Jean Baudrillard [[bo-dree-YAHRD]] wrote a thesis claiming that this conflict did not take place.

This war was the subject of a controversy in which members of the 1st Mechanized Infantry Division used bulldozers to clear out fortified lines by burying enemy troops alive.

A mysterious syndrome named for this war that affected U.S. troops may have been caused by the usage of depleted uranium.

In this war, the Republican Guard was destroyed on the Highway of Death while retreating to Basra.

In this war, a Scud missile attack on the barracks at Dhahran killed 28 American soldiers.

The initial invasion of this war may have sought to capture Jaber al-Sabah from Dasman Palace, but he fled and ruled in exile from a Saudi Arabian hotel room.

Exposure to the chemical Pyridostigmine [["pie"-rih-doh-STIG-meen]] Bromide led to this war's namesake "syndrome," a debilitating chronic illness common among U.S. veterans.

The losing country’s leader promised “the mother of all battles” in this war, which featured Americans bombing a convoy on the Highway of Death.

The losing side in this war burned over 700 oil wells as it retreated.

This conflict featured the bombing of Highway 80 as the losing side retreated, leading that road to be called the Highway of Death. 700 oil wells were burnt as the losing side fell back in this conflict.

It began over disputes about the Rumaila oil field.

The invading side in this war was led by Norman Schwarzkopf, who secured victory in less than 5 days.

Operation Desert Storm was a part of this 1991 conflict started by coalition forces to expel Iraq from Kuwait.

Norman Schwarzkopf commanded American forces during this war.

Chuck Horner commanded troops in this war before the arrival of Norman Schwarzkopf. name this war in which Operation Desert Storm reacted to Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait.

Republicans operatives were flown into this state to cause the Brooks Brothers Riot.

In 1980, police in this state altered a crime scene after beating Arthur McDuffie to death.

This state was home to the Huguenot controlled Fort Caroline.

A city in this state is home to the banking neighborhood of Brickell, named for the city’s co-founder.

On Election Day 1920 in this state’s town of Ocoee, whites killed over 50 African Americans and drove out the rest of the black population.

In 1968, a consolidation process in this state’s Duval County created what was briefly the largest city by land area in the US.

In this modern state, Gaspard de Coligny created a short-lived safe haven in the New World for Huguenots known as Fort Caroline.

A tribe in this state was confined to a reservation by the Treaty of Moultrie Creek in 1823.

This state changed hands from Spanish to U.S. control through the 1819 Adams-Onis Treaty. name this southern state first officially A explored by Europeans when visited in 1513 by Ponce de Leon.

This state is home to the historical black community Eatonville, which is named for Josiah C. Eaton.

The oldest continuously inhabited settlement in the U.S. is in this state.

The Treaty of Payne’s Landing forced Native Americans to leave this state’s land, which was ceded to the US through the Adams-Onís Treaty with Spain.

The Seminole War occurred in, what state that contains cities like Tallahassee and Miami.

The Adam-Onis Treaty acquired the land that became this state for the United States.

The Seminole Wars were fought in, what southern U.S. state where the Spanish founded St. Augustine on the peninsula and Pensacola on the panhandle?

Told voters to “read [his] lips...no new taxes” before losing to Bill Clinton in 1992.

This president implemented Carla Hills's recommendation to end reprisal tariffs on Japan.

He promoted volunteerism with his “thousand points of light” speech and defeated a Democratic opponent with an ad featuring escaped convict Willie Horton.

This politician attacked his opponent’s support for weekend furlough passes in the Willie Horton ad.

This U.S. president, the former vice-president of Ronald Reagan, concluded the START I and II treaties with Mikhail Gorbachev.

Dukakis lost the election to this vice president under Ronald Reagan, whose son would later win the 2000 presidential election. He lost to Bill Clinton in 1992.

This man claimed to have “Big Mo” on his side during his first presidential run.

Geronimo’s skull may have been stolen by Prescott, a politician from this family, whose son was accused of being “born with a silver foot in his mouth” by Ann Richards.

During Reagan’s first Presidential campaign, this primary opponent called Reagan’s supply-side economic policies “voodoo economics.” That didn’t hinder this man’s career; he served as Reagan’s Vice President and succeeded him as President.

He ordered a military intervention to restore Guillermo Endara to power as part of Operation Just Cause, overthrowing Manuel Noriega.

A president with this last name attacked Michael Dukakis (du-KAH-kiss) in the "Revolving Door" and "Willie Horton" ads. This was the last name of two presidents named George.

“Read my lips: no new taxes” was a gaffe by this 41st US President that would cost him in his reelection campaign against Bill Clinton. His son later became president.

This man lost a tennis match to Emperor Akihito hours before vomiting on the lap of the Japanese Prime Minister. name this President whose many political gaffes contributed to his 1992 loss to Bill Clinton.

Peggy Noonan and Craig Smith wrote a speech for this man that compared volunteering organizations to “a brilliant diversity spread like stars.” Lee Atwater aided this man in attacking an opponent with the “Revolving DDoor” ad during the 1988 Presidential Election, in which this man read the “Thousand Points of Light” speech. name this 41st U.S. president who said, “Read my lips: No new taxes.”

This man’s re-election bid was hampered by the failed pledge, “Read my lips: no new taxes.” name this 41st U.S. President who defeated Michael Dukakis in 1988 and fathered the 43rd U.S. President.

His administration oversaw the introduction of the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Policy in the United States military.

As governor, this man was criticized for overseeing the execution of mentally impaired inmate Ricky Ray Rector.

This man and the McDougals were investigated for suspicious real estate investments as part of the Whitewater scandal.

One of this man’s early Presidential acts was signing the Family and Medical Leave Act.

This president was the first to be born after the end of World War II.

This president repealed the Glass-Steagall Act, citing it was "no longer appropriate." This president signed a law mandating background checks on firearms purchases, the Brady Bill, and dealt with "Troopergate" when several officers from his home state alleged they had arranged romantic liaisons for him.

One of this man’s failed investments led to Jim and Susan McDougal being investigated by independent counsel Kenneth Starr.

Which U.S. President was investigated for his role in the Whitewater scandal and for an affair with Monica Lewinsky?

An affair with Monica Lewinsky nearly destroyed the career of this Democratic president who was impeached in 1998.

The U.S., Mexico, and Canada signed the trade agreement NAFTA during his first term in 1994. name this president who was impeached for his affair with intern Monica Lewinsky.

Toni Morrison referred to this man as the “first black President” in reference to his saxophone performance on the Arsenio Hall Show.

Tipper Gore helped this man campaign for reform with a sixteen-bus caravan called the Health Security Express. name this Democrat who served as the 40th and 42nd governor of Arkansas.

NAFTA was signed into law by this man who was the target of the most recent presidential impeachment. name this president who was succeeded by George W. Bush.

This man was attacked for his involvement in the “travelgate” and “Whitewater” scandals. name this former Arkansas governor who was inaugurated as president in 1993.

A blue dress was among the evidence used to charge this man of perjury after he denied having sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky. name this president who was the target of a failed impeachment campaign in the 1990s.

This man coined the term “axis of evil” to describe targets of the War on Terror.

This president devised the No Child Left Behind Act.

Al-Zaidi threw his shoes at this President. This man served from 2001-2009, and was succeeded by Barack Obama.

This leader gave a controversial speech aboard the USSAbraham Lincoln, claiming "Mission Accomplished" six weeks into an eight-year-long war.

As president, this man signed an expansion of Medicare for prescription drugs into law, known as Part D. This man’s first attorney general was appointed after losing a Senate election to a dead opponent in Missouri.

This man declared, "I can hear you" when speaking to first responders while standing next to a fireman with a bull horn. name this US president from Texas who faced 9/11.

This man also landed on the USS Abraham Lincoln and gave the “Mission Accomplished” speech, despite the fact that the Iraq War was still being fought.

This man was mocked for giving a speech under a banner reading “Mission Accomplished.” During a State of the Union address, this man denounced an “axis of evil.” name this president during the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

This president controversially dismissed eight U.S. attorneys, which led to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resigning.

This President, in an attempt to strengthen the education system, created the No Child Left Behind program.

Answer the following about the “Axis of Evil,” .The phrase “Axis of Evil” was coined by this US President in the 2002 State of the Union address, given just months after the 9/11 attacks.

His lawyers Jay Bybee and John Yoo defended the legality of “enhanced interrogation” in the “Torture Memos.” His namesake pro-interventionist “doctrine” emerged from a State of the Union in which he attacked a so-called “Axis of Evil.” what U.S. president presided over the 2003 invasion of Iraq?

This man won the state of Florida by 537 votes after the Supreme Court ended a recount. name this man who defeated Al Gore in the Election of 2000.

The 9/11 attacks took place under this 43rd President of the United States.

The Plame Affair occurred during the administration of this 43rd President, who authorized the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan during the War on Terror in the first decade of the 2000s.

Other major statutes passed under this president include the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and a repeal of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy.

The attempted sale of this man’s vacated Senate seat led to the resignation of governor Rod Blagojevich [blah-GOY-ah-vich].

This politician’s two Portuguese Water Dogs are named Bo and Sunny. name this politician, the first African-American Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Law Review, who defeated Mitt Romney for re-election in 2012.

Partially fueled by slogans like “Yes We Can,” this man defeated John McCain in the 2008 presidential election.

A seated depiction of this man uses a background of leaves with chrysanthemums, jasmine and blue lilies; Kehinde Wiley, the artist of that portrait of this man for the National Portrait Gallery, intended for those flowers to represent this man's heritage.

He’s not Hoover, but an economic plan of this president was opposed in an ad signed by almost 200 economists, including Nobel winner Edward Prescott.

Which U.S. president met with Kendrick Lamar at the oval office after citing "How Much a Dollar Cost" as his favorite song of the year?

After John Paul Stevens stepped down, this president nominated Elena Keegan to the Supreme Court.

name this president who recorded several skits with his vice president, Joe Biden.

At a White House Correspondents Dinner, this man dropped his microphone after saying “[his name] out.” At the previous year’s dinner, this man utilized a character played by Keegan-Michael Key, Luther, his “anger-translator.” This man recorded a sketch in which he expresses his existential dread over leaving the White House to his sunglasses-toting vice president.

This president signed the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which expanded the 1969 federal hate-crimes law and required the FBI to track statistics on hate crimes on the basis of gender.

During his presidency, the Dodd-Frank Act established the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. name this president who signed the stimulus package known as the Recovery Act shortly after taking office in 2009.

In a sketch from Key and Peele, Luther serves as this man’s “Anger Translator.” In an Epic Rap Battle of History, this man claims that a rival’s victory would result in a “first, second, and a third lady.” name this president, who appeared frequently in popular media during his 2012 campaign against Mitt Romney.

Shephard Fairey designed a poster of this man that sometimes had variations with words like "change" and "progress." This President began the process of the Cuban Thaw via talks began by Pope Francis between him and Raúl Castro. name this 44th President, a Democrat from Illinois.

This man’s first signed bill into law was The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.

The musical Come From Away depicts Operation Yellow Ribbon in the Newfoundland town of Gander, where dozens of planes were diverted during this terrorist attack in which nearly 3,000 people were killed in 2001.

In response to this event, the Canadian government, with the FAA, carried out Operation Yellow Ribbon.

Hani Hanjour was one of the main perpetrators of this event.

The only time the SCATANA emergency protocol was used was when it was invoked as a response to this event, which caused Canada to institute Operation Yellow Ribbon.

John Adams’ On the Transmigration of Souls memorializes this event with sound from the voice recorder of American Airlines Flight 11.

Another piece about this event opens with a violin imitating a phone left off the hook, and is scored for three string quartets plus tape.

A memorial in Shanksville, PA commemorates this event, after which stock exchanges were closed for a week.

Al-Qaeda orchestrated this 2001 terrorist attack that destroyed the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers.

The fiction book Falling Man references a real-life photograph of a man falling to his death during this event.

Richard Drew’s The Falling Man depicts this event, which followed a 1993 bombing attempt on its main target. name this al-Qaeda led attack where planes crashed into the Pentagon and the World Trade Center in 2001.

This event was planned in part by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and Mohammed Atta led a group of men from Hamburg in carrying out this event.

It was the subject of John Adams’ On The Transmigration Of Souls and a Steve Reich piece which includes NORAD and FDNY recordings. in what tragedy did hijacked planes attack the Pentagon and World Trade Center?

Conspiracy theorists claim that a hole in the Pentagon made during this event was caused by a cruise missile. name this 2001 attack in which terrorists crashed two planes into the Twin Towers.

The Dow Jones fell a record 684 points on the day of this event, which was mainly planned by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

Rudy Giuliani was praised for his handling of this event, which led to the construction of the Flight 93 National Memorial. name this series of attacks that saw planes crash into the World Trade Center.

Government overthrown in the 2001 invasion; it’s now an insurgent group.

In 2015, after two years, this group announced the death of its leader.

After rising to power, this group banned the practice of “Bacha Bazi” between Pashtun warlords.

In 1996, members of this group castrated Mohammad Najibullah and dragged him by a truck through the capital, and members of this group killed 10 Iranian diplomats in Mazar-i-Sharif in 1998.

This group did not announce that leader’s death until 2015 and is disputing reports that his replacement, Akhtar Mansoor, was killed in December 2015.

One leader of this group reportedly lost his right eye at the Battle of Arghandab in 1987 and died of tuberculosis in 2013.

The persecuted Hazaras minority group opposed this group by joining the Northern Alliance led by deposed president Burhanuddin Rabbani.

This organization’s leader, Mohammed Omar, ordered the destruction of the giant Buddha statues of Bamiyan in 2001.

Jihadist group that ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001 and again since 2021.

This organization was responsible for the destruction of two large statues of the Buddha located in Bamiyan.

Its founder lost an eye fighting with the mujahadeen against the Soviets and rarely left his home in Kandahar before fleeing in 2001.

The provisional government of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the Mujahideen army, and this faction fought a three-way civil war in the 1990s.

This group was overthrown in December 2001 in the first US invasion to follow the 9/11 attacks. name this insurgent group that once ruled most of Afghanistan.

Operation Enduring Freedom removed this Mullah Omar-led group from power after 9/11. name this militant Islamic organization that now leads an insurgency in Afghanistan.

This regime demolished the Buddhas of Bamiyan under Mullah Omar, sparking public outcry.

In 1998, this organization attacked two American embassies in Tanzania and Kenya.

Seal Team 6 killed what organization’s leader, Osama Bin Laden?

A pair of attacks in Dar es Salaam and Nairobi on August 7, 1998, was orchestrated by this organization; those attacks on U.S. embassies prompted its leader to be placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted list.

This organization absorbed Maktab al-Khidamat after the death of Abdullah Azzam in a car bombing.

A critical document concerning this group is known simply as “the Golden Chain.” This organization created the woman-oriented magazine called “The Majestic Woman” in addition to the online publication “Inspire.” With American support, the “Awakening” movement led local opposition to this group, which was allegedly funded by the Benevolence International Foundation.

The founder of the Saudi Binaldin Group, Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, was the father of Osama bin Laden, who founded this terrorist organization from the remnants of Maktab al-Khidamat (MAAK-tab al KEE-daa-mat) in the late 1980s.

This terrorist group claimed responsibility for Benazir Bhutto’s 2007 assassination. Ayman al-Zawahiri currently leads this group, which carried out a series of bombings on US embassies in 1998, as well as the 9/11 attacks.

This organization was responsible for the 2000 attack on the USS Cole.

In 2022, this organization’s leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, was killed.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Zacarias Moussaoui were members of this group until their arrest for planning and knowledge of another of this group’s attacks. name this Islamic terrorist group that perpetrated the September 11th attacks under Osama bin Laden.

The Hamburg cell took part in one event planned by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a member of this organization.

This organization grew out of the Mujaheddin who resisted the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

The Philippines were the origin of the Bojinka plot, which was partially funded by this organization once led by Osama Bin Laden before his death in an Abottabad compound in Pakistan.

In 2011, a leader of this group was targeted in Operation Neptune Spear, during which members of Seal Team Six assaulted an Abbottabad compound. name this terrorist organization once led by Osama bin Laden.

This group’s founder was buried at sea by the USS Carl Vinson after he was killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan by SEAL Team Six. name this Osama bin Laden-led terrorist group behind the 9/11 attacks.

Stevens may be best known for describing this system as a “series of tubes.” Al Gore said that he “took the initiative in creating” this system by expanding ARPANET.

Another version of this thing served as a 2013 NHB Set A Bee Round 2 popular phone book in France that operated until 2012, named Minitel.

The NSFNET [] project in 1986 allowed this commodity to be used for research, and in 1959, Christopher Strachey [[STRAY-chee]] filed a patent application for something resembling this commodity.

One method of accessing this thing was through coin-operated machines located throughout the San Francisco area called Community Memory.

Answer the following about Former Tennessee Senator and Vice President Al Gore’s rich political history. :Gore takes credit for “inventing” this global system through his namesake Gore Bill, which supported the early Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. The World Wide Web is a system used to navigate this global network.

Before dying in a plane crash, Ted Stevens described this technology as a "series of tubes" in a hearing about its namesake neutrality. :Name this technology. Al Gore was misquoted as saying he "invented" this technology in a CNN interview, when in reality he was referring to his support of the High Performance Computing Act.

The Dot-Com bubble was inflated as a result of the rapid growth of businesses associated with this service. This service became much more useful after Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web.

This system has substantially changed modern communications. :The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network was one predecessor to this system. Dial-up modems and wi-fi are ways to access this system.

Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf were instrumental in the development of this broader system, which was partly regulated by a 1998 act called COPA.

A predecessor to this system incorporated concepts from CYCLADES (SICK-luh-deez) and was led in part by Larry Roberts.

The PITAC committee was created as part of a bill known as HPCA that provided funding to develop this system.

ARPANET introduced the system of IP addresses still used in this global system of interconnected computer networks.

Early HIV information and activism was disseminated on soc.motss in a precursor to it. identify this technology provided to Americans by services like Prodigy and CompuServe, which allowed access to the World Wide Web.

Aude Shannon created the information theory network that allowed for the creation of this commodity, and Al Gore was criticized for saying he "took the initiative in creating [this thing]." name this ubiquitous network that connects computers.

In the aftermath of this event, Governor Kathleen Blanco emphasized that National Guardsmen were armed with M-16s and would “shoot and kill.” Two unarmed civilians were killed by police at Danziger Bridge after this disaster.

In April 2016, five police officers pled guilty to various charges associated with shootings on the Danziger Bridge during this event.

Convicted criminal Jabbar Gibson performed heroics during this event, which led to the resignation of Michael E. Brown.

A 2009 Dave Eggers book about this event describes the unjust arrest of the Syrian immigrant Abdulrahman Zeitoun .

Shortly after this event, Ronald Madison and James Brissette were shot by police officers at Danziger Bridge.

When asked about the handling of this event, former UN Ambassador Andrew Young said he “was surprised and not surprised.” A photo taken in the aftermath of this event shows a helicopter flying over a line of buses in front of a highway sign featuring the word “Mandeville.” Plaquemines [plak-uh-meen] Parish suffered extreme damage in this event, in which the 17th Street Canal levee broke.

Before this event, Robert Ricks likely saved many lives by warning that an area would become “uninhabitable for weeks.” The Gretna [GRET-nuh] City police forcibly expelled survivors of this event seeking help and after it, FEMA chief Michael Brown was criticized for his agency’s inaction.

The president during the time of this event famously said “Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job” in response to FEMA’s efforts after it.

Refugees were trapped at the Superdome for several days after this event, which breached around 50 levees. name this hurricane that devastated New Orleans in 2005.

FEMA was widely criticized for its response to this 2005 hurricane that caused massive flooding in New Orleans.

During this event, a “shelter of last resort” was established at the Louisiana Superdome which suffered heavy damage due to water and heavy winds. name this 2005 disaster in which a hurricane damaged New Orleans.

During this event, The decision to not declare a state of emergency for Jefferson, and Plaquemines [PLAK-uh-meen] was later blamed on Governor Kathleen Blanco.

2005 Category-5 Hurricane which broke the levees of New Orleans.

This event was reached Category 5 status with winds reaching nearly 180 miles per hour though it weakened somewhat prior to landfall. name this 2005 storm that hit New Orleans.

In response to this event, Kanye West stated that “George Bush doesn’t care about black people.” name this deadly natural disaster that devastated New Orleans in 2005.

After graduating from Yale Law School, this figure briefly taught at a law school in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

This figure created the Vital Voices initiative to promote women in the politics of their home nation, and this person's senior thesis about Saul Alinsky quietly disappeared at the request of White House officials.

Answer the following about members of Barack Obama’s Cabinet. :This Secretary of State, a former Senator from New York, is the first former First Lady to serve in the Cabinet.

This politician offered another country’s foreign minister a “reset button” in order to improve relations.

This person was criticized by a February 2015 attack ad for being involved in a foundation that took twenty-five million dollars from the government of Saudi Arabia.

In Jan Hooks’ portrayal of this woman, Phil Hartman plays her husband and she fights a politician played by Dan Aykroyd.

During a debate, Rick Lazio awkwardly seemed to invade this politician’s personal space by brandishing a fundraising agreement.

In 2000, this politician defeated Rick Lazio to win a senate seat after Rudy Giuliani withdrew from the race.

This politician wrote the book What Happened about her campaign for President in 2016. name this former First Lady who ran for President against Donald Trump.

This then-Secretary of State is seen covering her mouth in the Situation Room, though she claimed seasonal allergies. This woman is currently the frontrunner for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination.

In 2010, this Secretary of State formally apologized for the Guatemala syphilis experiments. Previously, a formal apology for the Tuskegee experiment had been issued by this politician’s husband, Bill.

Vanessa Bayer, Ana Gasteyer, and Amy Poehler are among the actresses who have portrayed this woman, whose more recent appearances have been accompanied by Cecily Strong as Huma Abedin and Tom Hanks as a debate moderator. name this politician who, as played by Kate McKinnon, has taken part in presidential debates against Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live.

Served as First Lady and secretary of state before being named the first female major party presidential nominee.

An email leak scandal was faced by this Democratic Party nominee in the 2016 presidential election who lost to Donald Trump.

The Benghazi attacks and the killing of Osama bin Laden occurred during this figure’s tenure as Secretary of State.

Like his father of the same name, this man served as a senator from Tennessee.

2007: former U.S. Vice President for his climate change advocacy.

This politician's documentary An Inconvenient Truth demonstrates his climate change activism.

This presidential candidate advocated for the creation of a “Medicare lock box” which would prevent Medicare taxes from being used for anything except Medicare or paying down the debt. :Name this Presidential candidate, whose father was one of only three Southern Democratic senators to not sign the Southern Manifesto, though he did vote against the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

This politician was identified as a member of the "Atari" group of his political party due to the cause he supports in a film presenting "the slideshow." This politician's father joined Estes Kefauver and Lyndon Johnson in rejecting the Southern Manifesto.

This senator created the High Performance Computing Act of 1991 and popularized the phrase “information superhighway.” :Name this politician who was widely mocked for supposedly claiming to have “invented the Internet.”

This politician's wife Tipper was one of the leading forces in the moral panic against rock music in the 1980s. This senator introduced the High Performance Computing Act of 1991.

Made the American public aware of the threat of global warming in An Inconvenient Truth.

Following the decommissioning of ARPANET, this senator authored the High Performance Computing Act of 1991. In 1979, this “Atari” Democrat was the first congressman to be broadcast on C-Span.

This real-life activist and politician from Tennessee became Emperor of the Moon on Futurama and appeared as a fictional president on Saturday Night Live shortly after losing the 2000 election to George W. Bush.

Antagonist of George W. Bush in a Supreme Court decision that came before the court in 2000

The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 was based not on Eisenhower’s plan but on one put forward by this politician. His son of the same name popularized the term “information superhighway.”

A government major at Harvard, he worked for several years as an investigative reporter at The Tennesseean and as a journalist in Vietnam. —name this author of Earth in the Balance and former Democratic presidential candidate.

This creator of a climate change documentary titled An Inconvenient Truth lost a contested election after the Florida recount was halted. name this man who unsuccessfully ran for president against Bush in 2000.

Along with Kefauver and LBJ, this senator from Tennessee refused to sign the Southern Manifesto.

One man with this surname who served as head of the New Jersey State Police successfully apprehended Bruno Hauptmann but was unsuccessful in saving Charles Lindbergh’s baby.

This United States Army general won three Silver Stars and two Purple Hearts while serving in Vietnam.

This man succeeded George Crist as head of United States Central Command, where he ordered the development of the prophetic Internal Look ‘90.

This man, with Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney, sought permission from King Fahd to deploy troops in Saudi Arabia.

The leader of American forces in the conflict, given the nickname “Stormin’”?

This man’s father was the lead investigator for the Lindbergh baby kidnapping case and later helped to train SAVAK in Iran. :Name this US general and commander of CENTCOM whose Internal Look ’90 plans became the basis for his successful execution of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

After overseeing airstrikes timed for exactly 2:40 am, this man told reporters that his operation had gone “just about exactly as we had intended it to go.” :Name this American general who commanded a coalition force in a war that lasted approximately 100 hours.

This general tapped William Pagonis for an operation in which he worked alongside commander Khalid bin Sultan to defend Saudi Arabia. :Name this general who, after taking the role of commander of CENTCOM, executed Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

Name the following about Operation Desert Shield, .This man, appointed by George H.W. Bush, was the commander-in-chief of coalition forces during Operation Desert Shield.

What United States general led coalition forces in the Persian Gulf War before dying of pneumonia in 2012?

The son of that man with this surname worked with Khalid bin Sultan during a conflict in which that man with this surname ordered the bombing of the Highway of Death.

American commander nicknamed “Stormin’” for his quick victory.

This man was the Deputy Commander of U.S. forces in Urgent Fury. In his most notable victory, this man ordered the Package Q airstrike against the Osarik reactor and ordered the obliteration of a column of enemy forces on Highway 80, which became known as the “Highway of Death.”

He led all coalition forces in the Gulf War.

That man with this surname was nicknamed “Stormin’” and oversaw Operation Desert Shield. give this surname of that father and son with the first name Norman.

The signing of this agreement sparked tensions in Chiapas, which led to support of the Zapatista movement.

This agreement resulted in an annual 5% easing of restrictions on the output of maquiladoras.

President Trump has called this “the worst trade deal ever” in American history. …Name this trade deal that was signed in 1992, and took effect in 1994, which links together the economies of Canada, the U.S., and Mexico.

Maquiladoras proliferated following the 1994 signing of, what free trade agreement between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico?

In 1992, the US and Mexico, as well as Canada, signed this economic agreement. One of the effects of this agreement was the creation of maquiladoras, Mexican factories that import parts to produce finished goods.

Following Ross Perot's most successful attempt at the Presidency, Perot embarked on a campaign against this legislation, predicting it would cause a "giant sucking sound." This legislation was championed in a televised debate by Al Gore, and its architects included Carlos Salinas and Brian Mulroney. name this continental trade pact.

A speech given in support of this agreement claimed that “the gains from this agreement will be your gains too.” The passage of this agreement led to a surge in the number of cheap-labor factories called maquiladoras.

Ross Perot argued against what 1990s international political agreement, claiming it would create a “giant sucking sound?”

Agreement signed by the Clinton administration, which was succeeded by Donald Trump’s USMCA.

The peso crisis occurred shortly after this agreement, despite the economic opportunities it was promised to create.

This agreement, which eliminated almost all of the tariffs between the United States, Canada and Mexico was signed during the last year of George H. W. Bush’s presidency.

The Zapatistas launched their uprising on the day that this trade agreement came into effect. This agreement eliminated most trade barriers between Mexico, the US, and Canada.

Carlos Salinas and George H.W. Bush first signed this agreement in 1992. name this trade agreement involving Canada, Mexico, and the United States.

This agreement was derided as a “giant sucking sound” by Ross Perot and it sparked a rebel movement in the Lacandon Jungle, the Zapatistas.

Drafted shortly after the Maastricht Treaty that created the European Union, name this agreement that set up a trade bloc between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

Following Black Monday, this man claimed that his organization was “ready to serve as a source of liquidity.” The Federal funds rate was set at one percent during the tenure of this supporter of privatized Social Security. name this longtime chairman of the Federal Reserve, serving from 1987 to 2006.

Ravi Batra wrote a 2004 book about this man, who was a member of "The Collective," a group of Objectivists who were given early access to Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged.

A metaphorical “put” named for this man refers to the belief that investors believe the government will cover downside risks in times of crisis.

In a 2003 speech, this person credited the PATCO strike with increasing the “flexibility” of the “freedom to fire.” A speech at Jackson Hole contributed to a feud between this man and his subordinate Alan Blinder.

This man partly apologized for his deregulatory policies during and after the 2008 financial crisis. He served as Chairman of the Federal Reserve before Bernanke.

This man argued that the ability of U.S. producers to expand volume without causing inflation constituted the “New Economy.” This author of the memoir The Age of Turbulence succeeded Paul Volcker in his highest post, in which he complained about “irrational exuberance” and dealt with fallout from the dot-com bubble. name this Chairman of the Federal Reserve who retired in 2006.

Only William McChesney Martin served longer as Federal Reserve Chairman than this man, who was appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1987 and served in that position until 2006.

One candidate for the Democratic nomination in this election year was a New Jersey senator who had played for the New York Knicks.

During this election year, Phil Donahue held “super rallies” for one candidate and John McCain called Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson “agents of intolerance.” The Voter News Service had its reputation damaged in this year after calling the results ahead of time.

This election year's only faithless elector was Barbara Lett-Simmons, who protested D.C.'s lack of representation.

In this election, the nasty South Carolina primary featured accusations that a candidate’s adopted child was actually born out of wedlock.

A candidate in this election was derided for proposing a federal “rainy day fund,” and was the first major-party candidate with a Jewish running mate.

“The Shrub” led push-polling in South Carolina during this election year, during which David Foster Wallace reported for Rolling Stone while riding the Straight Talk Express.

In this year, a December 12th “safe harbor” deadline caused the Supreme Court to deliver a ruling one day after hearing oral arguments.

A series of butterfly ballots proved critical in this election year in which Joe Lieberman was a vice presidential candidate.

This election featured the Reform Party’s Pat Buchanan appearing in a controversial position on one state’s butterfly ballots.

Joe Lieberman became the first Jewish candidate on a major-party ticket in this election. name this election in which George W. Bush defeated Al Gore.

In this election year, the first Jewish candidate to be nominated for either party, Joe Lieberman, ran for vice president.

Ralph Nader ran his most successful campaign, his fourth, in this election. name this election, during which George W. Bush defeated Al Gore to become the 43rd president.

This election saw “hanging chads” cause a long recount in Florida ended by the Supreme Court. name this election in which George W. Bush defeated Al Gore.

Prior to 2016, this was the most recent U.S. presidential election year in which the winner lost the popular vote. name this election year in which Al Gore lost to George W. Bush.

Many inadvertent votes in this election year may have gone to Pat Buchanan due to the proliferation of "butterfly ballots." name this election year in which Al Gore narrowly lost to George Bush by a margin of 537 votes in Florida.

Fear surrounding this issue led a school in Indiana to ban Ryan White from attending.

Teenager Ryan White’s expulsion from school after contracting this disease inspired a 1990 law providing healthcare funding to people living with this disease.

The pink triangle was repurposed to raise awareness of this issue by the Silence=Death project.

A series of programs to counter this problem in the US are named for Ryan White, and internationally, it is addressed by George W. Bush’s PEPFAR initiative.

In a speech about this phenomenon, an activist noted that it asks only one question, “Are you human?” and that it “does not care whether you are Democrat or Republican.” That speech noted that many “have lost loved ones” to this phenomenon, but “dare not whisper” its name.

Ron Woodroof’s illegal smuggling of drugs to fight this disease are the subject of a 2013 film that won Matthew McConaughey an Oscar, Dallas Buyers Club.

Andrew Beckett, a lawyer who suffers from this disease, is played by Tom Hanks in the 1993 film Philadelphia.

The Air Canada flight attendant Gaëtan Dugas is profiled in Randy Shilts’ book And The Band Played On, which chronicles this event.

This history of this disease was examined by Randy Shilts in his book And The Band Played On.

This disease gained public attention after the death of Rock Hudson and can be treated with AZT.

Elizabeth Glazer and Mary Fisher spoke at the Democratic and Republican National Conventions in 1992 about this phenomenon, with Fisher urging against stereotyping this phenomenon, noting that she was “one with the lonely gay man sheltering a flickering candle.” name this disease whose other early 90s activists included Ryan White and Magic Johnson.

In 2003, HBO aired a miniseries version of Tony Kushner’s play about this disease, Angels in America. name this disease whose 1980s epidemic also provides the setting for Jonathan Larsen’s Rent.

That man, Larry Kramer, wrote a play about this event called The Normal Heart, which details his fight against the "gay cancer." name this sexually-transmitted epidemic of the 1980s.

Victims of this event are commemorated in the world’s largest piece of community folk art, the “NAMES Project” memorial quilt.

The TAC pushed for South African funding for this issue under Thabo Mbeki , who embraced Kary Mullis’s denialism of its origins.

Gaëtan Dugas, a flight attendant who was nicknamed this disease's Patient O [oh], was erroneously accused of being a North American originator of this disease.

In 1987, this agent was found in the preserved body of Robert Rayford, who had died in St. Louis in 1969.

This virus’ env gene codes for the gp120 envelope glycoprotein.

A disease caused by this virus was briefly, misleadingly called GRID.

In one country, this disease was dubbed the “slim disease” because it caused weight loss.

Using a molecular clock, scientists were able to trace back the origins of this virus to early twentieth century West Africa. This retrovirus infects and lowers the count of helper T cells.

In 1983, this agent was independently discovered by Robert Gallo and Luc Montagnier, who were investigating a disease then known as GRIDS.

Traces of this disease's type 1 strain have been found in preserved lymph and blood samples from citizens of 1960 Léopoldville.

Five Bulgarian nurses were falsely convicted of intentionally spreading this disease in a Libyan show trial.

Luc Montagnier [mon-tahn-ee-AY] was called as an expert witness after an outbreak of this disease at the El-Fatih Hospital.

Infection by this virus took the lives of Freddie Mercury, Michel Foucault, and Rock Hudson during an explosive epidemic in the 1980s. name this virus that causes AIDS.

Gaetan Dugas is sometimes called the "Patient Zero" of this virus in the United States. name this retrovirus discovered in 1983 to be the cause of AIDS.

This disease attacks CD4+ helper T cells, weakening its host’s immune system. name this retrovirus that can cause AIDS.

This disease was spread along the Tanzam road in Tanzania and Zambia by truck drivers who frequented sex workers. an outbreak of what disease struck Johannesburg’s gay community in the 1980s?

A James Brown speech is sampled, and Stevie Wonder sings “We are rewriting the black American story,” on the title track of this artist’s 2016 album, Black America Again.

This artist invoked “the Spirit of God” and “the Spirit of the Ancestors” in “A Song for Assata” Shakur, who was tortured by police after a 1973 shootout.

This rapper played James Bevel in the 2014 film Selma and joined John Legend on its Oscar-winning song, “Glory.” “The Light” is by this Chicago-based actor and rapper.

A sitar is featured in the introduction to “Paint it Black” by this British rock band.

This band is the main focus of a film featuring a clip of Jefferson Airplane singer Marty Balin getting knocked out.

This group suffered a setback in 2006 when its guitar player fell out of a palm tree prior to a concert in Stuttgart.

During a performance by this band, Meredith Hunter was killed by the Hell’s Angels who were working security.

A documentary about this group includes footage shot at Muscle Shoals.

One of this band’s founders, Brian Jones, was dismissed from the band in 1969 and died shortly after. :Name this British rock band, which takes its name from a song by Muddy Waters. Mick Jagger leads this band, whose songs include “Sympathy for the Devil.”

This band’s performance at the Altamont Free Concert was marred by the killing of Meredith Hunter by a security guard from the Hells Angels.

This band released the album Exile on Main Street while avoiding British taxes in France.

Exile on Main St. was an album by this band front by Mick Jagger on vocals and Keith Richards on guitar. Other notable songs by this band include “Sympathy for the Devil” and “Gimme Shelter.”

This artist set Guinness World Records for Most successful concert series, Highest grossing concert Dfilm for This Is It, and Youngest vocalist to top the U.S. singles chart.

The music video for this artist’s song “Billie Jean” premiered on MTV after Walter Yetnikoff threatened to expose discriminatory corporate policies. :Name this artist who apologized for using an antisemitic racial slur in his song “They Don’t Care About Us.” During a 1984 White House visit, Ronald Reagan praised this artist, whose signature move was the moonwalk.

A member of this star’s band claimed that this star's role as a composer for the game Sonic the Hedgehog 3 was removed from the credits.

In 1992, this artist started a foundation that sent money to children affected by war, poverty, and disease, named “Heal the World” after a hit song on his Dangerous album. name this writer of hits such as “Beat It” and “Thriller,” known worldwide as the “King of Pop.”

This artist became the owner of the Beatles catalogue after buying it in 1985.

This man throws a quarter into a jukebox at the start of a video whose song was covered in 2001 by Alien Ant Farm.

Conrad Murray was responsible for the death of this artist, who died in 2009 less than a month before the start of his This Is It tour.

The moonwalk was popularized by this American singer who was dubbed the “King of Pop,” whose songs include Thriller and Billie Jean.

This collaborator with Paul McCartney on "Say Say Say" owns a patent for "anti-gravity shoes," which he used to lean impossibly far forward in the video for "Smooth Criminal." He declared "There ain't no second chance to kill the thing with the forty eyes, girl" on the best-selling album ever. name this "King of Pop," who had many nose surgeries and got sued for child abuse years after recording Thriller.

This current baseball team debuted as the White Stockings in 1870, and adopted its current name in 1907.

This Major League Baseball team finally broke its long World Series drought in 2016. …Name this long-suffering franchise that defeated the Cleveland Indians in 7 games to win the title.

In 2008, this team won the first-ever no-hitter pitched at a neutral site. :Name this team for which Ron Santo played every year save one of his career.

This team reached the NLCS in 1984 and 1989 under the leadership of Ryne Sandberg, but failed to make the World Series.

This major league team's owner founded the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1943 to maintain interest in the sport. His father names this team's home stadium Wrigley Field.

It is the oldest currently active Major League Baseball team, but the last of its 16 National League pennants came in 1930, and it hasn't won the World Series since 1908. name this Major League Baseball team that plays its games within the ivy-covered friendly confines of Wrigley Field in Chicago.

Dallas Green also served as general manager of this baseball team from 1982 to 1987. Highlights of his tenure saw manager Lee Elia call this team’s fans “motherfuckers.” In 2010, this team was managed by Lou Piniella and its top pitcher was Carlos Zambrano.

This group was kept all-white for many years by people including George Preston Marshall.

This group was originally conceived in 1920 as the APFA, with representatives in Rock Island and Decatur.

Mark Leibovich’s non-fiction best selling book about this entity is entitled “Big Game” and describes how the sport may have “peaked.” This entity was founded in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, before changing to its current name in 1922.

This organization's color barrier was broken in 1946 when former UCLA All-American Kenny Washington joined the Los Angeles franchise. name this American sports league.

The Washington member of this group was forced to integrate on the orders of Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall in 1962.

This sports league has been accused of not doing enough to prevent concussions in its players, and is currently dealing with controversy over its players and how they are handling the National Anthem. name this professional sports league, led by Roger Goodell, which merged with the American Football League in 1970.

This professional sports league began its season in September after cancelling all preseason games and relocating its international games. Six teams, including the Dolphins and Jaguars, allowed fans to attend home games in its first week.

The lead counsel on both the Texaco and Coca-Cola suits, Cyrus Mehri, later formed the Fritz Pollard Alliance to lobby this organization to advocate for their employees of color; that lobbying culminated in the Rooney Rule.

The aftermath of this event involved extensive use of Corexit disperseants, which CEO Tony Hayward controversially claimed were used in quantities negligible in comparison to the “very big ocean.” This event, which took place at the Macondo Prospect, killed 11 people and destroyed a facility leased to BP. name this 2010 event, an explosion and ensuing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Though eleven workers lost their lives in this event, chief electronics technician Mike Williams survived the initial conflagration that started it by jumping from a height of ten stories.

This industrial site on the Macondo Prospect suffered a 2010 explosion that claimed eleven lives and injured seventeen others.

At one point during this ongoing catastrophe, the Obama administration rejected Donald Trump’s offer of technical assistance.

In the aftermath of this event, Ken Salazar claimed it was his job to “keep the boot on the neck” of its perpetrator.

Containment of this 2010 event was aided by an alkane-digesting, halophilic bacterium named Alcanivorax.

Salazar concerns the legitimacy of continued exploratory drilling after this disaster.

The ongoing case Hornbeck Offshore Services LLC v.

Answer the following about man-made disasters, .This 2010 event was triggered when a methane gas explosion occurred on the namesake mobile drilling unit, which led to 4.9 million barrels of oil being leaked into water off the coast of Texas.

A 2022 environmental study by Denic-Roberts et al. revealed metabolic effects of the mass deployment of the toxic agent Corexit during this event. :What largest oil spill in history occurred when a platform on the Macondo Prospect exploded in 2010?

As bad as Exxon Valdez was, this 2010 spill in the Gulf of Mexico was over 18 times worse. This spill began when the namesake BP drilling rig exploded a few miles off the coast of Louisiana.

Eleven workers lost their lives in the catalyst to this event, the explosion of a drilling rig in the Macondo prospect off the coast of Louisiana. name this largest marine oil spill in history, the responsibility of a British energy company.

When assessing damage claims resulting from this accident, a U.S. district judge assigned 3% F of the blame to Halliburton, 30% to Transcocean, and 67% to BP. what 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was the costliest in history?

During this event, a cement cap failed to prevent the wellhead blowout at the Macondo Prospect.

What was the name of the Gulf of Mexico-based oil rig whose 2010 explosion resulted in the largest marine oil spill in history?

This state was represented by Senator Ted Stevens, who died in a 2010 plane crash.

A governor of this state fired Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan, who claimed he was fired because he wouldn’t dismiss a state trooper embroiled in a custody battle with the governor’s sister.

An explorer suffering from scurvy accidentally discovered Kayak Island in this region, dying on his return to a European nation.

Mark Begich is one of only eight Senators to have been elected in what state?

The Ballinger-Pinchot controversy arose over conservation efforts in this territory.

In 1968, oil was discovered in this state’s Prudhoe Bay.

Over a hundred people died in this state during the 1964 Good Friday earthquake, which triggered tsunamis that killed five people in Oregon.

131 people died in 1964 from various effects caused by the largest earthquake in U.S. history whose epicenter was 12 miles north of Prince William Sound in this U.S. state.

The memorial site of Castle Hill in this region is sometimes named after Alexander Baranov, who established a provisional capital here in the early 1800s after defeating Tlingit natives.

This state’s largest cargo port lies on the Knik Arm of the Cook Inlet and suffered greatly during the 1964 Good Friday earthquake.

While exploring this land for Russia, naturalist George Wilhelm Stellar discovered his namesake Sea Cow.

A governor of this state wrote the book Going Rogue and served as John McCain’s running mate in 2008.

A mayor of this state’s city of Wasilla became Governor and, in 2008, John McCain’s running mate. name this state once led by Sarah Palin.

This state’s senator Ted Stevens was criticized for pushing the “Bridge to Nowhere” project.

A transaction involving this territory was known as “Seward’s Folly”.

Rick Kahn delivered a partisan eulogy for a politician from this state who died in a plane crash days before an election against Norm Coleman.

Fort Snelling was built in this state and served as an internment camp during the 1862 Dakota War, which broke out along this state’s namesake river.

In this state, miners have extracted ore deposits since the 19th century from its Mesabi Iron Range in its Arrowhead region.

A citizen of this state who earned the last Medal of Honor issued in the Indian Wars was Oscar Burkard, who fought in this state’s Battle of Sugar Point.

The Ojibwe's Pembina and Red Lake bands ceded land in this state in the Treaty of Old Crossing.

Miners flocked to this state following a discovery in its Vermilion Range.

During a debate on whether communism should be illegal, Thomas Dewey told a governor of this state “you can’t shoot an idea with a gun.” Harold Stassen served as governor of this state, which was represented in the Senate by a man who called for the Democratic Party to “walk forth-rightfully into the bright sunshine of human rights” and lost the 1968 presidential election.

The Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party is active in this home state of Eugene McCarthy and Hubert Humphrey, where Mark Dayton serves as Governor from Saint Paul.

In this state, Norm Coleman lost to a candidate of the Democratic- Farmer-Labor Party, a former Air America Radio host who resigned from the Senate in 2018 after sexual misconduct allegations.

The Reform Party’s greatest electoral success was electing former wrestler Jesse “The Body” Ventura to the governorship of what state?

The Merritt Brothers found taconite ore mines in this state, which is the site of the world's largest open pit iron ore mine at Hibbing.

Charles Alfred Pillsbury founded his namesake company in this state, where its flour mills competed with rival General Mills.

In the Election of 1984, this was the only state won by Walter Mondale. name this state where Hubert Humphrey failed to become mayor of Minneapolis.

The Mayo Clinic was founded in Rochester in, what US state where 3M is headquartered in a suburb of St. Paul?

The Democratic and Farmer-Labor parties are combined in this home state of Hubert Humphrey and Walter Mondale whose capital is Saint Paul.

In 1964 Ronald Reagan gave his “Time For Choosing Speech” in favor of a senator from this state.

In this state, a small detachment of Union forces clashed with Confederates at the Battle of Piacacho Pass, the westernmost of the Civil War.

The territory that became this state was governed by the Howell Code and Hoyt Code.

A camel-topped, pyramidal monument in this state honors “Hi Jolly,” a camel driver who helped explore this state.

One unsuccessful presidential candidate from this state lost to LBJ in 1964 and was named Barry Goldwater.

Settlers of this state irrigated their farms with refurbished canals built by the ancient Hohokam culture.

Barry Goldwater, a senator from this state, was Johnson’s opponent in the 1964 election.

This state was the origin of a court case that resulted in rights being read to people being arrested.

In this state, Ike Clanton fought with Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday at the O.K Corral in Tombstone.

This home of Barry Goldwater and the Miranda case is also where the 2008 Republican presidential nominee was a senator.

In 2011, a representative from this state, Gabrielle Giffords, was shot in the head by an attempted assassin.

A battleship named after this state sank due to a magazine explosion during Pearl Harbor, leading to the deaths of 1,177 sailors.

John McCain was a senator from this southwestern state with capital at Phoenix.

The southern portion of this state, along with New Mexico, was acquired via the Gadsden Purchase of 1853. name this state led from Phoenix.

This state’s town of Tombstone was the site of the O.K Corral shootout. name this southwestern state with capital at Phoenix.

In the first year [emphasize] after this decade, the PRI lost its first presidential election in seven decades.

During this decade, economist and presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio was assassinated while campaigning in Tijuana.

In that film’s country of origin, the life expectancy for men during this decade dropped to as low as fifty-seven years.

In an incident known as the “Day of the Rangers,” eighteen American soldiers were killed in this decade while the U.S. was trying to capture warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid.

year in which the Baltic states left the Soviet Union one year before its general dissolution?

During this decade, the U.S. opted to reinstate a president deposed in a coup during Operation Uphold Democracy.

The book and film Black Hawk Down were inspired by an incident in this decade.

Billionaire Ross Perot ran for president twice during this decade which saw the creation of NAFTA and the Gulf War.

The “December Mistake” occurred in this decade and led to an abrupt devaluation of the peso after the election of Ernesto Zedillo.

A largely unsuccessful reform that took place during this decade operated by issuing vouchers to the population, who often promptly traded or sold them.

During this decade, the U.S. reinstated President Aristide in Haiti, fought the Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia, and participated in NATO’s bombing of Yugoslavia in the Kosovo War. name this decade in which the U.S. fought the first Gulf War against Iraq.

A “loans-for-shares” voucher system implemented by Anatoly Chubais during this decade led to most of the country’s resources being controlled by a group of “oligarchs.” “Shock therapy” under Boris Yeltsin failed to spark economic recovery in this decade, leading to the rise of a young Vladimir Putin. in what decade did the ruble collapse following the fall of the Soviet Union?

A president during this decade was impeached after news broke out of a scandal involving Monica Lewinsky. name this decade, during much of which Bill Clinton was president.

Botswana was controlled by a political alliance known as the A-Team during this decade, during which apartheid ended and Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa.

The "Gang of Eight" failed to perpetrate a coup in this decade after a future president gave a speech on top of a tank.

This man and Russ Feingold co-sponsored the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act.

This man, the only Republican member of the Keating Five, became Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee in 2015.

During a brutal South Carolina primary, this man was accused of fathering a black child, a reference to his adopted daughter from Bangladesh.

This man escaped from the cockpit of an A-4E Skyhawk whose fuel tank was ignited during the deadly USS Forrestal fire.

Along with Russ Feingold, this senator sponsored the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 meant to restrict election contributions.

In 2000, this man co-sponsored a bill aimed at "soft money" that was later partially invalidated by the Citizens United case, along with Wisconsin Democrat Russ Feingold.

After being implicated as part of the Keating Five, this man fought for stricter campaign finance laws leading to an Act with Russ Feingold in 2002.

This senator gave an infamous thumbs down when voting against the repeal of the Affordable Care Act.

This man, who was permanently injured during a fire on board the USS Forrestal, sponsored a campaign finance reform act with Russ Feingold and entered the Senate by winning a seat vacated by Barry Goldwater. name this Vietnam War veteran and longtime Arizona congressman.

Push polls in South Carolina tanked this man’s 2000 presidential primary campaign, and his later Presidential run fell apart after choosing Sarah Palin as his running mate. name this runner-up in the 2008 Presidential Election, an Arizona senator who died in 2018.

This man was the only Republican to be part of the “Keating Five” group accused of political corruption.

David Foster Wallace’s reporting on this politician for Rolling Stone was published into a book titled for this man’s campaign bus.

Senator Paul Wellstone introduced an amendment to a 2002 Campaign Reform Act co- sponsored by Russ Feingold and what Arizona Republican?

The 2008 Republican candidateforU.S.presidentwas,fortenpoints this politician who died in 2018.

Barack Obama's opponent in 2008 this Republican senator from Arizona and Vietnam War hero.

The first holder of this position, Frederick Muhlenberg, was the first person to sign the Bill of Rights.

John Boehner [[BAY-ner]] resigned from this position in 2015 following a speech from Pope Francis the day prior.

One man who held this post ended the disappearing quorum by barricading Democrats in and was nicknamed “Czar Reed”.

According to a false legend, the first person in this position was responsible for German not becoming an official language of the United States; that man was Frederick Muhlenberg.

The longest holder of this position was Sam Rayburn, and the only holder of this position to later become President has been James Polk.

In 1998 Bob Livingston was set to assume this post until an extramarital affair forced him to resign since he had been loudly critical of Bill Clinton’s affair.

A man in this position counted people as present even if they didn’t vote to combat the “disappearing quorum” tactic via one of his namesake rules.

That person who held this position from 1999 to 2007 was Dennis Hastert.

One holder of this position returned a 4.5 million dollar advance from HarperCollins for two books, the first of which was To Renew America. This was the highest position held by the man who introduced the “Majority of the Majority” Rule and who was accused of inappropriate behavior as a wrestling coach at Yorkville High School in Illinois.

Henry Clay held this position during the debate over the Missouri Compromise.

This position is second in the U.S. line of succession following the vice president.

Jo Byrns suffered a heart attack after taking this position, and James Traficant was stripped of his party seniority after voting for a Republican for this position.

Dennis Hastert replaced Newt Gingrich in this position in the House currently held by Nancy Pelosi.

Nancy Pelosi was the first female holder of, what political position, currently held by Paul Ryan, that leads the lower house of U.S. Congress?

The only President to hold this office, James Polk, used it to invoke a “gag rule” about slavery petitions. name this leader of the House of Representatives.

In 1863, Christopher Spencer demonstrated one of these objects to Abraham Lincoln on the National Mall, after which the U.S. ordered over 13,000 of them.

While trying to enforce his cotton gin patents, Eli Whitney got a contract to make these devices with interchangeable parts.

In 2008, Otis McDonald sued the city of Chicago over a ban on these items; the Supreme Court struck down that ban shortly after deciding a similar case, DC vs. Heller.

These objects, one of which was nicknamed “Tick-licker,” were the first products made using Eli Whitney’s paradigm of replaceable parts.

General class of weapon whose long range allowed him to decimate enemy cavalry at Nagashino in 1575.

It is unsure whether one of these objects strangely called “Lucretia Borgia” was misspelled with a “t” rather than a “z” on purpose or by error.

Soldiers on both sides of the Revolutionary War used the “Brown Bess” variety of these objects.

Shipments of these things were nicknamed "Beecher's Bibles" during Bleeding Kansas.

Later "big history" writer Jared Diamond argued that these weapons, along with "Germs" and "Steel," were key to Eurasian hegemony.

Lopez, the Supreme Court ruled that Congress couldn’t use its Commerce Clause powers to restrict these things from certain zones.

Davy Crockett possessed several of these objects nicknamed “Betsy.” many varieties of what weapon operated using a flintlock device?

At a 2000 rally, Charlton Heston claimed that he would not give these goods up unless Al Gore pried them “from [his] cold, dead hands.” James Brady names a legislation that mandates federal background checks for purchasing these goods. name these goods whose sale began to be restricted following the Columbine Massacre.

Samuel Walker suggested improvements to these things manufactured in Hartford, Connecticut.

Samuel Colt mass produced these weapons in the 19th century. name these weapons, which are protected under the Second Amendment.

As the head of an organization advocating for these items, Charlton Heston stated that Al Gore could take one from his “cold dead hands.” The Brady Bill requires federal background checks be performed before buying this objects that are the subject of the 2nd Amendment.