Deck 11: George W Bushs Quest for Realignment

Question 1

Bush agreed with Reagan's strategy to deplete resources that might otherwise be used to fund government programs and liberal reforms by creating large government deficits.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

To President Bush's credit, he is the first U.S. president to

A) have women in major roles in his cabinet.
B) have an extremely diverse group of advisors.
C) commit major resources toward combating AIDS in Africa.
D) support prayer in the public school system.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Globalization placed pressure on industrialized nations to

A) reduce the size of their welfare states.
B) move toward a stronger United Nations.
C) move capital and labor across national boundaries.
D) increase trade unions.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

During the Presidential campaign of 2000, Ralph Nader, the Green Party candidate, did not affect the outcome.

Question 5

The outcome of the 2000 presidential election hinged on last-minute developments in

A) California.
B) New York State.
C) Florida.
D) Montana.

Question 6

The Supreme Court in 2003 made several rulings that were relatively liberal in nature. The two rulings that received the most attention were connected to

A) Affirmative Action.
B) Gay rights.
C) Affirmative Action and Gay Rights.
D) Neither Affirmative Action or Gay Rights.

Question 7

In 2002, the reauthorization of TANF occurred with

A) cuts in federal funding for social services.
B) relatively few changes from the original bill.
C) increases in funding but exempted more women from the 5-year limit.
D) benefits to upgrade recipients' education.

Question 8

Karl Rove was Bush's Secretary of Education.

Question 9

In the early days of the Bush Administration, Medicare offered

A) virtually no drug coverage when seniors were not hospitalized.
B) drug coverage for patients with cancer.
C) drug coverage for low-income persons.
D) drug coverage for children, which he rapidly revoked.

Question 10

Criticisms for Bush's school voucher proposal included

A) fears that vouchers would take monies away from public schools.
B) fears that vouchers would encourage private schools to accept more low-income students.
C) fears that vouchers would increase school testing in public schools.
D) All of these are correct.

Question 11

Bush's first major initiative was

A) a large tax cut.
B) welfare reform.
C) a gun control proposal.
D) stealing votes.

Question 12

Bush had support from most liberals and conservatives when he proposed a huge $1.3 trillion dollar tax cut, spread out over 10 years.

Question 13

A key prediction in determining where voters sided with Republicans or Democrats in the 2000 presidential election was

A) family structure.
B) religion.
C) age.
D) race.

Question 14

Privatization of Social Security is

A) contracting Social Security Program to private care providers.
B) allowing workers to invest some of their payroll tax funds in the stock market.
C) insuring that Social Security data is kept confidential.
D) allowing private corporations to invest in the Social Security system.

Question 15

Leading up to the election of 2004, liberals and some conservatives feared that programs like block grant programs, housing subsidies, roads, airports, the environment, the federal park service, public health, mental health, child welfare, and education programs funded by the federal discretionary portion of the budget might be

A) significantly decreased.
B) significantly increased.
C) stay the same.
D) moved to a different funding stream.

Question 16

Faith-based programs are

A) religious outreach programs.
B) programs offered by non-religious social agencies that have a religious orientation.
C) social service programs provided by churches.
D) completely uncontroversial.

Question 17

Bush obtained a majority of the popular vote in 2000.

Question 18

In the wake of events of September 11, 2001, Bush declared a war on global terrorism and

A) persuaded Congress to enact a sweeping war resolution.
B) invaded Iraq.
C) immediately launched cruise missiles against bin Laden.
D) went on another vacation.

Question 19

In the presidential election of 2000, the Republican candidate, G. W. Bush stated that he wanted to return the United States to the values and policies of the

A) late 19th century
B) early 20th century
C) mid-20th century
D) mid-19th century

Question 20

To win support from moderates, George W. Bush posed as a compassionate conservative vowing to

A) initiate a limited prescription benefit plan in Medicare.
B) provide increases in federal funding in education.
C) allow Social Security to be privatized.
D) All of these are correct.

Question 21

The Supreme Court made several rulings during the Bush Administration in the areas of affirmative action and gay rights that were fairly liberal in nature.

Question 22

Even though the Supreme Court had upheld states' anti-sodomy laws in 1986, in 2003, the Supreme Court struck down an anti-sodomy law in Texas by a 6 to 3 vote.

Question 23

Preemptive strikes are military attacks on a nation engaged in drug trafficking.

Question 24

Osama bin Laden glorified ancient Muslim religious traditions and theocracy that existed during and after the life of Mohammad in the 6th and 7th century.

Question 25

In 2002, confronted with declining revenues and mounting counterterrorism expenses, many states slashed spending on social and educational programs.