American History Chapter 29 Part 2

Saddam Hussein

dictator of Iraq who invaded Kuwait for oil

Operation Desert Storm

mission to liberate Kuwait

Colin Powell

commander of operations in Operation Desert Storm

Norman Schwarzkopf

led American troops in combat in the Persian Gulf War

Clarence Thomas

conservative Supreme Court Justice nominated by President Bush

Naturalism

only the natural world exists and anything spiritual can be dismissed as fiction

ID

a new movement, which asserted that the world came into being by a designer, not random chance

Edwards vs. Aguillard

court case that ruled that teaching creationism was unconstitutional

The Democratic Party nominated Bill Clinton and Senator Al Gore ran as his VP

Ross Perot

Independent Party conservative candidate who caused the votes to split in the election of 1992

Whitewater Affair

a shady real estate deal involving the Clintons while Bill Clinton was the government of Arkansas

DADT

a compromise to allow homosexuals to serve in the U.S. military

Hillary Clinton

developed a national healthcare plan (mandatory health insurance for all Americans)

RBG

nominated for the Supreme Court by President Clinton; became the highest-ranking Jew in American government

Rush Limbaugh

pioneered “conservative talk radio”

Newt Gingrich

Speaker of the House in ‘94; led the drive for the “Contract with America”

Ted Kaczynski

known as “the Unabomber”, caused bombings by mail

Osama Bin Laden

leader of terrorist network called Al Qaeda

NAFTA

lifted trade restrictions between the US, Canada, and Mexico

World Trade Organization

created to coordinate international trade policies (replaced GATT)

Kim Jong Il

agreed on a “nuclear freeze” in North Korea

Political Asylum

protection from a repressive government

Oslo Accords

mutual recognition of the State of Israel and the Palestinian Authority

“Partnership for Peace”

Russia’s agreement with NATO allies

Slobodan Milosevic

president of Serbia

Dot-com bubble

buying and selling overpriced stock on the internet

Information Age

telecommunications and digital advancements in the 1990s

Dolly

the world’s 1st cloned sheep

Sojourner

1st rover to explore outside the Earth-Moon system to study Mars

Cybercrime

crimes committed by exploiting privacy weaknesses in computer tech

S&L Crisis

billions in taxpayer money had to be spent to bail out failed financial institutions

Jerry Rice

often considered the greatest wide receiver of all time

Y2K Bug

computer programming bug that many feared would cause computer programs to fail and result in power outages, system failures, and factory shutdowns

Kuwait

What did Saddam Hussein invade

Al Gore

Who ran as Bill Clinton’s VP

Contract with America

What did Newt Gingrich led the drive for

Los Angeles, CA

Where did Clinton deal with race riots

Waco, TX

Where was the major private property controversy

O.J. Simpson

Who was tried in 1990 for murdering his former wife and her friend

Oklahoma City

Where was the federal building bombing

Unabomber

What is Ted Kaczynski known as

Al Qaeda

What terrorist network was Osama Bin Laden leader of

Somalia

Where did the US fought to keep peace in Africa

Rwanda

Where did US ignore genocide

Vietnam

Who did Clinton lift the trade embargo on

China

Who did Clinton grant “Most Favored Nation” trading status

Columbine High School Shooting

What was one of the worst shootings in history

1994 MLB Players Strike

What canceled the World Series because the player’s union and MLB team owners could not agree on a bargain

Dream Team

What brought great fame to the NBA and dominated the 1992 Olympic Games

NASCAR

What is the height of auto racing as a spectator sport

MLS

What league was established in 1996