| A | B |
| Sam Walton | Discount department stores |
| Michael Dell | PC computers |
| Ray Kroc | McDonald's |
| Lee Iacocca | Crystler |
| Donald Trump | Real Estate/Reality TV/Casinos |
| Bill Gates | Microsoft |
| Steve Jobs | Apple/Pixar |
| Jeff Bezos | Amazon.com |
| Watergate Scandal | Nixon Admin. stole confidential Democratic Party info |
| Woodward & Berstein | Washington Post reporters who broke the Watergate scandal story |
| Pres. Ford | Gave Nixon a full pardon |
| Globalization | Increased relationships of culture, people, etc. around the world |
| 9/11 | Terrorist attack on US soil |
| Pres. Ronald Reagan | Increased defense spending; budget cuts |
| Pres. George H. Bush Sr. | Increased taxes; Persian Gulf War; Operation Desert Storm |
| Pres. Bill Clinton | Eliminated deficit spending; Monica Lewinsky |
| Pres. George W. Bush Jr. | War on Terror; 9/11; Hurricane Katrina |
| Detente | Easing of tensions between the US and Soviet Union |
| SALT I & II | Limitations on nuclear weapons |