Combo with "Give Me Liberty! Chapter 27" and 1 other – Flashcards
85 test answers
Unlock all answers in this set
Unlock answers 85question
46. Which African state, which had practiced apartheid for decades, elected anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela president in 1994?
answer
d. South Africa
Unlock the answer
question
47. Operation Desert Storm
answer
a. quickly drove the Iraqi army out of Kuwait.
Unlock the answer
question
48. Bill Clinton
answer
d. all of these (a. secured the Democratic nomination for president because he combined social liberalism with elements of conservatism. b. had an election campaign director who was fond of the saying "It's the economy, stupid" [the American people are most worried about the economy]. c. appointed his wife to head the panel on health-care reform.)
Unlock the answer
question
49. Third-party candidate Ross Perot
answer
a. received the most votes for a third-party candidate since Theodore Roosevelt.
Unlock the answer
question
50. NAFTA
answer
c. created a free-trade zone for the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
Unlock the answer
question
51. The "Freedom Revolution" was
answer
b. the Republican victory at the 1994 congressional elections.
Unlock the answer
question
52. The Contract with America
answer
c. included the promise to cut government spending and end affirmative action.
Unlock the answer
question
53. How did Pres. Clinton respond to the Republican victory in the 1994 congressional elections?
answer
c. He campaigned against radical Republicans and moved toward the center.
Unlock the answer
question
54. Concerning the presidency of Bill Clinton, all of the following are true, EXCEPT:
answer
c. During the Balkan crisis, Pres. Clinton refused to commit troops to the conflict.
Unlock the answer
question
55. Concerning the American economy in the 1990s and the year 2000, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
answer
c. NAFTA spurred the new economy.
Unlock the answer
question
56. By the start of the 21st century, dot coms symbolized the
answer
c. negative impact of stock speculation among technology companies.
Unlock the answer
question
57. Countless corporate scandals and stock frauds stemmed directly from the 1999 repeal of which New Deal measure?
answer
a. The Glass-Steagall Act
Unlock the answer
question
58. Antiglobalization protesters made all of the following demands in the "Declaration for Global Democracy," EXCEPT:
answer
c. Globalization should continue along a course set by the United Nations.
Unlock the answer
question
59. By the end of the 1990s, the American economy
answer
a. was characterized by rising employment rates and declining income for poor and middle-class Americans.
Unlock the answer
question
60. Because of the changes made in immigration laws in 1965, thirty-five years later the immigrant population in the United States
answer
b. increasingly came from Asia and Latin America.
Unlock the answer
question
61. By the start of the 21st century, the largest minority group in the United States was
answer
a. Latino.
Unlock the answer
question
62. Increasingly visible during the 1990s, Asian-Americans
answer
b. were hailed by white Americans as a "model minority."
Unlock the answer
question
63. During the 1990s, African-American civil rights
answer
b. declined as the legal definition of discrimination was narrowed.
Unlock the answer
question
64. In the 1990s, school segregation
answer
b. was on the rise.
Unlock the answer
question
65. In the 1990s, the prison population
answer
b. increased as state governments increased penalties for crimes and decreased parole.
Unlock the answer
question
66. This city witnessed riots and looting in 1992 after tensions snapped over an episode of police officers beating an unarmed African-American man?
answer
d. Los Angeles
Unlock the answer
question
67. By the year 2000, the AIDS epidemic
answer
c. was spreading less rapidly among gay Americans.
Unlock the answer
question
68. A visible sign of Native American quasi-sovereignty has been
answer
b. Casinos
Unlock the answer
question
69. The battles that raged throughout the 1990s over moral values were called
answer
b. culture wars.
Unlock the answer
question
70. At the end of the 20th century, the Christian Coalition
answer
c. was a major force in Republican Party politics.
Unlock the answer
question
71. The term "pay gap" refers to
answer
c. the discrepancies in pay rates for men and women.
Unlock the answer
question
72. Casey v. Planned Parenthood of Pennsylvania
answer
d. repudiated the centuries-old claim that a husband had a legal claim to control the body of his wife.
Unlock the answer
question
73. By the start of the 21st century, American women
answer
b. received over 40 percent of the advanced degrees in law, business, and medicine.
Unlock the answer
question
74. The abortion rate declined throughout the 1990s largely because
answer
c. teenagers had increasing access to contraception.
Unlock the answer
question
75. The 1995 truck bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City was organized by
answer
c. a far-right private militia group.
Unlock the answer
question
76. In 1998, Congress brought impeachment charges against Pres. Clinton because he
answer
b. lied about his extramarital affair before the grand jury.
Unlock the answer
question
77. Bush v. Gore ordered
answer
c. Florida to halt its recount.
Unlock the answer
question
78. The outcome of the 2000 presidential race between George W. Bush and Al Gore was
answer
a. finally decided by the Supreme Court.
Unlock the answer
question
79. By the start of the 21st century, American voter participation rates had
answer
b. declined even further from previous years.
Unlock the answer
question
80. According to a 2000 public-opinion poll, 69 percent of Americans who responded were most proud of the nation's
answer
c. equal opportunity laws.
Unlock the answer
question
81. In response to the terrorist attacks on Washington, D.C., and New York City on September 11, 2001, Pres. Bush
answer
b. declared a war on terrorism.
Unlock the answer
question
82. During his first year in office, George W. Bush
answer
c. persuaded Congress to enact the largest tax cut in American history.
Unlock the answer
question
83. The Kyoto Protocol of 1997
answer
b. addressed the issue of global warming, but was rejected by Pres. Bush.
Unlock the answer
question
84. In a September 20, 2001 speech, Pres. Bush announced that "freedom and ____________ are at war."
answer
d. Fear
Unlock the answer
question
85. Operation Enduring Freedom was launched in October 2001
answer
a. against Afghanistan, because the nation was harboring Osama bin Laden.
Unlock the answer
question
86. What made Bush's 2002 "National Security Strategy" fundamentally different from previous American policy?
answer
d. It advocated the use of preemptive action.
Unlock the answer
question
87. Pres. Bush characterize the toppling of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan as
answer
d. only the beginning of the war on terror.
Unlock the answer
question
88. Concerning the events surrounding U.S. relations with Iraq and its leader in the early 2000s, all of the following statements are true, EXCEPT:
answer
a. In opposition to Colin Powell, Pres. Bush, VP Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and Paul Wolfowitz all were determined to oust Saddam Hussein from power.
Unlock the answer
question
89. Who was America's sole ally during the initial phase of the Iraq War?
answer
b. Great Britain
Unlock the answer
question
90. The USA Patriot Act
answer
b. expanded the rights of law enforcement agencies to conduct secret searches and detain suspected aliens.
Unlock the answer
question
91. After the September 11 attacks, this person authorized the National Security Agency (NSA) to listen to domestic telephone conversations without a court warrant.
answer
d. Pres. Bush
Unlock the answer
question
92. What did the Justice Department label the captured members of Al Qaeda in order to get around the Geneva Conventions?
answer
b. Unlawful combatants
Unlock the answer
question
93. Who among the cabinet members strongly urged Pres. Bush to ban torture in the war on terror—with certain exceptions provided?
answer
b. Sec. of State Powell
Unlock the answer
question
94. This event took place at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
answer
c. Under the supervision of U.S. military personnel, many prisoners were mistreated, humiliated, and tortured.
Unlock the answer
question
95. Which statement is NOT TRUE concerning the economy in the 2000s?
answer
b. The economy was especially strong in the technology sector.
Unlock the answer
question
96. All of the following statements about John Kerry and the 2004 presidential campaign are true, EXCEPT:
answer
b. He was very in touch with the people and embraced by the common man.
Unlock the answer
question
97. Which state's supreme court ruled that homosexual marriages must receive legal recognition, spurring a moral values debate during the 2004 presidential election?
answer
d. Massachusetts
Unlock the answer
question
98. Surrounding the disaster of Hurricane Katrina, which of the following statements is INACCURATE?
answer
b. The mayor of New Orleans was slow to order an evacuation of the city.
Unlock the answer
question
99. Which statement is true about the immigration issue?
answer
d. all of these (a. Both legal and illegal immigrants pay taxes and mostly work at jobs that other Americans don't want because of lower wages. b. The House of Representatives passed a bill in 2006 that made it a felony to be in the country illegally and a crime to offer aid to illegal immigrants. c. In reaction to the bill, both legal and illegal immigrants engaged in several popular demonstrations demanding their right to remain in the United States.)
Unlock the answer
question
100. Why is the characterization of the war on terror as a "clash of civilizations"—the West vs. Islam—unhistorical?
answer
c. It denies a long past of cultural exchanges between the two.
Unlock the answer
question
101. Pres. George W. Bush insisted that the war on terror was not
answer
b. a war on Islam.
Unlock the answer
question
102. How did opponents describe the plans for a new Islamic Cultural Center near the World Trade Center in 2010?
answer
b. As a "Trojan Horse"
Unlock the answer
question
103. In a Supreme Court decision in 2003, the right to use affirmative action in college admissions was
answer
b. reaffirmed.
Unlock the answer
question
104. In Lawrence v. Texas (2003), the Supreme Court extended the right of freedom to
answer
c. intimate conduct.
Unlock the answer
question
105. Hamdan v. Rumsfeld ruled that
answer
a. the president had to uphold the Geneva Conventions.
Unlock the answer
question
106. All of the following contributed to the banking crisis of 2008, EXCEPT:
answer
b. The Federal Reserve Bank and other regulatory agencies slowed the speculative frenzy.
Unlock the answer
question
107. In the midst of the stock market crash of 2008 and the housing crisis, most Americans
answer
a. cut back on spending, leading to business failures and a rapid rise in unemployment.
Unlock the answer
question
108. Why did Goldman Sachs have to pay a fine of half a billion dollars in 2010?
answer
c. It had knowingly sold "toxic" mortgage-based securities and then bet on their failure.
Unlock the answer
question
109. In 2008 testifying before Congress, Alan Greenspan, the former head of the Federal Reserve Bank,
answer
b. admitted that there had been a "flaw" in his long-held conviction that free markets would produce the best results.
Unlock the answer
question
110. Banks that the Federal Government labeled as "too big to fail"
answer
a. were interconnected with other institutions, and the government argued that their collapse would drive the economy into a depression.
Unlock the answer
question
111. Why did the number of Americans receiving food stamps rise after 2008?
answer
c. The number of needy Americans skyrocketed with the recession.
Unlock the answer
question
112. All of the following statements about the 2008 Democratic primaries are true, EXCEPT:
answer
d. Barack Obama was a well-known senator from Illinois when the campaign began.
Unlock the answer
question
113. Sen. John McCain, the Republican nominee, selected Sarah Palin as his running mate because
answer
b. he sought to draw Democratic women into the Republican Party.
Unlock the answer
question
114. In the 2008 election, when Barack Obama "redrew the nation's political map," he
answer
d. won in states that had been reliably Republican for years as well as in Democratic strongholds.
Unlock the answer
question
115. All of the following statements about Pres. Obama's inaugural address are true, EXCEPT:
answer
d. He repeatedly spoke about freedom.
Unlock the answer
question
116. How did the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico illustrate the downsides of globalization and deregulation?
answer
c. The Korean-built oil rig was operated by a Swiss company under contract with British Petroleum.
Unlock the answer
question
117. Why did American consumers cut back on borrowing and spending after 2008?
answer
d. The net worth of Americans had shrunk by trillions of dollars in the great recession.
Unlock the answer
question
118. By 2011, the rate of black unemployment remained ______ that of whites.
answer
c. nearly double
Unlock the answer
question
119. All of the following statements about Pres. Obama's first year in office are true, EXCEPT:
answer
a. The Obama administration abolished the military tribunals Bush had established.
Unlock the answer
question
120. Which of the following actions won Pres. Obama wide acclaim in May 2011?
answer
c. He authorized the raid on a Pakistani compound that killed Osama Bin Laden.
Unlock the answer
question
121. By 2012, American troops or planes were involved in the war on terror in
answer
b. Yemen, Pakistan, Somalia, and Afghanistan.
Unlock the answer
question
122. Of the claims conservative Tea Party activists put forth in 2010 was one that maintained that Pres. Obama
answer
a. was born in Africa, not the United States.
Unlock the answer
question
123. During the first term of Pres. Obama, illegal immigration from Mexico
answer
a. ceased almost entirely.
Unlock the answer
question
124. The Occupy movement
answer
c. introduced to the nation the political term "The 1 percent."
Unlock the answer
question
125. Which of the following was a liability for Pres. Obama as he entered his reelection campaign of 2012?
answer
c. Unemployment remained high even though the recession was officially over.
Unlock the answer
question
126. It is evident that for the foreseeable future, the United States will
answer
a. remain a major player in global affairs.
Unlock the answer
