Last Coach Kelly Test

Nixon's plan to shift power held by the federal government back to the state and local government

Richard Nixon- Republican- winner

Nixon's plan to woo conservative whites away from the Democratic party

an economic condition marked by both inflation and unemployment

founded in 1960 an economic association of oil-producing nations that is able to set world price at oil

practical politics

Nixon's policy for reducing tension with Russia and China

• a five year agreement between the US and Soviet Union
• signed in 1972 that limited the nations' numbers of intercontinental ballistic missles

arose from the Nixon administration's attempt to cover up its involvement in the 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Headquarters in the Watergate complex building

was created to prevent government information from leading to the public/newspapers

• organization that ran President Nixon's Campaign 
• used 'dirty tricks' to undermine the democratic party

VP for Nixon who resigned for accepting bribes from engineering firms while governor of Maryland

a name given to the resignation of the US attorney and the firing of his deputy after they refused to carry out Nixon's order to fire the special prosecutor investigating the Watergate affair

the right to keep information about Presidential matters a secret

removing an executive officer from their position

• August 9, 1974
• Gerald Ford is sworn in as prez 
• VP is Nelson Rockefeller

late 20th century alliance of conservative special interest groups concerned with cultural, social, and moral issues

• a fundamentalist Christian organization founded in 1979
• led by Jerry Fallwell

Ronald Reagan- Republican

the economic policies of Ronald Reagan

• a proposed defense system intended to protect the US against nuclear attacks 
• AKA star wars

first woman supreme court Justice

the cutting back of federal regulation of industry

Ronald Reagan- Republican

George H. W. Bush

• a disease caused by a virus that weakens the immune system 
• makes the body prone to infections and otherwise rare forms of cancer

was the space shuttle that exploded after take-off in 1986

the south and southwest region of the US was named this because of their warm climate

The north and northeast region of the US was called this because of their aging factories had been closed

became leader of the Soviet Union in 1985

the open discussion of social problems that was permitted in the Soviet Union in the 1980's

1989 demonstration in Beijing, China in which Chinese students demanded freedom of speech and a greater voice in government

political scandal under president reagan involving the use of money from secret arms sales to Iran to illegally support the Contras in Nicaragua

1990-1991

• 1991
• American led attack on Iraqi forces after Iraq refused to withdraw its troops from Kuwait

commander of the US forces in the Persian Gulf War

Bill Clinton Democrat

a law guaranteeing most full time employees 12 workweeks of unpaid leave each year for personal or family health reasons

WTC bombing by the terrorist group Al Quaeda

• 1993
• Killed 168
• Timothy Mcuay was the Gulf war veteran who set the bomb
• Executed in 2001

WTC and Pentagon bombing killing about 3,000

• 1993
• treaty that lowered tariffs and brought Mexico into the trade-free zone established by the US and Canada

• drafted by Newt Gingrich 
• signed by 300 republican candidates in 1994
• setting forth the republican conservative agenda

• Bill Clinton Democrat
• Impeached for perjury and obstruction of justice

• George W Bush Republican- Winner
• Al gore Democrat

Supreme court ruling that hand recounts of the 2000 presidential election votes in several Florida counties were not valid

george bush wins Republican

Obama- Democrat- First Black Prez

Obama

• General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade
• international created to reduce tariffs and promote free trade

• World Trade Organization
• international organization formed in 1995 to encourage the expansion of world trade
• replaced the GATT

founder of Microsoft

computer network that links people around the world

widespread computer programming problem created by date abbreviations that threatened to shutdown computer systems on January 1, 2000