Question 1

Although the U.S. economy began a recovery in 2009, the percentage of people who were unemployed or underemployed was approximately ________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   9 percent
B)   10 percent
C)   15 percent
D)   17 percent

Question 2

With regard to the Iraq war, policymakers in the Bush administration _____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   wanted a United Nations peacekeeping force to stabilize Iraq after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein
B)   insisted that responsibility for postwar Iraq be put in the hands of the State Department
C)   paid very close attention to studies done by the State Department concerning possible problems that might be encountered in postwar Iraq
D)   seemed not to have planned for the postwar period

Question 3

Which of the following was considered the centerpiece of President George W. Bush's domestic agenda when he took office in 2001?

Accepted Answer

A)   Health-care reform
B)   Severe budget cuts with the aim of balancing the federal budget
C)   A new energy policy that attempted to prevent further global warming
D)   A massive tax cut

Question 4

Which of the following contributed to the nation's economic crisis that began in 2007?

Accepted Answer

A)   The influence-peddling scheme of the "Keating five" which led to a housing "bubble."
B)   The deregulation of financial institutions, which allowed them to engage in risky practices such as "subprime" mortgages.
C)   The collapse of hundreds of savings and loan institutions, which had a ripple effect throughout the American economic system.
D)   The overregulation of Wall Street, which began in the Clinton administration, eventually paralyzed credit markets.

Question 5

Examine the causes of the economic boom of the 1990s and discuss the impact of this boom on the American people and American society.

Accepted Answer

The economic boom of the 1990s in the Un...

Question 6

The Republican "Contract with America" called for which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   Decreased defense spending
B)   Passage of a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution
C)   An increase in the capital gains tax
D)   A law prohibiting discrimination in employment on the basis of sexual orientation

Question 7

President Bill Clinton embraced ___________ ideology during his time in office.

Accepted Answer

A)   liberal
B)   ultra-progressive
C)   centrist
D)   conservative

Question 8

During the Clinton years, the American economy experienced _______________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   its highest unemployment rate in thirty years
B)   a rising standard of living for both the nation's richest people and the nation's poorest people
C)   a rapidly declining stock market
D)   an ever-narrowing gap between the incomes of the rich and the poor

Question 9

By 2003, the second largest ethnic group in the United States was ________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   African Americans
B)   Anglo Americans
C)   Asian Americans
D)   Latino Americans

Question 10

Former President of Yugoslavia:

Accepted Answer

A)   Slobodan Milosevic
B)   Ivan Riber
C)   Josip Broz
D)   Sergej Kraigher

Question 11

Which of the following was one of the effects of the high-tech industry on the American economy in the 1990s?

Accepted Answer

A)   It caused an overall loss of jobs.
B)   It generated improved productivity.
C)   It caused a significant rise in the cost of electricity.
D)   It fostered a revitalization of heavy industry in the Northeast.

Question 12

As a result of the 1994 midterm elections, _____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Democrats won a majority of the state governorships
B)   most Republican incumbents failed to win reelection
C)   Republicans gained majorities in both houses of Congress
D)   Democrats retained control of the House but lost control of the Senate

Question 13

Discuss the nature, causes, and consequences of the rapid demographic changes within American society during the 1990s and early twenty-first century.

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The rapid demographic changes within Ame...

Question 14

Examine the clash in values of the "New Democrats," both with the ideological predecessors in their own party and with the Republicans.

Accepted Answer

The "New Democrats" emerged as a faction...

Question 15

In the 2000 presidential election, ______________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   experts agreed that the type of ballot used was of no significance
B)   the Supreme Court played no role
C)   Al Gore won the popular vote but did not win the Electoral College vote and therefore the presidency
D)   the third-party candidacy of Ralph Nader had no impact on the election's outcome

Question 16

The goal of the perpetrator of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing was to avenge ___________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   an American attempt to kill Osama bin Laden
B)   America's unquestioning support of Israel
C)   the deaths of members of the Branch Davidian religious sect, whom he believed had been deliberately killed by the FBI
D)   American undermining of the government of Haiti's Jean-Bertrand Aristide

Question 17

The 1993 agreement signed by Yasir Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin _____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   allowed Palestinian self-rule in the Gaza Strip
B)   placed Jerusalem under U.N. control
C)   called for the dismantling of Israeli settlements in the West Bank
D)   settled the disagreement between Israel and the PLO concerning refugees

Question 18

Examine the causes and consequences of the 2003 war against Iraq.

Accepted Answer

The 2003 war against Iraq was primarily ...

Question 19

After the attacks of September 11, 2001, ______________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   President Bush, Vice President Cheney, and Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld began seriously to contemplate toppling the Saddam Hussein government in Iraq
B)   definitive and incontrovertible evidence was uncovered that Saddam Hussein was on the verge of building a nuclear weapon
C)   the Bush administration seemed confused and indecisive regarding how to respond to the attacks
D)   it was revealed that Saddam Hussein was part of the Al Qaeda plot to attack the United States

Question 20

What was the unemployment rate at the close of the 1990s?

Accepted Answer

A)   8.1 percent
B)   5.2 percent
C)   4.3 percent
D)   2.4 percent

Exam 29: Into the Global Millennium: America Since 1992

Which of the following was considered the centerpiece of President George W. Bush's domestic agenda when he took office in 2001?

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With regard to the Iraq war, policymakers in the Bush administration _____________________.

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By 2003, the second largest ethnic group in the United States was ________________.

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Examine the clash in values of the "New Democrats," both with the ideological predecessors in their own party and with the Republicans.

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President Bill Clinton embraced ___________ ideology during his time in office.

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During the Clinton years, the American economy experienced _______________________.

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The Republican "Contract with America" called for which of the following?

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Former President of Yugoslavia:

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The 1993 agreement signed by Yasir Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin _____________________.

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Which of the following contributed to the nation's economic crisis that began in 2007?

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Although the U.S. economy began a recovery in 2009, the percentage of people who were unemployed or underemployed was approximately ________________.

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What was the unemployment rate at the close of the 1990s?

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Examine the causes of the economic boom of the 1990s and discuss the impact of this boom on the American people and American society.

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Which of the following was one of the effects of the high-tech industry on the American economy in the 1990s?

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The goal of the perpetrator of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing was to avenge ___________________.

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After the attacks of September 11, 2001, ______________________.

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Examine the causes and consequences of the 2003 war against Iraq.

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Discuss the nature, causes, and consequences of the rapid demographic changes within American society during the 1990s and early twenty-first century.

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As a result of the 1994 midterm elections, _____________________.

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