SDAD

SDI

Missiles defense program intended to protect the U.S with missiles. Also called the Star Wars Program.

Affordable Care Act

Name for the comprehensive healthcare reform law and it's amendments

NAFTA

Agreement signed by the U.S, Canada, and Mexico that created a trilateral trade block in NA.

The Feminine mystique

Best-selling book by feminist thinker Betty Friedan.

Oklahoma City Bombing

A domestic terrorist attack. Truck-bomb explosion of the Murrah Federal Building.

Iran-Contra Affair

A political scandal in the United States that came to light in November 1986.

9/11

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

Abu Ghraib Prison

Actions in this pinion during the early stages of the Iraq war.

Afghanistan War

An ongoing war following the U.S invasion of Afghanistan

Watergate

Burglars that invaded the DNC headquarters.

Roe v. Wade

Court case that legalized abortion

Iranian hostage crisis

Diplomatic stand off that restricted in 52 Americans being captured by militated Iranian college students.

EPA

Government organization formed in 1970 to deal with issues such as air and water pollution.

Lewinsky Affair

High profile scandal involving Clinton's sexual relationship with a young White House intern; although he repeatedly lied about the affair,

New Right

Opposition to liberal politics on taxes, abortion, and foreign policy station on the Soviet Union.

United Farm Workers

Organization that seeks to empower migrant farmworkers and improve their wage.

Operation Desert Storm

Response to Iran's invasion of Kuwait over oil.

Al Qaeda

a network of Islamic terrorist organizations, led by Osama bin Laden

USA Patriot Act

an Act of Congress that was signed into law by President George W. Bush. Direct acronym against terrorism

Iraq War

armed conflict that began in 2003 with the invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition that overthrew the government of Saddam Hussein

No Child Left Behind

authorized education programs that are administered by the states

SDS

campus based political organization founded by Tom Hayden

Silent Spring

environmental science book by Rachel Carson

Stagflation

persistent high inflation combined with high unemployment and stagnant demand in a country's economy.

Reganomics

the economic policies of Ronald Regan associated with tax cuts and promoted free-market activity.