Us History Unit 10

Tried to assassinate Ronald Regan by shooting him in 1981

First woman to run for Vice President on the ticket of a major political party

South African leader who was jailed for trying to end apartheid

The first woman justice appointed to the Supreme Court

Sure of a peaceful student demonstration in china, hundreds of protestors were killed

Home to the federal building where 168 americans were killed by a terrorist bomb

A rebel group in Nicaragua fighting against the Sandinistas

Leader of Iraq who attacked Kuwait

Protecting the United States territories

A grand jury investigated Clinton's personal behavior while still president in 1998

George H Bush said he would not raise taxes and he did not

During Clinton's presidency the federal deficient fell and unemployment and influence inflation fell

President Reagan used the House of Representatives to further his conservative policies

Clinton's main issue in the 1992 election was the economy

George H Bush defeated the Panamanian dictator Noriega and won the gulf war

Over the years computers have become smaller cheaper and more powerful

Eastern Europeans and Indians make up the majority of the most recent immigrants to the US

Scientist cannot yet create food that resist insects and diseases

The genetic makeup of human beings

A condition in which countries are members of a world community

The process by which heiresses kept warm at all times

American political organization associated with Christian righ

The use of violence or threats to achieve a goal

The loosening of government controls

To make an exact copy of an organism by duplicating genetic material

The act of ridding a religion or society of one or more ethnic groups

The difference produced when the government spends more than it collects during a year