WTO - Global institutions to promote international trade and to settle international trade disputes, GulfWar - Conflict between Iraq and a coalition of countries led by the United States to remove Iraqi forces from Kuwait which they had invaded in hopes of controlling their oil supply., WTObombing - February 26th, 1993 a terrorist attack hosted by Ramzi Yousef, in which he set a van filled with explosives in the garage of one of the towers. Their goal was to force the north tower to fall into the south tower. 6 people died and more than one thousand were injured. Both buildings were left standing and all survivors were evacuated., Clinton - Last name of the 42nd President and the second president to be impeached., Soviet - A Communist nation that fell in the 1991, NAFTA - A trade agreement between Canada, the United States and Mexico that allows free trade between these North American countries., Oklahoma - City that the bombing of Murrah Federal Building took place. Explosion set off by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, killed 168 people, including 19 children in the building's day-care center., Bradybill - Law passed in 1993 requiring a waiting period on sales of handguns, along with a criminal background check on the buyer., Mandela - Imprisoned by Afrikaner regime, released in 1990 and elected as president of South Africa in 1994., Columbine - In 1999, two students in Littleton, Colorado brought weapons to school, killed 12 students, and shot many others before killing themselves., Unabomber - Nickname of the bomber who works alone to make untraceable bombs, delivering them himself or mailing them out., Hubble - Telescope that observes and sends back images of objects in space, helps scientist learn more about space., Bush - Last name of the 41st President of the United States, Desertstorm - In the Persian Gulf War, America launched Operation Desert Storm to stop Saddam Hussein and Iraq from monopolizing the world's oil industry by annexing Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. That drove Sadam Hussein's Iraqi army out of neighboring Kuwait. In addition to presaging the longer and more protracted Iraq war of the 200s., Perot - Last name of a third-party candidate in the 1992 presidential election won 19 percent of the popular vote. His strong showing that year demonstrated voter disaffection with the two major parties. Finding the Reform Party., Nicaragua - The country that experienced a period of political instability and violence as a result of the Contra War and the Sandinista Revolution. The U.S. government became involved by funding and supporting the Contras, a rebel group fighting against the Sandinistas, ultimately leading to the defeat of the Sandinistas in the 1990 presidential election., FMLA - Requires employers with 50 or more workers to grant up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave a year to allow workers to take time off to help care for a new baby or an ill family member without fear of losing their jobs., Berlin - Fall of the wall that separated East and West Germany in 1989. Symbolized the end of the Cold War., King - Last name of the African-American driver victim of police brutality by Los Angeles police eventually led to the Los Angeles riots of 1992, Waco - Siege of a compound belonging to the Branch Davidians, carried out by American federal and Texas state law enforcement, as well as the U.S. military, between February and April of 1993, Welfare - The Act the ended federal entitlement status of welfare, in its place, federal govt. gave block grants to states to administer welfare, "strings" attached to these grants., Impeachment - An action against the president, vice president, or other civil officers of the United States for committing "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors." Approved by a majority of the House of Representatives, Andrew - Name of the hurricane that hit Florida in 1992. A Category 5 hurricane that killed 65 people. The damage cost 26 billion dollars., Losangeles - City that riots happened for the police brutality against Rodney King., Gore - Last name of the vice president during Bill Clinton's presidency , TWA - Plane that crashed in 1996 that killed all 230 people aboard., Simpson - Retired football player that was charged with first degree murder for killing his ex wife., Lewinsky - Last name of who Bill Clinton had a sexual scandal with, Iniki - Strongest hurricane to hit Hawaii, Brazil - Who won the FIFA World Cup in 1994,

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