Deck 32: The United States in a Global Community

Question 1

The vast majority of illegal immigrants into the U.S. come in through

A) the Canada-U.S. border.
B) the Mexico-U.S. border.
C) Florida.
D) New York.

Answer 1

the Mexico-U.S. border.

Question 2

Many feminists hailed the UAW v. Johnson Controls decision as a step toward workplace equality. Why did feminist scholar Cynthia Daniels question it?

A) She felt it did not go far enough in eliminating differences between men and women as a factor in hiring.
B) It would risk placing women in workplaces designed by and for men.
C) She felt the decision reached in Muller v. Oregon would protect women better.
D) The manufacture of batteries is inherently dangerous to a fetus.

Answer 2

It would risk placing women in workplaces designed by and for men.

Question 3

In 1992, the worst civil disturbance in Los Angeles history occurred in response to what event?

A) the trial of O. J. Simpson
B) the acquittal of the police officers involved in the Rodney King beating
C) the shooting of Los Angeles mayor Tom Hayden
D) the clearing of hundreds of acres of inner-city land for public housing projects

Answer 3

the acquittal of the police officers involved in the Rodney King beating

Question 4

After the 2004 election, President Bush appointed two new Supreme Court justices,

A) Samuel Alito and David Souter.
B) John Roberts and Samuel Alito.
C) Antonin Scalia and John Roberts.
D) Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan.

Question 5

Which of the following policy changes was NOT directly implemented by President Obama?

A) banning of waterboarding
B) continuing extraordinary rendition
C) ending American combat role in Iraq
D) ending "don't ask don't tell"

Question 6

Fed up with business as usual in Washington, and convinced that Obama was a dangerous socialist, disgruntled conservative and independents formed a loosely coordinated alliance dubbed the ________
movement.

Question 7

By 1992, the amount of funds sent worldwide from the U.S. was so great that it was surpassed in volume only by the currency flows of the global ________ trade.

Question 8

What were the major features of "new immigration"
described in this chapter? Discuss the continuities with previous immigration trends and changes. How did government policy help, hinder, or shape these patterns?

Question 9

Describe the new religious orientation of the United States as a result of the new immigration.

Question 10

Explain the events leading up to the Senate trial of President Clinton.

Question 11

Discuss the relative successes and failures of the Clinton administration in getting their legislative agenda through Congress.

Question 12

Explain the origins of the Internet and discuss its overall impact on the American economy and on American society.

Question 13

Based on your reading in this chapter, have the "new immigrants"
to America generally benefited from their experiences in the United States?

Question 14

Compare and contrast the "new immigration"
near the end of the twentieth century with the immigration that occurred in America around 1900.

Question 15

Was the United States a successful participant in world affairs during the Clinton administration?

Question 16

Critically assess the Clinton administration's political and social agenda and argue, based upon your understanding of the issues, who won more legislative battles, the Democrats or the Republicans?

Question 17

How do you believe historians in the future will interpret the Clinton presidency? In your opinion, how does Clinton compare with twentieth-century presidents like FDR or Eisenhower?

Question 18

What was the state of medical care in the United States, as compared with other developed nations, before attempts at reform began in 2009? What proportion of the U.S. population had health insurance? In your opinion, was reform necessary?

Question 19

What factors limited President Obama's success in achieving his agenda in his first few years as president? What successes did he have, despite those factors?