Deck 29: Entering a New Century, 1992-2013

Question 1

Republicans criticized Bill Clinton's tax increases as

A)affecting only the poorest Americans.
B)insufficient to address the budget deficit.
C)targeted to only affect Republicans.
D)bad for the economy.

Answer 1

bad for the economy.

Question 2

One of the main factors contributing to the increasing feminization of poverty has been

A)the high divorce rate.
B)increasing fertility rates among American women.
C)gender inequalities in positions and pay.
D)All the answers are correct.

Answer 2

gender inequalities in positions and pay.

Question 3

Although Republicans supported NAFTA

A)they opposed ratification of the GATT treaty.
B)they staunchly opposed Clinton's budget and economic recovery plan.
C)they opposed including Mexico in the agreement.
D)they insisted Mexico must improve its human rights record before they would support NAFTA.

Answer 3

they staunchly opposed Clinton's budget and economic recovery plan.

Question 4

Which statement best describes the economy that emerged by the mid-1990s?

A)Wages were rising for manufacturing workers but falling for people like engineers.
B)Taxes rose so rapidly that a growing proportion of the middle class was pushed below the poverty line.
C)The ranks of the rich included large numbers of new millionaires.
D)Incomes declined for all Americans.

Question 5

The Dayton Agreement that Bill Clinton brokered

A)recognized the Palestinian state.
B)gave China "preferred nation" status.
C)partitioned Bosnia into a Croatian and a Serbian republic.
D)granted American farmers exceptions within the NAFTA free trade zone.

Question 6

Launched in 1971, the Nasdaq

A)was the centerpiece of the Microsoft Corporation.
B)was a stock index that focused on companies in technological fields.
C)replaced the Dow Jones as the leading stock index.
D)gained 12,000 points in six years as America's leading stock index.

Question 7

Which statement best describes Americans' attitudes toward homosexuality in the early 1990s?

A)A vast majority considered homosexuality incompatible with American values.
B)Although many Americans tolerated homosexuality as a lifestyle, there was much less support for antidiscrimination laws to protect homosexuals.
C)Most Americans felt it was time to guarantee homosexuals protection under the law.
D)Homosexuals should be patient and wait for social acceptance.

Question 8

What industry is centered in Silicon Valley?

A)Food processing
B)Photography
C)Microprocessing
D)Automobiles

Question 9

Which of the following was among the fastest rising costs in the U.S. at the beginning of the 21^st century?

A)healthcare
B)transportation
C)information
D)housing.

Question 10

Which of the following statements about the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act is most accurate?

A)A wide coalition of conservatives and liberals supported its passage.
B)It made divorces for heterosexual couples more difficult.
C)Some states were still required to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states.
D)It came in response to a state court's ruling that laws barring same-sex marriages were unconstitutional.

Question 11

What was NOT part of the Contract with America?

A)Reduced federal spending
B)Getting rid of the line-item veto
C)A balanced budget
D)Support for family values

Question 12

While Clinton's economic policy aided the recovery of the mid-1990s, the most rapidly growing industry was:

A)automobiles.
B)health and educational services.
C)aviation.
D)information technology.

Question 13

Which statement about AIDS is most accurate?

A)Some conservatives have claimed that homosexuals violate nature and that AIDS is nature's way of getting even.
B)Its victims are exclusively homosexuals and drug users.
C)Distributing condoms has had no effect on reducing the number of cases.
D)Nothing has slowed the growing number of deaths it has wrought.

Question 14

In what nation did the Clinton Administration successfully restore democracy?

A)Venezuela
B)Turkey
C)Haiti
D)Somalia

Question 15

Which of the following statements most accurately illustrates the controversy over abortion?

A)One hundred clinics have been targets of arson or bombing efforts.
B)The Roman Catholic Church withdrew from the National Council of Churches because it failed to support a constitutional ban on abortions.
C)The federal government has attempted to force states to impose restrictions on abortions.
D)Abortion was the central issue in the 1992 and 1996 presidential elections.

Question 16

The World Trade Organization

A)predated the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
B)includes only the G-8 nations.
C)replaced the 1948 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)in 1995.
D)was opposed by the Republican Party.

Question 17

As a result of his sexual involvement with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, Bill Clinton found himself the ____ president to face trial in the Senate for removal from office.

A)first
B)second
C)third
D)fourth

Question 18

In the 1995 battle over welfare reform

A)conservatives claimed that the problems were not material but spiritual and moral poverty.
B)liberals contended that the current welfare system was working well.
C)the final bill greatly increased funds to provide child care for the working poor.
D)a deadlock was broken when representatives of private businesses announced their intention to hire over one million welfare recipients.

Question 19

Which statement best describes Bill Clinton's foreign policy when he first took office?

A)He favored an isolationist policy that reduced American commitments overseas.
B)On economic and trade issues he generally followed the outline of George Bush.
C)He favored erecting high tariff walls that would keep foreign goods out of the United States.
D)He sent weapons to guerrilla movements that were trying to overthrow Communist regimes.

Question 20

The Supreme Court's decision in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey (1992)

A)eliminated all government regulation of abortion.
B)held that in some cases the state could modify a woman's right to have an abortion.
C)upheld the closing of some Planned Parenthood clinics.
D)favored a policy of "separate but equal" with regard to women's use of public facilities for abortion.

Question 21

In District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), the United States Supreme Court invalidated a municipal regulation

A)requiring residential rezoning.
B)raising the local minimum wage.
C)prohibiting an individual's right to possess a firearm.
D)interfering with federal drug laws.

Question 22

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
North American Free Trade Agreement

Question 23

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Monica Lewinsky

Question 24

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Sexual harassment

Question 25

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Defense of Marriage Act

Question 26

In the end, the dispute over the 2000 presidential election was settled by

A)the United States Supreme Court.
B)Florida's secretary of state.
C)United Nations election overseers.
D)the electorate college.

Question 27

Identify the following terms:
Family and Medical Leave Act

Question 28

An important part of the conservative restructuring of government under Reagan and Bush was the appointment of justices who practiced

A)judicial restraint.
B)racial equality and social justice.
C)free market principles.
D)true libertarianism.

Question 29

By April 2004, who had emerged as the Democratic nominee to challenge George W. Bush?

A)John Edwards
B)Howard Dean
C)Richard Gephart
D)John Kerry

Question 30

The Taliban controlled which country?

A)Pakistan
B)Iraq
C)Saudi Arabia
D)Afghanistan

Question 31

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Contract with America

Question 32

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Right to Life movement

Question 33

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)

Question 34

George W. Bush owed his victories in several key states in the 2004 election to

A)voters also going to the polls to vote for constitutional amendments banning gay marriage or civil unions.
B)voters interested in close Senate races.
C)voters demanding that the words "under God" remain in the Pledge of Allegiance.
D)voters concerned about stem cell research.

Question 35

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
glass ceiling

Question 36

By 2006, more than how many American soldiers had died in Iraq since the beginning of the occupation?

A)1000
B)3000
C)5000
D)10,000

Question 37

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

Question 38

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Dayton Agreement

Question 39

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
judicial restraint

Question 40

The federal organization responsible for coordinating disaster relief during Hurricane Katrina was

A)the Red Cross.
B)the National Guard.
C)FEMA.
D)the Coast Guard.

Question 41

What issues gave the Republican Party an opportunity to return to power in 1994?

Question 42

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Colin Powell

Question 43

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
2000 election

Question 44

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Weapons of Mass Destruction

Question 45

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Nancy Pelosi

Question 46

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Osama bin Laden

Question 47

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
USA Patriot Act

Question 48

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
John Kerry

Question 49

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Hurricane Katrina

Question 50

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Taliban

Question 51

Students should consider the decision to go to war in Iraq.

Question 52

What challenges did women face in the 1990s?

Question 53

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
al Qaeda

Question 54

Describe how President George W. Bush responded to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Question 55

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Global warming