History Homework help!!?

Question

I am having a test on some ID's and I cannot seem to find the following peole in my textbook, could you help me out people, please!

Al Gore
John Kerry
No Child Left Behind Act
Tax Cuts
Klim Jong II
Nancy Pelosi
John Roberts
Midterm Elections of 2006
Medicare Act of 2003
Health Savings Accounts
Kyoto Protocol
Lewis Libby

Plese help me out!!!

Answer 1

Al Gore - VP to Clinton; ran for president, lost to GW Bush in 2000
John Kerry, ran for president, lost, to GW Bush in 2004
Now Child Left Behind, the educational initiative of Bush and Congress to make sure every child is tested and meets certain criteria
Tax Cuts - policy of GW Bush and Congress to lower taxes in the belief it would help the economy, therefore raising the amount of taxes collected
Kim Jong Il - leader of N. Korea, active in a nuclear program and threatening the USA, a real wacko
Nancy Pelosi - majority leader after 2006 mid-term elections, first female to hold this position, fourth in line to be president, and an extreme liberal from San Francisco
John Roberts - conservative appointed to the Supreme Court and Chief Justice by Bush, confirmed by Senate; a legal conservative
Midterm elections of 2006 - in a rebuff to Pres. Bush democrats take control of both the House and Senate
Medicare Act of 2003, gave individuals more choice in medical care, especially in areas of prescriptions.
Kyoto Protocol - an agreement from an environmental conference in Kyoto Japan that has not been agreed to by the USA because it demands cut-backs in greenhouse gases from the USA and Western Europe while allowing increases in other countries, like China and India, who actually pollute far more per capita.

Answer 2

Al Gore= VP under Clinton , noted environmentalist
JohnKerry-Senator from Massachusetts , defeated by Budh in 2004 Presidential election
No Child Behind Act= Educational; initiative of the Bush administration
Kim il Jong Leader of North Korea who is nuclearly arming his country

Nancy Pelosi -new Speaker of the House , made a stir over her trip to Syria
John Roberts- Commentator of CBS News who replaced Don Schieffer who replaced Dan Rather
Midterm Elections of 2006 Democrats take over both houses of Congress
Kyoto Protocol- the US is usually against their rulings concerning the environmental controls and global warming
Lewis Libby - the fall guy in the CIA agent being revealed to the press as a known agent

Answer 3

Sure, Al Gore was Bill Clinton's Vice President whenever and he went up against Bush in 2000.

John Kerry is a former Vietnam Veteran in politics. He went up against Bush in 2004.

President Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act on January 8, 2002. The law helps schools improve by focusing on accountability for results, freedom for states and communities, proven education methods, and choices for parents.

Kim Jong Il is the dictator in North Korea. He launched a nuclear missile test in 2006 and could have caused a nuclear war or something.

Nancy Pelosi is currently the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and has set many firsts for that position. She is the first woman, the first Californian and the first person of Italian descent to become Speaker, as well as being the first Democratic Party Speaker of the 21st Century.

John Roberts is the seventeenth and current Chief Justice of the United States. Before joining the Supreme Court on September 29, 2005, Roberts was a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Previously, he spent 14 years in private law practice and held positions in Republican administrations in the U.S. Department of Justice and Office of the White House Counsel.

The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an amendment to the international treaty on climate change, assigning mandatory emission limitations for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to the signatory nations.

Lewis Libby, Jr. (born August 22, 1950) is an American lawyer and former senior White House official who was convicted of four felony charges relating to the Plame affair. Libby's lawyers announced that he would seek a new trial, and, if that attempt fails, they will appeal Libby's conviction. Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald "said he didn't expect anyone else to be charged in the case."

Answer 4

Help Building the Country By Not Littering and Going "Green" Help Build The Country By Being Safe and Not Being Destructive AND By Supporting Obama Obama * Biden

Answer 5

Should find all (or almost all) at:
http://www.wikipedia.com