- June 27th, 1969 |
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| - Philosophy emerging after 1965 that real economic and political gains for African-Americans could come only through self-help, self-determination, and organizing for direct political influence. |
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- Religious movement among black Americans that emphasizes self-sufficiency, self-help, and separation from white society.
- Dr. Yacuh created the white race and it was evil
- They were not traditional Muslims |
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- Political and social movement among Americans, founded in Oakland, California, in 1966 and emphasizing black economic and political power.
- Used guns and fire arms for protection
- They were ok with violent protests and demonstrations |
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- Was technically a cease fire for the Vietnam holiday
- North Vietnam conducted a sneak attack on this day |
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| - Decided in 1973 to impose an oil embargo on the United States as punishment for American support of Israel |
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| - A complex scandal involving attempts to cover up illegal actions taken by administration officials and leading to the resignation of president Richard Nixon in 1974. |
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| - Agreement to reduce points of conflict between Israel and Egypt in 1977 with the help of Jimmy Carter |
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- 60 US hostages were taken from the US embassy in the capital of Iran
- They were only freed in 1980 after negotiations between the US and Iran |
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| - Supported Reagan's "Government is not the solution to our problems; government is the problem." |
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| Economic Recovery and Tax Act (ERTA) |
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| - A major revision of the federal income tax system |
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| - Mixture of Trickle-down economics and supply-side economics |
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- Reduction or removal of government regulations and encouragement of direct competition in many important industries and economic sectors.
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- The assumption that Soviet-influenced governments in Asia, Africa, and Latin America needed to
be eliminated if the United States
was to win the Cold War.
- Made it clear that it was the right of the States that were fighting against Communists. |
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| - Reagan Administration's secret efforts to sell weapons to Iran in return for Iranian help in securing the release of Americans held hostage. |
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- Mikhail Girbachev
- His encouragement of new ideas and political repression in the Soviet-union. |
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| Intermediate Nuclear Force Agreement |
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- Disarmament agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union under which and entire class of missals would be removed and destroyed and on-site inspections would be permitted for verification
- First step in nuclear disarmament |
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| - Code name for the successful offensive against Iraq by the United States and its allies in the Persian Gulf War in 1991. |
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- War between Iraq and a U.S.-led coalition that followed Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and resulted in the expulsion of Iraqi forces from that country.
- 1991 |
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| - U.S. Supreme Court decision in 1973 that disallowed state laws prohibiting abortion during the first three months of pregnancy and established guidelines for abortion in the second and third trimesters. |
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- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
- Epidemic emerged within gay communities around the 1980's |
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- Civil War in 1995
- Used to be part of the Yugoslavia
- Christian Serbs were engaged in a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Bosnian Muslims of the regions.
- Violent wide spread massacres
- Deportation of Muslims |
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- Advocate of or participant in the effort to reshape the Democratic Party in the 1990's around a policy emphasizing economic growth and competitiveness in the world economy.
- Wanted to lessen economic disparity
- Wanted to build up the middle class
- Wanted to build up economic strength internationally
- Make the federal government more efficient and less costly
- Increased taxes on the wealthiest 1.2% of Americans |
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| - Refusal of Congress to authorize interim spending and forced the federal government to shut down for 3 weeks |
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| - Arkansas real estate development in which Bill and Hilary Clinton were investors; several fraud convictions resulted from investigations into... but evidence was not found that the Clinton's were involved in wrongdoing. |
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| - Wide-spread use grew during the 1990s |
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| North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) |
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| - Agreement reached in 1993 by Canada, Mexico, and the United States to substantially reduce barriers to trade. |
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| World Trade Organization (WTO) |
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| - Internation organization that sets standards and practices for global trade, and the focus of international protests over world economic policy in the late 1990's. |
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- September 11th, 2001
- World trade centers were attacked
- 4 planes were hijacked ,by a terrorist group named Al-Quida, and flown into US Buildings
- 2 planes went into each of the World Trade Centers, 1 Went into the Pentagon, and the other one was taken over by the passengers, and it never made it to its destination. |
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| - Federal legislation adopted in 2001, in response to the terrorist attacks of 9/11, intended to facilitate anti terror actions by federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies. |
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- "War on Terror"
- Still unsure of the real reason for invading Iraq?
- American took Saddam Hussein out of power. |
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| Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) |
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- Federal program in 2008 to purchase or guarantee shaky bank assets to protect the economy from widespread bank failures.
- Bad for the economy |
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- Leading black Muslim of the Black Power movement
- Was assassinated |
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- Elected in 1968
- Brought the Vietnam war to an end
- Suspended the draft
- Opened trade relations with Communist China in 1971
- His income tax cut made inflation worse
- Watergate Scandal
- Resigned from his presidency |
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- Elected in 1976
- Didn’t know what he was getting himself into
- Iranian Hostage Crisis happened during his presidency |
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- Elected president in 1980, serving two terms
- Continued the policy of bringing down Communism all over the world
- "Government is not the solution to our problems; government is the problem."
- Economic and Recovery Tax Act
- Deregulation
- Saving and Loan Crisis 1990
- War on Drugs
- Iran-Contra Affair
- Intermediate Nuclear Force Agreement |
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| - Leader of the Soviet Communist party in 1985 |
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- Elected president in 1988 to 1992
- Taking Down the Berlin Wall
- 1990-Operation Desert Storm |
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- Dictator of Iraq
- Captured by the US in December 2003, and was tried and executed by the Iraqi people 3 years later |
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- Elected president in 1992, server two terms.
- US becomes a “Global Peace Keeper”
- Believed in Neo-liberalism
- Was not successful in Health Care reform
- Whitewater Scandal
- Monica Lewinsky Scandal
• Committed perjury under oath
- Economy flourished during his presidency |
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- Far right Republican who disliked Clinton and his wife
- Member of the House
- Resigned as Speaker of the House after trying to impeach Clinton |
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- Elected president in 2000, served two terms.
- Re-instituted “Reaganomics” but took it a step further
- Massive tax cuts
- Economy went downhill
- 9/11
- War on Terror-Taliban
- PATRIOT act
- The Department of Homeland Security was established
- Director of the Intelligence Organizations was created
- Bush Doctrine
- Hurricane Katrina
- Economy crashed in 2008, “Great Recession” |
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- Terrorist Leader
- named as the mastermind of the World Trade Center attacks |
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- Democratic nomination in 2008, elected president
- 1st African American President
- Gets a lot done in his 1st 100 days in office
- Very concerned with health care, but there are bigger issues.
- Very slow economic recovery starts |
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- Mikhail Girbachev
- His efforts to make the Soviet economic and political systems more modern, flexible, and innovative. |
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| Ethnic Independence movement |
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