U.S. History Goal 12 Key Terms
1. Yom Kippur War
2. OPEC Oil Embargo
3. Camp David Accords
4. Iranian Hostage Crisis
5. Glasnost
6. Perestroika
7. Fall of the Berlin Wall
8. Tiananmen Square
9. Nelson Mandela
10. Saddam Hussein
11. Apartheid
12. Geraldine Ferraro
13. Sandra Day O’Connor
14. Texas v. Johnson
15. Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
16. Title IX
17. Rachel Carson
18. Clarence Thomas
19. Americans with Disabilities Act
20. Affirmative Action
21. Stagflation
22. Reagonomics
23. Challenger Disaster
24. NAFTA
25. Ronald Regan
26. Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
27. No Child Left Behind
28. Al-Qaeda
29. Patriot Act
30. Department of Homeland Security
31. Axis of Evil
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Law that said that schools must equally fund male and female sports
Current black justice on the Supreme Court
Site of Chinese student protests against communism
President that helped end the Cold War using “strength through peace”
Agreement in which Egypt recognized Israel as a country, angering many Arab Muslims
First female vice-presidential candidate
System of segregation that took place in South Africa until the 1990s
Conflict between Israel and the Arab countries of Syria and Egypt, based in tensions
created when Israel was established as a country
Plan of lowering taxes of the rich so that wealth could “trickle down” to the lower classes
Terrorist organization that is/was headed by Osama Bin Laden and orchestrated the 9/11
attacks
Term used by President George W. Bush to describe Iraq, Iran, and North Korea as
dangerous countries
First female Supreme Court justice
Term describing a period of stagnant unemployment and high inflation
Program requiring schools and businesses to recruit minorities
Agreement that established “free trade” between Canada, the United States, and Mexico
First black president of South Africa
Dictator of Iraq during the Persian Gulf War
Action by oil producing nations that punished the United States for helping Israel in the
Yom Kippur War
This happened as a result of President Carter giving medical aid to the former Shah of
Iran; involved capture of 52 Americans for 444 days
Supreme Court case that allowed the desecration of the American flag
Supreme Court case that allowed for the busing of students in order to maintain racial
balance in schools
Executive department established to protect against terrorism in 2002
Controversial law that relaxed the requirement for warrants for searches or wiretaps of
suspected terrorists
Supreme Court case that ruled in favor of a white student who was denied access to a
school based on affirmative action
Law that required standardized testing in schools
means “restructuring”, meant that the Soviet Union would allow some private businesses
means “openness”, meant that the Soviet Union would allow more freedom of speech
(even about politics) and religion
Event that reunited East and West Berlin
Wrote Silent Spring, a book that promoted environmentalism
This law banned discrimination against people with disabilities
Event where a space shuttle exploded after launch, killing all on board, including a
teacher