Deck 18: After 2000: 911 -Causes and Consequences

Question 1

George W. Bush easily won the 2000 presidential election.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Al Gore won the popular vote in the 2000 presidential election.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The so-called "Blue States" are Republican.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

George W. Bush pulled the United States out of the Kyoto Treaty on global warming.

Question 5

Ralph Nader played a decisive role in deciding the 2000 presidential election

Question 6

George W. Bush endorsed "compassionate conservatism."

Question 7

he second Bush administration paid little attention to terrorist activities prior to the September 11 attacks.

Question 8

Al-Qaeda is composed of Shiite Muslims.

Question 9

The original stated reasons for the U.S. invasion of Iraq proved to be sound.

Question 10

The Patriot Act passed Congress even though few congressmen and -women had taken the time to read it.

Question 11

Compare and contrast Bill Clinton's and George W. Bush's foreign policies.

Question 12

What is "compassionate conservatism," and how is it supposed to work?

Question 13

How many people died in the September 11 terrorist attacks?

A) 1,659
B) 2,617
C) 5,648
D) 7,654

Question 14

By mid-2007, George W. Bush's approval ratings had sunk how low?

A) 35 percent
B) 30 percent
C) 25 percent
D) 20 percent

Question 15

In 2000, Ralph Nader ran for president under what party?

A) Democrat
B) Independent
C) Reform
D) Green Party

Question 16

Who was Al Gore's running mate in the 2000 presidential election?

A) Ralph Nader
B) John Kerry
C) Joseph Lieberman
D) Hillary Rodham Clinton

Question 17

The No Child Left Behind Act was signed by what president?

A) Ronald Reagan
B) George Bush
C) Bill Clinton
D) George W. Bush

Question 18

Immediately following the September 11 terrorist attacks, George Bush ordered the invasion of what country?

A) Iraq
B) Iran
C) Afghanistan
D) All of the above

Question 19

What president created the Department of Homeland Security?

A) Franklin D. Roosevelt
B) Ronald Reagan
C) Bill Clinton
D) George W. Bush

Question 20

The government imprisoned how many men at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay?

A) 200
B) 400
C) 600
D) 1,000

Question 21

The "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" attacked what presidential candidate?

A) George W. Bush
B) Howard Dean
C) John Kerry
D) Ralph Nader

Question 22

Hurricane Katrina struck the U.S. in what year?

A) 2003
B) 2004
C) 2005
D) 2006

Question 23

Which of the following cities was worst-hit by Hurricane Katrina?

A) Miami
B) Port-au-Prince
C) Kingston
D) New Orleans

Question 24

What radical Islamic group attacked the USS Cole in 2000?

A) Islamic Jihad
B) Al-Qaeda
C) Hezbollah
D) Hamas

Question 25

The U.S. invaded Iraq with the support of which country or organization?

A) Britain
B) France
C) NATO
D) The United Nations

Question 26

The 2000 presidential elections was decided on the basis of which state's electoral votes?

A) Ohio
B) California
C) Florida
D) Virginia

Question 27

Which of the following contributed to the increased disparity of wealth in the 2000s?

A) Globalization
B) Decline of the manufacturing sector
C) Decline of trade unions
D) All of the above

Question 28

George W. Bush appointed which of the following Supreme Court Justices?

A) William Rehnquist
B) Samuel Alito
C) Sandra Day O'Connor
D) a. and b.

Question 29

Which of the following U.S. Supreme Court cases concerned affirmative action?

A) Gratz v. Bollinger
B) McCreary County v. ACLU
C) Bowers v. Hardwick
D) Hamdan v. Rumsfeld

Question 30

Who was known as "Bush's Brain"?

A) Dick Cheney
B) Karl Rove
C) Donald Rumsfeld
D) Colin Powell

Question 31

Talk About:
-Al Gore

Question 32

Talk About:
-"axis of evil"

Question 33

Talk About:
-Bush v. Gore

Question 34

Talk About:
-butterfly ballot

Question 35

Talk About:
-Colin Powell

Question 36

Talk About:
-compassionate conservatism

Question 37

Talk About:
-Department of Homeland Security

Question 38

Talk About:
-Donald Rumsfeld

Question 39

Talk About:
-Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Question 40

Talk About:
-George W. Bush

Question 41

Talk About:
-globalization

Question 42

Talk About:
-Guantanamo Naval Base

Question 43

Talk About:
-Howard Dean

Question 44

Talk About:
-John Kerry

Question 45

Talk About:
-Katrina

Question 46

Talk About:
-Military Commissions Act

Question 47

Talk About:
-military tribunal

Question 48

Talk About:
-No Child Left Behind

Question 49

Talk About:
-outsourcing

Question 50

Talk About:
-Patrick J. Buchanan

Question 51

Talk About:
-PATRIOT Act

Question 52

Talk About:
-Ralph Nader

Question 53

Talk About:
-Saddam Hussein

Question 54

Talk About:
-weapons of mass destruction (WMD)

Question 55

Should the Electoral College be abolished? Is it fairer to let the popular vote alone determine the results of presidential elections? Why or why not?

Question 56

Do you think it is important to support the President in times of crisis even if you do not agree with his policies? Why or why not?