| A | B |
| Madeleine Albright | First women head of the State Department |
| Saddam Hussein | Lost the Persian Gulf War |
| Muammar al-Qaddafi | Libyan leader who was responsible for some terrorist attacks |
| Janet Reno | First woman attorney general |
| Kenneth Starr | Independent counsel who investigated the Whitewater scandal |
| Persian Gulf War | Conflict over invasion of Kuwait |
| Star Wars | Strategic Defense Initiative |
| Contract with America | Ten popular bills that Republicans promised to bring to vote if they were elected |
| Dayton Accords | Allowed the warring factions in Bosnia to have separate armies and legislatures |
| Welfare Reform Act | Law limiting benefits to the poor as means of encouraging employment |