Modern Era

​ (a)   (the Jewish country) was founded in 1949. Afterwards, it had many wars with the Arab countries around it. In 1978 U.S. President ​ (b)   helped make peace between Menachem Begin, the ​ (c)   president of Israel, and Anwar Sadat, the Arab president of ​ (d)   . This peace agreement is called the ​ (e)   , and Jimmy Carter won a Nobel Peace Prize for his work.

• Iran-Contra

• Patriot Act

• NAFTA

• Israel
• Jimmy Carter
• Jewish
• Egypt
• Camp David Accords

Match the person with their description

• Entrepreneur who started Microsoft

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• al-Qaeda leader, planned 9/11

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• Reason for Clinton impeachment

• 
• First woman Supreme Court justice

• 
• US enemy in Persian Gulf War, Iraq War

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During the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, a group of Arab countries called ​ (a)   put an ​ (b)   on ​ (c)   sales to the U.S. to punish the U.S. for supplying ​ (d)   with weapons.

• NAFTA

• Peace through strength

• Camp David Accords

• OPEC
• embargo
• oil
• Israel
• Iran

Match the terms related to the 9/11 attacks

• Law said government can spy on Americans

• War in Afghanistan

• Started to find Osama bin Laden

• TSA

• Searches people at airports

• Department of Homeland Security

• New agency to keep country safe

• Iraq War

• Started to find nuclear weapons

• USA PATRIOT Act

Put the events in order

• He lied to Congress about Monica

• He had a secret relationship with intern Monica Lewinsky

• He was impeached (but not removed)

• In 1992, Bill Clinton (a married man) was elected president

• His wife, Hillary, ran for president in 2008 and 2016

A trade agreement arranged by President Clinton between Mexico, the U.S., and Canada, that some people think caused the U.S. to lose jobs.

• Affordable Care Act

• NAFTA

• Peace Through Strength

• World Trade Organization

President Reagan's plan to avoid war by being strong.

• Peace Through Strength

• Cold War

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Bay of Pigs

The Watergate Scandal: In 1973 President ​ (a)   sent people to break into the offices of the

​ (b)   in the ​ Watergate Hotel and office building to learn secrets about the upcoming election. This is a ​ crime, and when the story was revealed, the president chose to ​ (c)   instead of being ​ (d)   by Congress. As a result, Americans lost more ​ (e)   in the government.

• Iran-Contra

• Richard Nixon
• Democratic Party
• resign
• impeached
• trust
• secret girlfriend
• killed
• love

Match

• Government can spy on you

• Americans with Disabilities Act

• Buildings need elevators for wheelchairs

• Family and Medical Leave Act

• Protects animals from dying out

• Endangered Species Act

• Cheaper health insurance

• USA PATRIOT Act

• You can stay home with your baby

• Affordable Care Act

Americans were held prisoner for 444 days. It is a reason Carter lost reelection.

• Iran-Contra

• Gulf War

• Iran Hostage Crisis

• Watergate