Unit 10

What act passed in 1990 prohibited discrimination based on disability?

What anti-LGBT military policy was repealed in 2011?

What scandal in the military caused more strict reforms as a cause of male pilots sexually assaulting female officers in Las Vegas?

What Supreme Court judge was accused of sexual assault?

Who won the 1992 election, re-establishing some of the power that the Democratic Party had in the US?

What domestic act under Clinton limited the amount of time a person could stay on welfare?

What organization under Clinton’s presidency created a free trade area with the US, Canada, and Mexico? (North American Free Trade Agreement)

What bill passed made it harder to get a gun?

What movements were led out of fear the government would impinge on 2nd amendment rights?

What religious group, led by David Koresh, was an example of a militia movement?

What school in 1999 fell victim to a shooting, in which two students killed 12 students, one teacher, and then themselves?

What association, known for lobbying, advocates in favor of the 2nd amendment?

What country suffered a genocide after the US left? (Rwanda Genocide)

What term refers to the movement of goods, people, and ideas around the world?

What term refers to the rise in property value of buildings due to upper middle class relocation back to cities?

What was created originally with the purpose of allowing university researchers to collaborate?

Who was beat by police, with the event being recorded?

Who won the 2000 election after a vote recount due to Bush v. Gore?

What Islamic fundamentalist group seeked to destroy non-Islamic influences while opposing US interference in the Middle East?

Who was the leader of Al Qaeda?

Who attacked the World Trade Center in 1993 as well as the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998?

When did Al Qaeda members hijack commercial planes into the World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon, and one suspected of heading for the White House?

What is the name of the flight hijacked that was suspected of heading to the White House before it was retaken and crashed?

What international coalition and operation declared a war on terrorism?

What was the first stop of Operation Enduring Freedom?

What Muslim extremist group ruled over Afghanistan? (supported Al Qaeda)

When did NATO forces invade Afghanistan, forcing the Taliban to relocate in Pakistan?

When was Osama bin Laden killed? (done in Pakistan by a Navy SEAL Raid)

What place was built to hold suspected Taliban members or other suspects, void of Bill of Rights or POW protections?

What act gave the government powers in monitoring communication?

What organization was established to protect the US as a means of being able to respond to future attacks?

What magazine manufacturer fell victim to a shooting of 12 workers due to cartoons by terrorists?

What doctrine called for preemptive attacks against threats? (Defense against terrorism)

What acronym refers to weapons of mass destruction?

Who ignored the US after given orders to disarm?

Who led a coalition ordering Hussein to leave Iraq?

Why did people protest against Bush’s invasion of Iraq?

What operation to rebuild Iraq began in March 2003?

What does IED stand for?

What prison did American soldiers use to abuse Iraqi prisoners, causing more to oppose the war?

What battle was the fiercest combat for US Marines since the Tet Offensive?

What natural disaster struck, showing a poor response on part of local, state, and federal government?

Who became the first African American president? (Elected 2008, re-elected 2012)

What financial disaster occurred during Obama’s presidency?

What act, also known as Obamacare, increased health care coverage but did not reduce its costs?

How can Obama’s foreign policy be best described as?

Where did the US intervene, with European help, to eliminate a dictator? (Caused a War Powers Act violation)

What dictator ignored Obama’s comments and used chemical weapons on his own people? (Syrian)

What terrorist organization was formed as a result of no intervention in Syria? (Islamic State)

What unpassed deal would’ve removed sanctions in Iran in return for delaying nuclear program, though it did not pass Senate?

What country, led under Vladimir Putin, invaded Ukraine?

What agreement was meant to limit CO2 emissions, though it was not enforced?

What Nigerian islamic insurgence group detested education in women and western influences?

What group had aims to return the Middle East to 7th century laws, limiting western influence on the world?

What website began in 1998?

What app began in 2006?

What app began in 2004?

What product of technology was introduced in 2007?

What NSA contractor removed classified information about surveillance, then escaped to Russia?

What case established that the 14th amendment applied to same sex couples?

What LGBTQ movement seeked to raise awareness and end discrimination?

What type of discrimination rivals race discrimination?

What movement sought to end police brutality, mass incarceration, and militarization of many US police departments?

Who’s death accelerated reforms to police departments in 2020?

What went down between the years of 2015-2017?

What 2016 candidate appealed to “forgotten Americans”?

What term refers to the idea that you only connect with people who agree with you?

What movement began after Trump bragged about sexually assaulting women, forcing powerful men to resign?

What’s the name of the respiratory virus spread from Wuhan, China, across the world, causing millions health issues and death in many?

Who was the first president to be impeached twice?