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Allowed affirmative action, but invalidated the spreading of racial quotas. (Basically, race stopped being a factor in the admission of students.)
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A christian evangelical political group that campaigned for the denouncement of abortion and the stripping of gays' rights. Led by Jerry Falwell.
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Served as the Iraqi president up until 2006. Leader of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party.
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Glasnost means openness in Russian, and Perestroika points towards Gorbachev's changes towards in the economic structure of the Soviet Union.
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George Marsden wrote a book pertaining the religious fundamentalism, which was the belief that religious texts were to be taken literally.
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Trickle down economics was the belief that relief on the upper class would stimulate economics growth and would benefit society as a whole for the long run.
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In his running, he lost against Reagan with a total of 49 states stacked against one.
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Ferraro was the first woman to run in the vice presidential slot of the house race.
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The 40th U.S. President who occupied the office; he was also the first president who advocated for the ending of the Vietnam War.
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The AIDS epidemic came when men from the populated areas of N.Y. and L.A. were found to have AIDS, mass hysteria and the reduction of gay rights'.
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This was the belief that the way to stimulate the economy was to lower taxes and decreasing regulation.
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A law that lowered the income tax responsibilities for the country; held incentives for the small business owners and those who saved.
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Mrs. O'Connor was a the first woman to hold the role of being the head of the supreme court. She served until 2006.
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PACTO was founded in 1968; morphed into a trade union; after thousands of controllers held a "sick strike", Reagan called it unconstitutional and busted the strike.
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The Boland amendments are pointing to a trinity of documents formulated to limit the amount of U.S. participation in assisting the Contras.
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ARPANET adopted the software necessary in order to create what we know today as the modern necessary.
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The Strategic Defense Initiative was a plan in order to protect America in the event that a nuclear ballistic attack were to happen.
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An act of terrorism took place when Beirut, Lebanon was bombed during the Lebanese Civil War.
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America had been giving weapons to the Iranians, who were, in turn, passing on such weapons to the Contras in Africa, who were in turn giving the Iranians profits.
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Passed in 1986, the act was passed in order to dissuade people from hiring illegal aliens, in the hopes that immigration from them would decrease.
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The above was appointed to the court by Richard Nixon and elevated to the Chief Justice by Reagan in 1986.
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Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty: Missiles with a range of 500 to 5,500 Km range were to be rid of by both America and the Soviet Union; first agreement between the two superpowers in decades.
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The quote is in relation to Ronald Reagan advocating for the destruction of the Berlin Wall, which kept the East end and the West end of Germany separated for decades.
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The founder of al-qaeda, the organization that was responsible for the 9/11 attacks.
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An extremist group coming out of Afghanistan which fought against the Soviet Union within Afghanistan.
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George H.W. Bush was the 41st president of the united states form 1989 to 1993.
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Whist students were protesting in Beijing (the capital of the People's Republic of China), troops were sent in on the date below, killing approx. a thousand people.
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Announced by the speaker of the communist party, it said that at midnight on the date below, the ability to cross the borders would be allowed.
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The Sandinistas are a political party that formed in Nicaragua that came to power in the early 80's. The U.S. opposed this political party.
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In 1990, Gorbachev was marked as being the last leader of the Communist Party to be the head of the Soviet Union.
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A politician who founded Solidarity, the Soviet Union's first trade union; he also served as the president of Poland from 1990-95.
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The spread if nuclear technology, sciences, and information spread to the areas that are not recognized as being nuclear states.
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Due to Yugoslavia's crumbling gov't, this was a term used to describe the treatment that people has to go through due to the gov't's collapse.
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This was an act written that expelled discrimination in hiring based on one's disabilities.
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An international conflict that was triggered by Iraq' s invasion of Kuwait; Egypt, America and other countries coagulated to reverse these forces.
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Yeltsin was the first president of the Russian Federation who served from 1991-99.
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The second supreme court justice who was African American; summoned by George Bush.
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George H.W. Bush made the campaign promise that there would be no new taxes during his time in office.
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Two parts of the former Yugoslavia before it was broken up by war.
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Allowed self governing to the republics of the Soviet Union; declaration 142-H
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During his campaign, Perot pulled out of the race, but then reinstated himself, hurting his chances for office.
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During his time, Clinton failed to provide health care for all Americans. (ADA and Contract with America rebuttal this.)
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Basically, countries signed an agreement to cut down on greenhouse gases in order to curb global warming.
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The Palestinian leader struck an agreement with Bill Clinton in order for the PLO to create a self rule for the Palestinians in Israel.
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Called for a waiting period for those who wished to purchase handguns, and a background check.
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Against the Brady Bill in all of it's context.
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An all out war was declared on budget deficits and taxes in America. (Newt Gingrich, Contract with America)
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PLO and the Israeli gov't agreed that it was okay that the PLO controlled the area above in exchange for Israeli control over the area in question.
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Following H.W. Bush out of office, Bill Clinton form AR stepped up to the plate.
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This was a treaty between Russia and America concerning them downsizing their arms.
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The Palestinian Liberation Organization was founded inn 1964; it's purpose was to create a homeland in Israel for the Palestinians. In 1993, an agreement was made concerning Palestinians being allowed in Israel.
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The European Union is made up of 28 states that are primarily located within Europe itself. (EURO)
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The North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement created a trading bloc between America, Canada, and the United States.
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What was being said here was that if you were part of the LBGTQ community, that you id not get to display your sexuality openly.
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Sunni Islamic Fundamentalist Political Movement that is raging war within Afghanistan.
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A international trade organization that regulates global trade.
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This took place when 189 people were killed due to a truck rigged with a bomb in Oklahoma.
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Was the man to run against Bill Clinton in 1996; senator of Kansas.
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Called for time limited assistance on welfare; required one to be working until welfare could be received.
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A group of the largest industrialized democracies in the world met together to create a forum. (Russia is on suspension, making it the G-& currently.)
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A book published that deeply appealed to the conservative side of the political spectrum; seen as a huge success.
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The first woman to serve as the secretary of state, she was nominated by Clinton and unanimously sworn in.
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Bill Clinton was impeached due to the Monika Lewinsky scandal.(Perjury and the obstruction of justice.)
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Nicknamed Operation Just Cause, this was when the U.S. invaded Panama.
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The Bush Administration pushed that weapons of mass destruction were still in Iraq.
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The son of George H.W. Bush who decided to run for the presidency like his pops.
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The man who declared an "all out war"on taxes and debt. First Republican speaker in 40 years.
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The supreme court made a decision pertaining to the fact that there was a close count in the state of Florida.
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The Tax Relief Conciliation Act of 2001 was an effort made by Bush pertaining to his "no new taxes" shtick.
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The man who served as the 45th vice president of the U.S. up until 2001, in which he ran during 2000 against Bush.
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On the date below, two passenger air planes were flown into the twin towers and one into the pentagon.
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Enron went suddenly bankrupt when a scandal came to the light involving false accounts; it shook wall street at its core.
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A legislative act that made it the where if a poor student where to score higher, more money would be admitted to the institution in question.
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A term used on the countries in the southwest that were bent on terrorism and violence.
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Short after 9/11, this was instated in order to avoid terrorism (again).
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Following 9/11, the U.S. released Iraqi troops into the Southwest Asia in order to quell the Iraqi conflict.
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A decorated Vietnam veteran who lost the presidential race of 2004.
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Recession swept across the nation and the deficit spread widely across the nations, but the dips varied.
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The actual values of houses were being inflated; technically, land over speculation morphed into the housing market.
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This case allowed reinforced that American citizens who did not serve the military could have firearms, if they were used for lawful purposes.
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Palin was a catalyst among the evangelical wing of the voters who was used for McCain's election/
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With his running mate Sarah Palin, McCain ran for the president against Barack Obama.
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This happened when the housing bubble burst; the credit of America plummeted down.
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A monstrous hurricane that destroyed a large portion of the lower east coast.
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Sotomayor is distinguished as being the first Hispanic and Latina person to serve on the Supreme Court.
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The first African-American president to win the spot.
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The Tea Party is a conservative party that has developed within the country; protests pertaining to heavy taxing and an increase in the national debt.
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Places the responsibility of the financial industry's regulation in the hands of the gov't.
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The court decision was that since campaign funds were a form of free speech, they could not disallow the money to be used to support or deny a candidate.
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The Affordable Care Act ensures that every single person in the U.S. has insurance, which unfortunately adds to the welfare state syndrome.
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This was a series of (non)peaceful demonstrations that were held in North Africa and the Middle East against police abuse.
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The Free Syrian Army began to make attempts at overthrowing the government; the conflict is still in motion today.
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The previous governor of Massachusetts who ran against Obama in the year of 2012
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The date of the Boston Marathon, two bombs went off, injuring and/or killing over 100 people.
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Section 4 of the voting rights act was declared unconstitutional.
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The gov't padlocked the doors of the Iraqi prison for good.
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The Supreme Court ruled that states has to recognize the existence of gay marriages.
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Hilary was at first the Secretary of State, but in 2016, she ran for the presidency in 2016; she was the first woman to nominated by a major political party (the democrats).
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The gov't belief that if they kept raising the debt ceiling, they would be able to borrow more money to help them get out of their already hefty debt.
