Studied by 3 people
Guantanamo Detention Camp
Was created on the American military base located in Cuba with the purpose of holding captured Taliban fighters from Afghanistan
BP's Deepwater Horizon platform
Exploded the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010, pouring billions of gallons of oil into the Gulf
Osama bin Laden
Was killed by American forces in Pakistan in 2011
Bush
________ supported a constitutional amendment for banning gay marriage and was in opposition of stem cell research.
Clinton
________ called for accepting homosexuals in the armed forces.
Barack Obama
Beat Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential nomination for the election of 2008
Obama
________ had withdrawn all American combat troops from Iraq by 2011.
Newt Gingrich
Led Republicans on an attack of Clintons liberal failures with a conservative "Contract with America "in 1994
Sunni
There was violence between ________ and Shia Muslims with Sunnis being the minority and having power under Saddam.
radical Muslim group
A(n) ________ bombed the World Trade Center in New York, killing six people on February 26, 1993.
Dont Ask Dont Tell
Obama helped repeal the militarys "________ "policy in 2010.
Patriot Act
Congress passed the ________ in 2001.
economic recession
Attacks on September 11 coincided with the beginning of a(n) ________.
Obama
Supported a healthcare reform bill in 2010, called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Overtook the nations financial regulatory system
Gore
________ supported smaller tax cuts and strengthening Social Security.
Tea Party
Emerged in 2019 as a right-wing, ultra Republican party
Terrorists
________ hijacked four aircrafts and crashed them into the World Trade Center Towers, the Pentagon, and rural Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001.
American economy
________ prospered during Clintons era, largely due to the global economic expansion.
U.S.
Invaded Iraq on March 19, 2003 with Britain as the U.S.s only major ally
North American Free Trade Agreement
________ (NAFTA) was passed in 1993.
Clinton
________ committed American troops to NATO in order to the keep the peace in former, Yugoslavia.
Bush
Made a speech on May 1, 2003, claiming that major combat operations in Iraq were complete
Obama
Won the presidential election of 2008
Clinton
________ beat the Republican candidate in the election of 1996.
Obama
Supported the passage of the American Relief and Recovery Act in order to jumpstart the economy
Bush
________ created the "axis of evil "in January of 2002.
Clinton
________ fought for two domestic issues during his second term which consisted of the fight against tobacco companies and the fight for gun control.
Bush
________ appointed two new conservative justices to the Supreme Court.
Bush
Supported returning the federal budget surplus back to the people through tax cuts and giving money to private institutions that could help those in need
Bush
________ supported the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002.
Bush
________ strongly opposed welfare programs and environmentalist policies.
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