US History: 90's to today

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  1. 6. Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he was the first African American to serve as Secretary of State from 2001-2005.
  2. 7. Appointed to the Supreme Court by Obama in 2009, she is the first woman of color and Latina to be appointed to the court.
  3. 9. statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it.
  4. 11. Entrepreneur inventor and founder of Apple, he brought the first user friendly personal computers to the market, as well as the iPhone and iPod.
  5. 13. Also known as Obamacare, an attempt to provide affordable health insurance to all Americans.
  6. 15. 43rd President of the US, led the country through the 9/11 attacks and the war on terror.
  7. 17. Terror attacks carried out by the terrorist group al-quida against the world trade center and pentagon in 2001.
  8. 18. 42nd president of the US, saw massive economic growth while president, but everyone remembers him for the Monica Lewinsky Scandal.
  9. 19. Dictator leader of Iraq from 1979 to 2003.
  10. 20. White house intern who had an affair with President Clinton while he was in office.
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  1. 1. Ongoing military action against terrorist groups around the globe carried out by the USA since 9/11.
  2. 2. Entrepreneur inventor and CEO of Microsoft, he developed the first operating software for personal computers, Windows.
  3. 3. Armed campaign led by the USA against Iraq in 1990 for invading Kuwait.
  4. 4. North American Free Trade Agreement, signed in 1994, created a free trade zone between the USA, Mexico and Canada.
  5. 5. Category 5 Hurricane that hit the city of New Orleans in 2005, causing the city to flood when the levees failed.
  6. 8. Entrepreneur businessman and founder of Walmart, turned his convenient store in Arkansas into the largest company in America.
  7. 10. 41st president of the US, was the VP of Reagan and promised no new taxes.
  8. 12. Bill Clinton’s VP that lost to Georg Bush in the 2000 election in a very tightly contested election where Gore won the popular vote but Bush won the electoral vote.
  9. 14. 44th president of the US, first African American to be elected president who succeeded in implementing national healthcare.
  10. 16. Wife to Bill Clinton, she served as Obama’s secretary of State during his first term, but lost two bids for president vs Obama in 2008 and Trump in 2016.