Unabomber - A lone bomber who terrorized the United States by planting bombs across the country., Columbine  - 1999 school shooting and attempted bombing., Gulf War - This war started because Iraqi forces invaded and annexed Kuwait. The United States didn't want Iraq to have Kuwait because Kuwait had a large amount of lucrative oil., Nicaragua - The United States occupied this country during the Banana Wars., WTO - This acronym stands for the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations., Hubble Telescope - This launched into space in 1990 as one of the largest and most versatile equipment used in astronomy., Bush - "Read my lips: no new taxes" is a phrase spoken by this American presidential candidate., Lewinksy - This lady had an affair with Clinton during his presidency. Clinton lied about the affair and led to his impeachment due to lying under oath., NAFTA - This agreement lifted tariffs on the majority of goods produced by Mexico, the United States, and Canada. This was signed in 1992 and took effect on January 1, 1994. , Brady Bill - This law was created as a protective measure for a waiting period of 5 days before a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer may sell, deliver, or transfer a handgun to an unlicensed individual. This law was created 1993 during Clinton's presidency., twenty seventh - This amendment was passed in 1992 and prohibits congress from raising their own pay., Rodney King - This man was beaten and killed by L.A.P.D officers. This led to and contributed to one of the worst race riots in U.S. history., Oklahoma - A city in this state had a truck-bomb explosion that killed 168 people in 1995. The attack was done by Timothy McVeigh who was a right wing and anti-government militant., World Trade Center - This location where a terrorist attack carried out on February 26, 1993, when a van bomb detonated below the North Tower of the World Trade Center complex in New York City., Welfare Reform - This reform ended the AFDC giving money to families that didn't have a working man. This was passed by the Clinton administration in 1996., Perot - One of the most successful third party candidates for the election of 1992., Broncos - This NFL team were back to back champions by winning the Superbowl., Desert Storm - Operation Desert Storm was the first major foreign crisis for the United States after the end of the Cold War. On Aug. 2, 1990, Saddam Hussein led a well-equipped Iraqi army into Kuwait, a major supplier of oil to the United States, Earth Summit - In 1992, more than 100 heads of state met in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for this convention to address urgent problems of environmental protection and socio-economic development., O’Leary - This secretary announces an "openness" initiative to lift the veil of secrecy from past nuclear activities in 1993. Revealing that one-fifth of the nation’s nuclear weapons tests had been kept secret, identifying locations and quantities of weapons-grade plutonium, providing information about fusion energy, and documenting the large quantities of mercury used in weapons production., DOE - This governmental department unveils a dual-track strategy to dispose of the nation's surplus plutonium in 1996., Richardson - This man is sworn in as ninth Secretary of Energy. Making history while briefly serving in two cabinet posts at once — both as Secretary of Energy and U. S. ambassador for the United Nations — for several weeks., Mandela - Known and loved around the world for his commitment to peace, negotiation and reconciliation. He was South Africa's first democratically elected president (1994-1999) and was an anti-apartheid revolutionary and political leader, as well as a philanthropist with an abiding love for children., Test Ban Treaty - This treaty was signed by the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain in 1963, and it banned all nuclear tests in the atmosphere, in space, or underwater., World Wide Web - This invention was made public in in 1993 that revolutionized the internet and allowed users to create websites filled with graphics, audio and hyperlinks., Waco Siege - A 51-day standoff between Branch Davidians and federal agents that ended on April 19, 1993, when the religious group's compound near Waco, Texas, was destroyed in a fire. Nearly 80 people were killed., Oakland Hills - This fire was started by construction workers using a propane torch against a wall. Twenty-five people were killed and 150 injured. The fire destroyed 3,469 homes and apartment units and 2,000 automobiles and ten thousand people were evacuated., O.J. Simpson - This man was a former gridiron football star and was tried for the 1994 murder of his ex-wife and her friend. He was found not guilty., Hurricane Andrew - This natural disaster killed 23 people and caused $26.5 billion in damage as it striked Florida and later Louisiana in 1992., EgyptAir - _____ Flight 990 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 216 on board.,

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