Candidate (Candidacy) - The condition of being considered for a particular position or status, especially in an election., Checks and Balances - Principle of government under which separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches and are induced to share power., Congressional Support - Having the support of both the Senate and House of Representatives., Executive (Presidential) Agenda - A list of subjects or problems (issues) to which the President directs the efforts of the Executive Branch towards., Impeachment - A charge of illegal activity or misconduct made against the holder of a public office, most often the president. , Levees - A man-made embankment built to prevent the overflow of a river., Military Spending  - The amount of a country's budget that is devoted to supporting military readiness. , 2008 Election - The first election in U.S. history during which a black person, Barack Obama, was elected president. . , Electoral College - (In the U.S.) a body of people representing the states of the U.S., who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president., Hurrican Katrina - A large Category 5, Gulf of Mexico hurricane, that caused over 1,800 deaths and $125 billion in damage in August 2005, particularly in New Orleans. , President Barack Obama - The First black person elected to be the 44th president of the U.S. as a member of the Democratic Party in 2008. , President Bill Clinton - 42nd U.S. President that presided over the longest period of peacetime and economic expansion in American history., George W. Bush - 43rd President of the U.S. was in office during the 9/11 attacks. , U.S. Patriot Act 2001 - Sweeping laws that gave the government more freedom to conduct surveillance on people in the name of stopping terrorist attacks. , Kuwait - The U.S. led a coalition of countries in defense of Kuwait against Iraq's invasion over oil. , 9/11 - A series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Wahhabi Islamist terrorist group, Al-Qaeda, against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001., Pennsylvania (9/11 Attack) - The passengers of Flight 93 fought back against hijackers which resulted in the plane coming down in a Pennsylvania field instead of Washington D.C., Pentagon (9/11 Attack) - Hijackers took control of a plane and crashed it into the Pentagon. , World Trade Center (9/11 Attack) - Al Queda terrorists hijacked two passenger airplanes and crashed them into the towers, eventually bringing both down. , Persian Gulf War  - 35 nations led by the U.S. intervened and launched attacks after Iraq invaded Kuwait over an oil dispute., Global War on Terror  - An ongoing international military campaign launched by the United States government following the September 11 attacks., U.S. involvement with Afghanistan  - The U.S. began bombing Afghanistan for hosting Bin Laden's, al-Qaeda fighters, and also the Taliban, after the attacks on 9/11. ,

Unit #10 (A)-- 11th Grade US History: 1990's to 21st Century- A. Political Issues + Foreign Affairs

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