Environmental protection agency

Election of 2000

George W Bush vs. Al Gore. Florida had re-counts; Supreme Court made final decision (George Bush)

Roe v Wade

(1973) legalized abortion on the basis of a woman's right to privacy

Tea Party Movement

fiscal conservertives who support small government, and free markets, but are against high taxes

Oklahoma City Bombing

A bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City by militia-movement extremists.

Occupy Wall Street

A protest movement against social and economic inequality

Watergate

A scandal with Nixon

9/11

A series of coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States on September 11, 2001.

Phyllis Schlafly

Anti-feminist who led the campaign to defeat the ERA claiming it would undermine the american family

USA Patriot Act

Antiterrorism law that allowed the government certain rights to help chase and capture terrorists

Lewinsky Affair

Bill Clinton Scandal where he lied about his affairs with Monica Lewinsky (BIG CIGAR)

weapons of mass destruction

Biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons that can cause a massive number of deaths in a single use.

"Don't ask, Don't tell"

Don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) was the official United States policy on military service by gays, bisexuals, and lesbians, instituted by the Clinton Administration on February 28, 1994, when Department of Defense Directive 1304.26 issued on December 21, 1993, took effect, lasting until September 20, 2011.

Al Qaeda

Islamist terrorist organization that launched a series of attacks against U.S.

Guantanamo Detention Camp

Military base in Guantanamo, Cuba where the US housed terrorists as prisoners.

NAFTA

North American Free Trade Agreement

Cesar Chavez

Organized Union Farm Workers (UFW); help migratory farm workers gain better pay & working conditions

Contract with America

Republican plan for political reform

Silent Spring

Silent Spring is an environmental science book by Rachel Carson. The book was published on 27 September 1962 and it documented the adverse effects on the environment of the indiscriminate use of pesticides.

Department of Homeland Security

US federal agency created in 2002 to coordinate national efforts against terrorism

Hurricane Katrina

This natural disaster hit New Orleans in 2005, making the Bush administration look bad

Earth Day (1970)

a day that is intended to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth's natural environment

Equal Rights Amendment

a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution outlawing discrimination based on sex

Rachel Carson

one of the first people to realize the global dangers of pesticide abuse (DDT). Wrote Silent Spring.