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.