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This al-Qaeda leader evaded capture for years until U. S This al-Qaeda leader evaded capture for years until U.S. Special Forces attempted to capture him but wound up killing him

Osama bin Laden

This Iraqi dictator used chemical weapons on thousands of Kurds and was captured and tried for his atrocities and sentenced to death by hanging

Saddam Hussein

She was the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice

Sonia Sotomayor

He was the first African-American President

Barack Obama

This President promoted change in public education by creating the No Child Left Behind policy

George W. Bush

This declaration of war was done by President Bush in response to the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center

War On Terror

This storm produce record levels of rainfall causing levees to fail subsequently flooding much of New Orleans

Hurricane Katrina

Rising interest rates and higher mortgage payments caused the banks to do this to home owners

Foreclose

Globalization has allowed companies to set up in other countries around the world, which is called this

Multinational Corporation

Music, art, movies, television, and the internet exposed American culture around the world, which is called this

Cultural Diffusion

This individual started as a small business in Rogers, Arkansas, which is now a global store

Sam Walton

He saw the potential impact of Hispanics on advertising and politics and created the largest Hispanic advertising agency

Lionel Sosa

In the 1980s he saw the potential of technology and developed the largest software company - Microsoft

Bill Gates

She started a small cosmetic company and pioneered the “giveaway promotion” concept which made her company the largest in the U.S.

Estee Lauder

She was the first African-American woman to become a billionaire

Oprah Winfrey

This legislation required states to test all students in English and Math every year from third to eighth grade

No Child Left Behind Act

This Act greatly expanded the government’s law enforcement powers by granting wire tapping and collecting electronic transmissions on any one in the U.S. without a warrant

USA Patriot Act of 2001

This Act authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to spend $700 billion to buy distressed investments and to provide emergency funds to banks to prevent them from failing

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008

This Act was to prevent an economic depression like the 1930s and put more than $700 billion to jumpstart America’s economy

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

This Act gave the government special powers for protecting the environment and species

Endangered Species Act

This was Nancy Reagan’s campaign to help prevent child/teen drug abuse

“Just Say No”

This epidemic that was discovered in America in the 1970s still has no cure

HIV / AIDS

This was President Reagan’s motto and justification for strengthening America’s military

Peace Through Strength

This is President Reagan’s policy to not just contain communism but try to roll it back

Reagan Doctrine

This was a research program to protect America from nuclear attack by the Soviet Union

Strategic Defense Initiative – Star Wars program

This scandal caught government officials selling weapons to Iran in exchange for the hostages then the money was sent to help supply the Contras in Nicaragua, which was prohibited by Congress

Iran-Contra Affair

This President was impeached by the House of Representatives but fell short of being declared guilty by the Senate

Bill Clinton

As first lady, she campaigned for heath care reform

Hillary Clinton

This treaty by President Carter was a good faith policy that returned the Panama Canal Zone over to Panamanian control and the canal itself by the end of the century

The Panama Canal Treaty

This 1990 war was needed to liberate Kuwait from the incursion of Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi forces

The Gulf War

Final Jeopardy Make your wager

The elections of 1892, 1912, and 1992 showed that this party can have an impact on elections because they represent voters who need a voice, but this party can also take votes away from the two major parties

Third Party