Deck 41: America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era,1992-2009

Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
John McCain

Answer 1

Student answers will vary.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
William Clinton

Answer 2

Student answers will vary.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
George W.Bush

Answer 3

Student answers will vary.

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Monica Lewinsky

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
J.Danforth Quayle

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Donna Shalala

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
H.Ross Perot

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Al Gore

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Joseph Lieberman

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Ralph Nader

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Robert Dole

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
George H.W.Bush

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Newt Gingrich

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Kenneth Starr

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
William Rehnquist

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Osama bin Laden

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Hillary Rodham Clinton

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Richard Cheney

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Slobodan Milosevic

Question 21

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Saddam Hussein

Question 22

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Columbine High School

Question 23

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
"don't ask,don't tell"

Question 24

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Brady Bill

Question 25

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
"asymmetrical warfare"

Question 26

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Colin Powell

Question 27

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Branch Davidians

Question 28

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Oklahoma City bombing

Question 29

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
"culture wars"

Question 30

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
"ethnic cleansing"

Question 31

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
globalization

Question 32

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
"red" and "blue" states

Question 33

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Nancy Pelosi

Question 34

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
weapons of mass destruction

Question 35

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
John Ashcroft

Question 36

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Barack Obama

Question 37

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
John Kerry

Question 38

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
"axis of evil"

Question 39

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
New Democrats

Question 40

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Donald Rumsfeld

Question 41

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Department of Homeland Security

Question 42

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Kosovo

Question 43

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

Question 44

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Al Qaeda

Question 45

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Enron and Worldcom

Question 46

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Reform party

Question 47

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Sunni

Question 48

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Taliban

Question 49

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Abu Ghraib

Question 50

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Kyoto Treaty

Question 51

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
World Trade Organization (WTO)

Question 52

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Contract with America

Question 53

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
USA-Patriot Act

Question 54

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Shia

Question 55

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
McCain-Feingold Act

Question 56

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
September 11,2001

Question 57

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Welfare Reform Bill

Question 58

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Guantanamo Detention Camp

Question 59

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
World Trade Center

Question 60

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Whitewater

Question 61

President Clinton's approach to the controversial policy of affirmative action was

A) wholehearted support.
B) a plea to "mend it, not end it."
C) to support it for private business and universities but not for the federal government or public universities.
D) to extend it from African Americans to other minorities.
E) to work toward its eventual abolition.

Question 62

A widespread public attitude of the early 1990s that affected many areas of politics and society was

A) disillusionment and distrust of the federal government.
B) fear of attack from Islamic fundamentalism.
C) confidence in the purpose and direction of American foreign policy.
D) a greater faith in the federal government than in local and state government.
E) a belief that the doctrine of separation of church and state was outmoded.

Question 63

The Branch Davidians were a(n)

A) organization of fiscal conservatives promoting a reduced deficit.
B) fundamentalist sect assaulted by the federal government.
C) branch of the House of David within the Jewish community.
D) underground militia plotting rebellion against the federal government.
E) group of liberal Democrats opposed to Clinton's new Democrat policies.

Question 64

Two of Clinton's early political blunders occurred in the areas of

A) gun control and the environment.
B) deficit reduction and foreign trade.
C) military preparedness and relations with Latin America.
D) gays in the military and health care.
E) sexual relations with his staff and appointments to the Supreme Court.

Question 65

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ Israel

Question 66

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ Iran

Question 67

President Clinton aroused the hostility of liberals within his own party when he

A) signed the Welfare Reform Bill.
B) backed the "don't ask, don't tell" policy regarding gays.
C) passed a bill restricting teenagers' access to abortion.
D) appointed Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the Supreme Court.
E) put his wife Hillary Rodham Clinton in charge of health care reform.

Question 68

The vigorously partisan leader who led Republicans to a majority in the House of Representatives in 1994 was

A) John McCain.
B) Richard Cheney.
C) Robert Dole.
D) Newt Gingrich.
E) Henry Hyde.

Question 69

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
UNMOVIC

Question 70

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ Jordan

Question 71

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ Iraq

Question 72

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ Saudi Arabia

Question 73

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ The Red Sea

Question 74

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ Syria

Question 75

In the 1992 national elections,Democratic candidate Bill Clinton

A) campaigned as a new Democrat who proposed to move away from his party's traditional liberalism.
B) campaigned on a platform criticizing President Bush's leadership in the Persian Gulf War.
C) effectively prevented third-party candidate Ross Perot from taking votes away from the Democrats.
D) stayed away from economic issues because of the growing prosperity under President Bush.
E) proved inarticulate and unable to respond to sharp Republican attacks on his character and record.

Question 76

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ Persian Gulf

Question 77

After they gained control of both houses of Congress in the 1994 mid-term elections,the Republicans

A) successfully pushed through their Contract with America.
B) overreached with conservative policies that bred a backlash favoring President Clinton.
C) worked to keep the federal government running despite a confrontation with President Clinton.
D) modified their more radical conservative ideas to take account of political reality.
E) failed to achieve even one of their political goals.

Question 78

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ Kuwait

Question 79

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ Lebanon

Question 80

In the beginning of the Clinton administration,First Lady Hillary Clinton was heavily criticized for

A) taking too large a role in managing her husband's administration.
B) considering running for office in her own right.
C) not publicly criticizing her husband's sexual affairs.
D) developing an excessively complex health care plan that was quickly dropped by Congress.
E) advocating too strongly for the role of women in the administration.