Unit VII Review: A Superpower Alone (1992–2001)

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering major political movements, legislation, technological shifts, foreign interventions, and scandals of the 1990s as detailed in the Unit VII lecture notes.

Contract with America

A $1994$ policy blueprint led by Newt Gingrich that emphasized tax cuts, welfare reform, and deregulation.

Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act

A $1993$ law, also known as the Brady Bill, that mandated background checks and waiting periods for handgun purchases.

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

A $1993$ compromise policy regarding LGBTQ individuals serving in the United States military.

Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act

A $1994$ law, also known as the Clinton or Biden Crime Bill, which expanded policing, prisons, and federal crime definitions.

Waco Siege

A $1993$ armed standoff in Texas between federal agents and the Branch Davidians that ended in a deadly fire and intensified public distrust of law enforcement.

Republican Revolution

The event in $1994$ where the GOP gained control of both chambers of Congress for the first time in $40$ years.

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act

A $1996$ welfare reform law that created "workfare" and tightened eligibility requirements.

Telecommunications Act

A $1996$ law that deregulated communications industries, accelerating the growth of cable, internet, and mobile networks.

World Wide Web

A system for global information sharing enabled by Tim Berners-Lee in $1993$.

Digital Divide

The widening gap between those with and without access to digital technology and the internet.

The Gulf War

A conflict from $1990-91$ where a U.S.-led multinational coalition expelled Iraqi forces after Iraq invaded Kuwait.

Battle of Mogadishu

The violent turning point in the humanitarian mission in Somalia during $1992-93$.

Ramzi Yousef

The individual associated with the $1993$ World Trade Center Bombing.

Oklahoma City Bombing

The deadliest domestic terrorist attack in U.S. history, carried out in $1995$ by Timothy McVeigh.

NAFTA

The $1993$ North American Free Trade Agreement that integrated North American markets but accelerated offshoring and outsourcing.

U.S.–China Relations Act

A $2000$ act that normalized trade relations with China, boosting imports and shifting manufacturing overseas.

Dot-com Bubble

An economic period characterized by the overvaluation of internet startups, such as Pets.com, leading to eventual collapse.

Whitewater Investigation

An inquiry into a failed Arkansas real estate venture involving the Clintons, Jim and Susan McDougal, and the Madison Guaranty.

Kenneth Starr

The Independent Counsel who issued the Starr Report alleging obstruction of justice and perjury by President Clinton.

Monica Lewinsky

The White House intern whose relationship with President Clinton led to a scandal and his subsequent impeachment.