Chapter 41 - America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era

Was created on the American military base located in Cuba with the purpose of holding captured Taliban fighters from Afghanistan

Exploded the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010, pouring billions of gallons of oil into the Gulf

Was killed by American forces in Pakistan in 2011

________ supported a constitutional amendment for banning gay marriage and was in opposition of stem cell research.

________ called for accepting homosexuals in the armed forces.

Beat Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential nomination for the election of 2008

________ had withdrawn all American combat troops from Iraq by 2011.

Led Republicans on an attack of Clintons liberal failures with a conservative "Contract with America "in 1994

There was violence between ________ and Shia Muslims with Sunnis being the minority and having power under Saddam.

A(n) ________ bombed the World Trade Center in New York, killing six people on February 26, 1993.

Obama helped repeal the militarys "________ "policy in 2010.

Congress passed the ________ in 2001.

Attacks on September 11 coincided with the beginning of a(n) ________.

Supported a healthcare reform bill in 2010, called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Overtook the nations financial regulatory system

________ supported smaller tax cuts and strengthening Social Security.

Emerged in 2019 as a right-wing, ultra Republican party

________ hijacked four aircrafts and crashed them into the World Trade Center Towers, the Pentagon, and rural Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001.

________ prospered during Clintons era, largely due to the global economic expansion.

Invaded Iraq on March 19, 2003 with Britain as the U.S.s only major ally

________ (NAFTA) was passed in 1993.

________ committed American troops to NATO in order to the keep the peace in former, Yugoslavia.

Made a speech on May 1, 2003, claiming that major combat operations in Iraq were complete

Won the presidential election of 2008

________ beat the Republican candidate in the election of 1996.

Supported the passage of the American Relief and Recovery Act in order to jumpstart the economy

________ created the "axis of evil "in January of 2002.

________ fought for two domestic issues during his second term which consisted of the fight against tobacco companies and the fight for gun control.

________ appointed two new conservative justices to the Supreme Court.

Supported returning the federal budget surplus back to the people through tax cuts and giving money to private institutions that could help those in need

________ supported the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002.

________ strongly opposed welfare programs and environmentalist policies.