| A | B |
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| Bill Clinton | 42nd president; President of the US; he became the 2nd president to be impeached. |
| Al Gore | He was vice president under president Clinton and democratic presidential candidate in the 2000 election. |
| Contract with America | This contract included plans to balance the budget, fight crime, and provide tax cuts for many Americans. |
| Terrorism | It is the use of violence by individuals or groups to advance political goals. |
| NAFTA | Under this agreement, the US, Mexico, and Canada became one large free-trade zone. |
| George W. Bush | American politician and the 43rd president of the US; he is the son of former president of George H.W. Bush. |
| Budget Surplus | When a government's income exceeds the spending. |
| Bush vs Gore | Supreme court case that ruled the Florida supreme court's recount in the 2000 presidential election was unconstitutional because it failed to provide clear standards by which the ballots were to be counted. |
| Dot-Coms | Company whose products or services are marketed on the internet. |
| Dividends | A payment made by a company to its share-holders. |
| Condoleezza Rice | American educator and politician and secretary of state under president George W. Bush |
| Donald Rumsfeld | Served as secretary of defense under president George W. Bush |
| 9/11 | Terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in NYC and the Pentagon in Washington DC that took place on September 11, 2001 |
| Osama bin Laden | a member of a wealthy Saudi Arabian family; founder of Al Qaeda, the terrorist network responsible for 9/11 |
| Al Qaeda | Osama bin Laden's terrorist network |
| Taliban | group that took control over most of Afghanistan following the Soviet occupation in 1979. |
| Antonio Villaraigosa | Los Angeles mayor elected in 2005; first Latino mayor of LA since 1872 |
| IT | (Computer Information Technology); a way of allowing businesses to organize and examine information in more productive ways |
| Genetic Engineering | has to do with agriculture and technology |
| Hurricane Katrina | hurricane that devestated a large area along the coast of the gulf of mexico, including parts of AL, MS, and LA. |
