What was the purpose of the North American Free Trade Agreement?
It eliminated all tariffs and trade barriers among the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Which of the following represents President George W. Bush's policy of preemption?
His resolution to invade Iraq in March 2003
What was the result of the congressional elections of 1994?
Republican majorities in the House and Senate
What was the result of the 2000 presidential race between George W. Bush and Al Gore?
Bush won the Electoral College vote.
Why did Bill Clinton's ambitious plan for health care reform fail early in his presidency?
Liberals and conservatives both opposed it.
Which of the following occurred in the aftermath of the March 2003 invasion of Iraq?
Bush and his advisors were unprepared for the subsequent social and political chaos in Iraq.
Which of the following describes 1992 presidential candidate Bill Clinton and his running mate, Al Gore?
They identified as “New Democrats” who wanted to rid the party of its liberal image.
Which organization authorized the use of force against Iraq if it did not withdraw from Kuwait by January 15, 1991?
The United Nations
Which of the following statements describes President George W. Bush's No Child Left Behind Act?
It passed with bipartisan support.
Why did President Clinton launch air strikes against Iraq in 1993?
The United States uncovered an Iraqi plot to assassinate President Bush.
Which of the following characterizes Operation Desert Storm of 1991?
It was a war that President George H. W. Bush waged with the consent of Congress and widespread American support.
Why did George H. W. Bush ultimately abandon his no-new-taxes pledge?
He had inherited a huge budget deficit from the Reagan administration.
Which of the following describes President Clinton's plan to appoint women, blacks, and Hispanics to the federal courts?
It underscored his efforts to create a government that looked like America.
What was the purpose of the USA Patriot Act of 2001?
To monitor suspected terrorists and their associates
Which of the following came of the meeting between Yasir Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin in 1993?
They agreed to Palestinian recognition of Israel and Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and Jericho.
Which piece of legislation enabled workers in larger companies to take time off for the birth or adoption of a child, for the care of aging parents, and for family emergencies?
Family and Medical Leave Act
Which was the largest minority group in the nation by 2004?
Latinos
Why did the United States intervene in the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait?
It needed to maintain access to Middle Eastern oil resources.
Why did President Clinton order missile attacks on sites in Afghanistan in the summer of 1998?
He suspected they were the sites of terrorist training camps.
Why did some businessmen criticize globalization?
They believed it created wealth in developing nations but not solutions for their other social needs.
Why did most Americans oppose the impeachment of President Clinton?
They separated his private actions from his public duties.
What was the purpose of the two tax bills that President George W. Bush signed after taking office in 2001?
To cut taxes significantly
Who formed the base of the Tea Party political movement?
Older white voters
Which statement describes globalization at the end of the twentieth century?
It was facilitated by new communications technology that linked almost all parts of the world.
Which piece of legislation represented the largest expansion of government since the Great Society?
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
How did President Clinton appease critics of globalization in 2000?
He signed an executive order requiring an environmental impact review before signing any new trade agreement.
As he worked to support his pledge of no new taxes, President George H. W. Bush earned a reputation for
vetoing bills passed by Congress.
President George W. Bush's environmental policies reflected his overall commitment to
reducing government regulation.
The Democratic presidential primaries in 2008 came down to a tight race between Barack Obama and
Hillary Rodham Clinton.
How did the Soviet Union respond to the American condemnation of Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait?
It voted for a U.N. embargo on Iraqi oil.
Iraqi president Saddam Hussein announced the withdrawal of his troops from Kuwait in the first Gulf War as a result of
crippling air bombardment and the beginning of an all-out ground assault on Iraqi troops.
What finally decided the outcome of the 2000 presidential race between Al Gore and George W. Bush?
A ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. troops landed in Haiti in 1994 after
a military coup overthrew the government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
In what major way did Barack Obama's foreign policy differ from that of George W. Bush?
Obama was committed to a multilateral approach to foreign affairs.
After years of violence, hopes for peace in Kosovo were raised in October 2000 when
Slobodan Milosevic was voted out of office.
What was the outcome of the 2004 presidential race between George W. Bush and John Kerry?
Bush beat Kerry by a slim margin in both the Electoral College and the popular vote.
What characteristic made the majority of post-1965 immigrants to the United States much like their nineteenth-century predecessors?
They were unskilled and poor.
The welfare reform measures passed during the Clinton presidency
authorized a two-year limit on welfare payments and set a lifetime limit of five years on payments.
What was one result of the changes Mikhail Gorbachev encouraged in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s?
East Germany's opening its border with West Germany
President George H. W. Bush was more inclined than President Reagan had been to
approve government activity in the private sphere.
What was the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act?
It required that private and public businesses be accessible to people with disabilities.
For unskilled and semiskilled workers in the United States, the economic boom of the 1990s meant
fewer opportunities and lower wages.
The House of Representatives voted to impeach President Clinton in 1998 on the grounds of
perjury and obstruction of justice.
What was one result of America's uncertainty about whether and how to intervene in foreign disputes that did not threaten its vital interests in the 1990s?
The massacre of half a million people in a brutal civil war in Rwanda
At the end of the twentieth century, the fastest-growing immigrant groups in the United States were Latinos and
Asians.
Opposition from which group led President Clinton to back away from his campaign promise to lift the ban on homosexuals in the military?
Conservatives
What motivated Al Qaeda's attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001?
Its wish to rid the Middle East of Western influences
President George H. W. Bush appointed which of the following justices to the Supreme Court?
Clarence Thomas
The Clinton administration ended its eight-year term in office with
a federal budget surplus and the longest economic boom in history.
What consequence did the breakup of the Soviet Union have for Mikhail Gorbachev?
He had nothing left to govern, and resigned.
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