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this had authorized the President to "take all necessary action to protect American interests" in the region. |
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| The President must report the movement of troops to Congress within the 48 hours |
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| in 1975 to halt violations of human rights in nations such as Cuba, South Africa, Uganda, and the U.S.S.R |
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| a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa |
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| this was caused by the human immune deficiency virus, or HIV, which destroys the body's immune system |
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A. Al Gore vs George Bush JR. B. Flordia needs to be recounted C. Gore wins popular vote,but loses the electoral vote D. this was the first time the Supreme Court intervened in an election |
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| the Kent State staged their own demostrations in support of Nixon |
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| the policy declared by President Nixon in 1969 that the U.S. would supply arms but not military forces to its allies in Asia and elsewhere. |
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| a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt issuing from talks at Camp David between Egyptian President Sadat, Israeli Prime Minister Begin, and the host, U.S. President Carter: signed in 1979. |
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| South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994 (born in 1918) |
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| ratified in 1967, set up procedures for choosing a new President or Vice-President in case of resignation, disability, or death |
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| vice president under Eisenhower and 37th President of the United States; resigned after the Watergate scandal in 1974 (1913-1994) |
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| a political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice; led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974 |
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| A general preference for the existing order of society, and an opposition to efforts to bring about sharp change. |
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A popular name, taken from the title of a film, for the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) of President Ronald Reagan. “Star Wars” involves the development by the United States of a defense in outer space against intercontinental ballistic missiles. |
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| an agreement for free trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico; became effective in 1994 for ten years. Also known as the North American Free Trade Agreement |
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| a plan, announced in 1969, to turn over the control of some federal programs to state and local governments and institute block grants, revenue sharing, etc. |
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| Daniel Ellsberg, gave copies of the study in 1971 to the New York Times and Washington Post. The Supreme Court upheld the right of the newspapers to publish the documents. In response, President Richard Nixon ordered some members of his staff, afterward called the “plumbers,” to stop such “leaks” of information. The “plumbers,” among other activities, broke into the office of Ellsberg's psychiatrist, looking for damaging information on him. |
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An economic theory that holds that, by lowering taxes on corporations, government can stimulate investment in industry and thereby raise production, which will, in turn, bring down prices and control inflation. The theory also favors improvements in education and training to make workers more productive and reducing the welfare state to spur individuals to work harder. Supply-siders focus on increasing the supply of goods rather than stimulating demand by granting subsidies to the public. Supply-side economics influenced the presidency of Ronald Reagan. |
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A scandal in the administration of President Ronald Reagan, which came to light when it was revealed that in the mid-1980s the United States secretly arranged arms sales to Iran in return for promises of Iranian assistance in securing the release of Americans held hostage in Lebanon. Proceeds from the arms sales then were covertly and illegally funneled to the Contras, rebels fighting the Marxist Sandinista government in Nicaragua. |
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| on this date the twin towers were struck down by a plane. Over a thousand people had died on the plane that had crashed along with people in the building. this took for weeks, days and hours to find all the bodies they could round up anyway |
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| economic condition with both rising prices and rising unemployment |
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