Pace 1132 Test
Agreement to end trade restrictions between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico
NAFTA
Plan for a space-based defense system
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
The first female Supreme Court Justice
Sandra Day O'Connor
Americans elected ___, a political outsider, as their 45th President
Donald Trump
"The last best hope for peace"
United Nations
The first African American candidate to be nominated for President, won and became the 44th President in the U.S.
Barack Obama
The first American to orbit Earth
John Glenn, Jr.
Boris Yeltsin became the first President of
Russia
Law that prohibited discrimination in voting, education, employment and public business
1964 Civil Rights Bill
Location of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building that was destroyed by a truck bomb in 1995
Oklahoma City
Profits from weapon sales to Iran supported the Contras
Iran-Contra affair
The first President not elected to either the Vice Presidency or the Presidency
Gerald Ford
The leader of the organization behind the terrorist attack
Osama bin Laden
Vetoed twice by President Clinton, making partial- birth abortions illegal
Partial-birth Abortion Ban Act
The most significant piece of legislation signed into law by President Obama was the ________ Act also known as "Obamacare"
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
After the overthrow of Aristide, thousands of people fled Haiti and tried to enter
The United States
Fulgencio Batista was overthrown by the rebel army of___ on January 1, 1959
Fidel Castro
Commanded the UN troops in Korea during the Korean War
General Douglas MacArthur
In March 2003, President George W. Bush ordered an invasion of__
Iraq
The civil rights leader assassinated in Tennessee
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Formed for the protection of West Germany and for mutual defense against further Soviet expansion
NATO
The two leading Communist nations that opposed the U.S. during the Cold War were ___ and ___
Soviet Union and China
Was designed to give all American children equal educational opportunities
No child Left Behind Act
Longest military conflict in United States history
Vietnam War
After the Soviets blocked all ground traffic in and out of West Berlin, the west responded with the
Berlin airlift
Was the three-part objective in the War on Terror
Overthrowing the Taliban, Capturing Osama bin Laden, and destroying the al-Qaeda terrorist network.
Resigned in 1974 due to his involvement in the Watergate scandal
Richard Nixon
Iraq violated her agreement to destroy all her chemical and biological weapons and to allow ___ to conduct a thorough investigation of all weapon facilities
the United Nations
Civil war began in Bosnia because
the serbs opposed independence from Yugoslavia
In 1954, the Supreme Court declared that racial segregation in public schools was__
unconstitutional
Era of tension between the communist and free nations
Cold War
The most powerful body___, the Security Council is responsible for maintaining international peace
Untied Nations
Place where President Reagan authorized military action to prevent it from becoming a Soviet outpost
Grenada
Also called Operation Desert Storm
Persian Gulf War
During the Carter Administration, ownership of the Panama Canal was handed over to
Panama
Ruled Iran after the shah was deposed
Ayatollah Khomeini
Invaded Kuwait in 1990, led to the Persian Gulf War
Iraq
The first astronaut to walk on the moon
Neil Armstrong
The date of the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil in New York City and near Washington, D.C.
September 11, 2001
Structure designed to keep East Germans from escaping West Germany
Berlin Wall
