• Greenpeace and Sierra Club

    Greenpeace and Sierra Club

    social and political advocacy organizations that favor legislation with the goal of protecting the environment
  • Saddam Hussein

    Saddam Hussein

    A leading member of the revolutionary Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
  • George H. W. Bush

    George H. W. Bush

    American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States
  • Collapse of Soviet Union

    Collapse of Soviet Union

    happened in the year of 1991
  • Bill Clinton

    Bill Clinton

    42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001
  • Kyoto Protocol

    Kyoto Protocol

    rejected by U.S. senators due to the fact that it could undermine the U.S. government authority
  • Donald Rumsfield

    Donald Rumsfield

    21st Secretary of Defense from 2001 to 2006 under President George W. Bush
  • George W. Bush

    George W. Bush

    American politician and businessman who was the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 January 20, 2001
  • 9/11

    9/11

    focused the U.S. foreign policy in the 21st Century to that of combating terrorism
  • USA PATRIOT Act

    USA PATRIOT Act

    was opposed by some lawmakers because they felt it would lead to violations of the constitutional rights of citizens
  • International Criminal Court

    International Criminal Court

    U.S. views as good due to credibility gained by following same rules as other nations, yet bad due to soldiers and officials of the U.S. being charged with war crimes in a court no with the U.S. legal system
  • Third Party Candidates

    can sometimes spoil an election by causing a mainline party candidate to lose by taking away votes
  • Hurricane Katrina

    Hurricane Katrina

    the deadliest and most destructive Atlantic hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season
  • American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2008

    American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2008

    Intended to improve economic conditions during a recession
  • Hilary Clinton

    Hilary Clinton

    First lady of U.S., U.S. senator for state of New York, U.S. Secretary of state
  • Sonya Sotomayor

    Sonya Sotomayor

    first Hispanic to serve on the supreme court
  • Osama bin Laden

    Osama bin Laden

    organization that claimed responsibility for the September 11 attacks on the United States, along with numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets. Died May 2, 2011