Deck 29: The Globalized Nation, 1989-2001

Question 1

What kind of economy had developed by the turn of the twenty-first century?

Answer 1

Globalization.

Question 2

A workforce that is well educated is symbolic of what form of technology?

Answer 2

Information technology.

Question 3

What was the means used to promote equal opportunity in education and employment?

Answer 3

Affirmative action.

Question 4

Define what it means to have a "global economy."

Question 5

The trade agreement for the Western Hemisphere is called what?

Question 6

Why did Al Qaeda become the world's leading terror organization?

Question 7

Why did the Clinton administration introduce "don't ask, don't tell"?

Question 8

President George H. W. Bush's view of the world following the end of the Cold War was called __________.

Question 9

What did Anita Hill's revelations about Clarence Thomas reveal about American Society?

Question 10

A web of technological, economic, and military advances that bind people together defines what term?

A) Global technology.
B) Glorification.
C) Globalization.
D) Global organization.

Question 11

All of the following statements reflect the Cold War except that

A) The Cold War enhanced globalization.
B) The Cold War caused the United States and the USSR to create trade barriers.
C) The Cold War hindered globalization.
D) The Cold War pushed the United States and the USSR further apart.

Question 12

Globalization is symbolized by the increase in

A) Super regional discount stores.
B) Governmental nonprofit organizations.
C) The ARPA network.
D) Multinational corporations.

Question 13

The most basic necessity for globalization is

A) A standardized monetary system.
B) International peace.
C) Consumers with money to spend.
D) Transportation networks.

Question 14

Communications satellites enhanced globalization with

A) The increase in regional telephone links.
B) Military positioning capabilities.
C) Global communication links.
D) Global travel.

Question 15

The term "NGO" stands for "nongovernmental organization," which

A) Is an independent organization.
B) Includes groups such as the Red Cross and Doctors without Borders.
C) Is a recent invention of globalization.
D) Facilitates globalization because no government funds or policies are at stake.

Question 16

Regional economic alliances were

A) Usually agreements between nations guaranteeing trade and investment privileges.
B) Usually agreements between nations lowering or abolishing tariffs on imports and exports.
C) Designed to reduce or eliminate trade restrictions.
D) All of the above.

Question 17

GATT is the

A) General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
B) Gentlemen's Agreement to Talk and Talk.
C) American trade agreement that evolved into NAFTA.
D) None of the above.

Question 18

By the 1990s,

A) Tourism was possibly the largest single global industry.
B) The manufacture of computers and microchips had moved from California to China.
C) Cellular telephones outnumbered landline telephones.
D) Food continued to be the most important production item.

Question 19

By 2000, all of the following except __________ had space industries.

A) Israel
B) Japan
C) India
D) Brazil

Question 20

In 1994, California's Prop 187 sought to

A) Deny illegal immigrants access to public education.
B) Prohibit the teaching of Spanish.
C) Give illegal immigrants access to a drivers license.
D) Raise funds for the construction of a wall.

Question 21

The information-centered economy was stimulated by

A) Advances in genetics and medical technology.
B) Investments in paper technologies.
C) Standardizations in college and university curricula.
D) All of the above.

Question 22

During the 1990s, illegal immigration from Mexico angered many Americans in California and Texas. Businesses generally

A) Agreed with them.
B) Actively recruited illegal migrants south of the Border.
C) Actively supported the states' radical anti-immigrant militia movement.
D) Welcomed these immigrants as workers.

Question 23

Which of the following was not one of the charges anti-globalization protesters leveled against the WTO in Seattle in 1999?

A) That they favored large corporations.
B) That they damaged the environment.
C) That they threatened the wealth of developed nations.
D) That they allowed AIDS to spread.

Question 24

What trend fostered the belief among Americans in the late 1990s that information would define the twenty-first century?

A) The decline of union membership.
B) The disintegration of the social safety net.
C) The end of the Cold War.
D) The dominance of the service sector.

Question 25

All of the following except __________ contributed to the economic boom of the 1990s.

A) The productivity of the American worker
B) High interest rates
C) The vitality of the service sector
D) Negligible inflation

Question 26

Increased health-care costs caused many Americans to fear that they

A) Could not retire.
B) Could not afford to take as many vacations as in the past.
C) Would have to get second jobs.
D) All of the above.

Question 27

Which of the following was not a technological innovation that accelerated communications capabilities in the late 1990s and early 2000s?

A) Satellite dishes.
B) Cell-phone towers.
C) Fiber-optic cables.
D) Pagers.

Question 28

Which of the following statements is an accurate statement about the presidential election of 1992?

A) George H. W. Bush ran a tired campaign.
B) Michael Dukakis barely won the election.
C) H. Ross Perot ran a strong third-party campaign.
D) Bill Clinton ran as a radical Democrat.

Question 29

President Clinton was only the second president to go on trial in the Senate for impeachable offenses. The House of Representatives voted two articles of impeachment. The result for President Clinton was that

A) He was impeached but not forced to step down.
B) The Senate voted to acquit Clinton on both articles.
C) The Senate refused to conduct the trial because he was such a popular president.
D) None of the above.

Question 30

Which of the following statements is an inaccurate statement about the presidential election of 2000?

A) George H. W. Bush ran a tired campaign.
B) It was one of the closest elections in the history of presidential elections.
C) Al Gore, the Democrat, lost to George W. Bush, the Republican.
D) The Supreme Court called a halt to the controversial recounting of Florida's ballots.

Question 31

Why did environmentalists oppose the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?

A) They worried that Mexican diesel trucks would pollute the nation's clean air.
B) They saw NAFTA pushing the further deforestation of Canada's lumber-rich mountains.
C) They expected increased transoceanic traffic to add to the nation's carbon footprint.
D) They worried that U.S. corporations would evade U.S. environmental regulations with a move to Mexico.

Question 32

In 2001, the largest ethnic minority group in the United States comprised

A) Those of Hispanic or Latino origin.
B) African Americans.
C) Puerto Ricans
D) Mexican immigrants.

Question 33

The U.S. Census Bureau predicted that in 50 years or so

A) The largest ethnic minority group in the United States would be those of Hispanic or Latino origin.
B) Women would outnumber men.
C) More men than women would be employed in the information sector.
D) The United States would have a nonwhite majority population.

Question 34

Which of the following is an accurate characterization of American public schools in the 50 years since Brown v. Board of Education?

A) Not much had changed regarding the desegregation of American schools.
B) The majority of northern schools were more segregated than ever before.
C) The majority of southern schools were integrated.
D) Only 18 percent of African American males graduated from high school.

Question 35

Which of the following statements describes the "culture wars"?

A) A series of issues that included questions about marriage and the family as well as gender and sexuality.
B) A cluster of controversies centering on marriage and the family.
C) A series of issues related to ethnic celebrations that oftentimes became violent.
D) A series of controversies in which traditional values were undermined by modernist views, especially on the American family.

Question 36

In 1996, 27 percent of American families with children contained only one parent, usually the mother. This is the result of which of the following factors?

A) Americans married later in life.
B) In the 1990s half of marriages ended in divorce.
C) Because women's wages increased, more women could afford to head families by themselves.
D) All of the above.

Question 37

Concerning the rights of women, gays, and lesbians, Republican presidents in the 1990s and early 2000s

A) Supported a reversal of past gains.
B) Nominated antiabortion judges to the federal courts.
C) Opposed abortion.
D) All of the above.

Question 38

The information revolution spurred a wave of

A) Corporate consolidation.
B) Corporate bankruptcies.
C) Financial panics.
D) Network breakdowns.

Question 39

Which of the following is true about African American high school graduation rates in 2002?

A) Black students had caught up with white students.
B) Black graduation rates were lower than they had been in 1957.
C) Black graduation rates had not budged from where they were in 1957.
D) Black graduation grates had roughly quadrupled.

Question 40

President George H. W. Bush coined the foreign policy term "New World Order," meaning

A) A world much like President Wilson envisioned, in which free people could decide which kind of government they wanted.
B) A world in which the UN and NATO could be significantly reduced in size and scope.
C) A world in which democracy, capitalism, and free enterprise are the norms.
D) A world in which the UN and NATO regulate the costs of goods and services.

Question 41

Which of the following nations was overrun by the Iraqi military in 1990?

A) Kashmir.
B) Kuwait.
C) Kazakhstan.
D) Kurdistan.

Question 42

Americans retreated from the "New World Order" because

A) Funding for defense-related spending stagnated.
B) U.S. power so overwhelmed our allies and enemies that the morality of victory was questioned around the world.
C) The United States was unsuccessful in rescuing American servicemen in Somalia.
D) It was difficult to accomplish and unpopular with the American people.

Question 43

Why did Osama bin Laden hate the United States so much in the 1990s?

A) The United States had foiled his first bomb attack on the World Trade Center.
B) The United States had supplied weapons to bin Laden's enemies during the war in Afghanistan in the 1980s.
C) The United States had a strong military presence in the Middle East.
D) The United States had ousted the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Question 44

Which of the following bombings were linked to Osama bin Laden?

A) Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
B) Tanzania and Kenya.
C) Afghanistan and the Sudan.
D) All of the above.

Question 45

The first bomb attack on the World Trade Center took place

A) In February 1993.
B) In 1987.
C) In 1999.
D) On September 11, 2001.

Question 46

What did President Bill Clinton's policy toward China indicate?

A) The United States was not going to let economic opportunity distract them from the importance of human rights.
B) The United States could secure human rights with the pursuit of economic opportunities in China.
C) The U.S. government had a fairly weak commitment to securing human rights overseas.
D) The United States had for far too long prioritized trade with China over the pursuit of human rights in that country.

Question 47

When did the United States offer full diplomatic recognition of Communist Vietnam?

A) 1975.
B) 1979.
C) 1987.
D) 1995.

Question 48

Which of the following was not a challenge for the CIA in the 1990s?

A) Low morale.
B) Tight budgets.
C) Public criticism.
D) Infiltration by enemy spies.

Question 49

The United States helped restore some peace to the Balkans

A) Because the region was vital to national interests.
B) Because President Clinton believed in the U.S. role as world police.
C) After millions had suffered because of American reluctance.
D) Even though NATO had refused to assist in the operations.

Question 50

Why were Americans increasingly reluctant to accept the dangers of involvement overseas?

A) The conflicts of the 1990s were not severe enough to merit intervention.
B) The warring factions of the conflicts of the 1990s were militarily powerful.
C) Americans worried about their image among their European allies.
D) Americans did not see obvious military or economic advantages in these interventions.

Question 51

Operation Desert Storm was completed in just 100 hours under the leadership of

A) Norman Schwarzkopf.
B) Dick Cheney.
C) Colin Powell.
D) Bill Clinton.

Question 52

Why did President George H. W. Bush invade the nation of Panama in 1989?

A) He had a personal issue to settle with the nation's dictator.
B) Panama's Manuel Noriega was a Communist and ally to Cuba.
C) Panama's leader engaged in drug trafficking and other crimes.
D) Other Latin American nations had urged the United States to intervene.

Question 53

Which of the following explains the internationalism of President George H. W. Bush?

A) His experience in World War II.
B) His boyhood in Texas.
C) His work in the Kennedy administration.
D) His knowledge of China.

Question 54

The Defense of Marriage Act of 1996

A) Barred states from interfering with the marriage rights of gays and lesbians.
B) Offered tax incentives to make marriage more attractive.
C) Openly welcomed gays and lesbians to marriage to shore up the institution.
D) Declared marriage a legal union between one man and one woman.

Question 55

Why did President Bill Clinton renege on his campaign promise to lift the ban on gays in the armed services?

A) His wife Hillary was uncomfortable with gays and lesbians.
B) He had never intended to lift the ban in the first place.
C) Gays and lesbians argued that the end of the ban would expose them to discrimination.
D) Military leaders resisted, fearing lower morale and an impact on recruitment.

Question 56

In the case of Planned Parenthood v. Casey in 1992, the U.S. Supreme Court found that

A) A woman's right to choose was a liberty states could not infringe on.
B) Abortions could not be provided by any organization receiving federal funds.
C) Pennsylvania's restrictions to access to abortions were constitutional.
D) Pennsylvania had violated the Constitution by restricting women's access to abortion.

Question 57

In 1993, the first female attorney general was

A) Madeleine Albright.
B) Hillary Clinton.
C) Linda Chavez.
D) Janet Reno.

Question 58

Why did Vice President Dan Quayle criticize the TV sit-com Murphy Brown in the early 1990s?

A) The show favorably portrayed an interracial couple.
B) The show made women with careers appear normal.
C) The show actively promoted a "gay and lesbian lifestyle."
D) The show portrayed single motherhood as acceptable.

Question 59

In the 1950s, two of three families had a parent who stayed at home full-time. By the year 2000, the share of families with at-home parents stood at

A) 66 percent.
B) 50 percent.
C) 25 percent.
D) 10 percent.

Question 60

Compare the foreign policies of presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush. In what ways did they differ?

Question 61

Globalization carried with it some huge improvements to Americans' lives. What troubled Americans about the globalized economy?

Question 62

Discuss the demographic trends in American society at the end of the twentieth century.

Question 63

Did the culture war warp and skew the political process at the end of the twentieth century? Discuss.