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| Solvency of Medicare and Social Security | By current figures, with growing elderly population and fewer working, without reforms SSI and Medicare will run out of money within 30 years. |
| Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) | Group of oil producing nations, mostly Middle East that imposed an oil embargo on the US in the 1970s in response to America's support of Israel. |
| General Agreement on Tariff and Trade (GATT) | Multilateral agreement regulating international trade. Purpose—to reduce tariffs and other trade barriers. |
| North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) | Agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the US, creating a trilateral rules-based trade bloc in North America |
| Bill Gates | Founder of Microsoft |
| Sam Walton | Changed the discount store market with the founding of Walmart |
| Estee Lauder | created a multi-million-dollar cosmetic industry with use of celebrities and free gifts |
| Robert Johnson | Entrepreneur and found of Black Entertainment Television (BET) |
| Lionel Sosa | Hispanic artist and advertiser who worked with Geo. W. Bush's 2004 presidential campaign |
| Watergate | Presidential scandal in which Nixon sought to cover up his involvement in a break in at the Democratic Party's headquarters |
| Bill Clinton's Impeachment | Charged with perjury and obstruction of justice in an investigation of several sex scandals involving the President. He was acquitted and not removed from office. |
| Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 | Law designed to encourage commercial banks and savings associations to help meet the needs of borrowers in all segments of their communities, including low and moderate income neighborhoods. |
| USA PATRIOT ACT of 2001 | Law passed after 9/11 to combat global terrorism and its ties in the US. Included wiretapping with limited checks and balances. Many questioned the laws effects on privacy of citizens. |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 | Economic stimulus program combatting recession of 2008 by providing funds for infrastructure repair/upgrade, etc. |
| Lobbying | any attempt by individuals, or private interest groups to influence the decisions of government; in its original meaning it referred to efforts to influence the votes of legislators, generally in the lobby outside the legislative chamber. |
| Non-Violent Protest | Method used by MLK and others during the Civil Rights movement; protests to not become violent, while forcing opponents to take the aggressive stance. Practiced also by Ghandi |
| Litigation | Decision on laws made through the courts, such as lawsuits, etc. Ex. Brown's desegregation order |
| 24th Amendment | Outlawed poll takes to qualify to vote |
| 26th Amendment | Lowered voting age to 18 |
| American Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 | granted full US citizenship to America's indigenous peoples, called "Indians" in this act. |
| Thurgood Marshall | Chief Counsel for NAACP during the Brown vs. Board case; First African American man on the Supreme Court |
