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5. 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

6. Osama bin Laden

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

8. Saddam Hussein

9. She was the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice

10. Sonia Sotomayor

11. He was the first African-American President

12. Barack Obama

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

14. George W. Bush

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

16. War On Terror

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

18. Hurricane Katrina

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

20. Foreclose

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

22. Multinational Corporation

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

24. Cultural Diffusion

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

26. Sam Walton

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

28. Lionel Sosa

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

30. Bill Gates

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

32. Estee Lauder

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

34. Oprah Winfrey

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

36. No Child Left Behind Act

37. 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

38. USA Patriot Act of 2001

39. 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

40. Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008

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

42. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

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

44. Endangered Species Act

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

46. “Just Say No”

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

48. HIV / AIDS

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

50. Peace Through Strength

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

52. Reagan Doctrine

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

54. Strategic Defense Initiative – Star Wars program

55. 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

56. Iran-Contra Affair

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

58. Bill Clinton

59. As first lady, she campaigned for heath care reform

60. Hillary Clinton

61. 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

62. The Panama Canal Treaty

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

64. The Gulf War

65. Final Jeopardy
Make your wager

66. 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

67. Third Party