Ch 33
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courtneyholland22 on April 24, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Tom Ridge | Head of the Office of Homeland Security, created after September 11, 2001 to coordinate domestic security efforts of various government agencies |
| Unilateralism | A philosophy that encourages individual nations to act on their own when facing threats from other nations. |
| The Internet | term given to a world wide network of computers, through which people can exchange information |
| Afghanistan | a mountainous landlocked country in central Asia |
| Timothy McVeigh | In 1995, the Murrow Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was attacked by a large bomb that killed 168 people. The bombing was the act of this right-wing extremist. |
| Osama Bin Laden | (1957-) Founder of al Qaeda, the terrorist network responsible for the attacks of September 11, 2001, and other attacks. |
| Contract with America | In the 1994 congressional elections, Congressman Newt Gingrich had Republican candidates sign a document in which they pledged their support for such things as a balanced budget amendment, term limits for members of Congress, and a middle-class tax cut. |
| Ground Zero | the site of the World Trade Center before it was destroyed |
| Wmd | a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons) |
| Election of 2000 | George W Bush v Al Gore. Florida had re-counts and Supreme Court determined winner. |
| Phyllis Schlafly | A conservative female political activist. She stopped the ERA from being passed, seeing that it would hinder women more than it would help them. |
| Eleanor Smeal | *head of NOW *leading advocate of passage to equal rights amendment |
| Janet Reno | first female attorney general appointed by Clinton |
| Madeline Albright | first woman sec. of state by Bill Clinton |
| Newt Gingrich | Gingrich was the Republican speaker in the House. He pushed for more conservative legislation during Clinton's presidency. |
| Bob Dole | Senator from Kansas; challenged Clinton for presidency in 1996 |
| Alan Greenspan | the most powerful figure in the American economy, chairman of the Federal Board, warned in 1999 of the "irrational exuberance" with which Americans were pursuing profits in the stock market.former fed reserve chairman |
| George Bush | Vice President under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924) |
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