Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)- Any weapon that is nuclear, biological, and chemical and can kill large numbers of people and do great damage to the built and natural environment.
Democratic Leadership Council- Centrist Democrats founded this non-profit organization to push the Democratic party toward progrowth, strong defense, and anticrime policies.
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell"- Was a compromise between the prohibition of homosexuals in the armed forces; military authorites were forbiddens to ask about a member's osxeula orient
Oklahoma City Bombing- A truck-bomb explosion killed 168 people in a federal office building on April 19, 1995.
Contract with America- A multi-point program that proposed smaller government, Congressional ethics reform, term limits, great emphasis on personal responsibility and a general repudiation of the Democratic party.
Welfare Reform Bill- Made deep cuts in welfare grants and required able-bodied welfare recipients to find work.
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)- A free trade zone between Mexico, Canada, and the United States.
World Trade Organization (WTO)- Promoted and supervised liberal trade among nations.
Whitewater- Scandals that occurred during Clinton's presidency that came from a failed real estate investment that the Clintons were alleged to have illegally profited from.
Lewinsky affair- A political sex scandal that caused Clinton's impeachment and trial by congress, however, he was not impeached.
Kyoto Treaty- An international treaty that limited greenhouse gas emissions and was rejected by the Bush Administration for being too costly.
9/11- Terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001. Nineteen Islamist men hijacked and crashed four airplanes, two hit the Twin Towers, one crashed into the Pentagon and one crashed into a field in Pennsylvania after passengers took over the plane from the hijackers.
Al Qaeda- Means "The Base" in Arabic, this international alliance of anti-Western Islamic fundamentalist terrorist organizations founded in the 1980s.
USA Patriot Act- Granted board surveillance and detention authority to the government after the 9/11.
Department of Homeland Security- Created to unify and coordinate public safety and anti-terrorism operations within the federal government.
Guantanamo Detention Camp- A controversial prison facility created after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan that was created on territory occupied by the U.S. military that is not owned by the United States.
Abu Ghraib Prison- Was a detention facility near Baghdad, Iraq that was the site of American soldiers who degraded, tortured, and mistreated Iraqi prisoners and suspected terriosits.
No Child Left Behind Act-
Deleveraging- The opposite of "leveraging,"businesses increase their financial power by borrowing money in addition to their own assets.
American Relief and Recovery Act- Created to combat the Great Rescission, it aimed to increase government spending to offset decreased private spending.
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act- Also known as "Obamacare," its main aim was to extend health care insurance to some 30 million Americans.
Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act- Updated many federal regulations affecting