abeka history 11 section 30.2

john mccain

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in the election of 2008, senator _____ _______ ran on the Republican ticket

barack obama

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in the election of 2008, _______ _______ ran on the Democratic ticket

joe biden

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____ ______ was selected as Obama’s VP (2008)

barack obama

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______ _______ would become the 44th president and the 1st black American president

michelle obama

Barack Obama’s first lady

stimulus

Keynesian spending program intended to stimulate the economy

ford

the only one of the “big three” motor companies who refused a government bailout during a crisis

individual mandate

requirement that all Americans possess a minimum quality of health insurance or pay a fine

affordable care act

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Obama signed the ________ ____ ____ also called “Obamacare” in 2010

budget control act of 2011

raised the debt ceiling and established a congressional committee to negotiate a budget and cut spending

deepwater horizon

oil rig that exploded and spilled almost 5 miles barrels of oil in the Gulf of Mexico

• DAPA

• DACA

executive orders issued by Obama to defer deportation of alien parents of Americans and aliens brought as children

living document

the idea that the Constitution should be reinterpreted to match what the justices perceive to be the culture of the present time

sonia sotomayor

a justice appointed by Obama; first Hispanic-American in the Supreme Court and highest ranking Hispanic-American in government

obergefell v. hodges

the 14th Amendment guaranteed the right of a person to marry someone of the same sex

edward snowden

director of the NSA who leaked over 1 million files detaining surveillance programs of the US and her allies (NSA Surveillance Scandal)

VA scandal

35 veterans died while on a waiting list in the Phoenix VA system

hillary clinton

first secretary of state for President Obama

islamic state in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)

new terrorist organization that took control when America left Iraq

operation inherent resolve

Obama’s campaign against ISIS

drone strikes

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under the presidency of obama, one of his foreign policies was that he used the tactic of _____ ______ in war

benjamin netanyahu

Israeli prime minister during Obama administration

iran nuclear deal

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obama negotiated the ____ _____ ____

arab spring

a series of Muslim countries rising up against their dictators

benghazi scandal

terrorist attack on an American embassy dismissed as a riot by Secretary Clinton