Question 1

Ross Perot challenged Bill Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Accepted Answer

Ross Perot ran as an independent candidate in the 1992 presidential election against Bill Clinton (Democratic nominee) and George H.W. Bush (Republican nominee).

Question 2

According to a 2000 public-opinion poll, 69 percent of Americans who responded were most proud of the nation's:

Accepted Answer

The poll indicated that the majority of Americans were most proud of the nation's freedom.

Question 3

In 2000, the largest corporate employer in America was Microsoft.

Accepted Answer

In 2000, the largest corporate employer in America was Walmart, not Microsoft.

Question 4

During the Clinton years, human rights emerged as justification for interventions in matters once considered to be the internal affairs of sovereign nations.

Accepted Answer

This is true. In the 1990s, the United States increasingly used human rights concerns as a justification for military interventions and other actions in countries such as Somalia, Haiti, and Kosovo. This represented a departure from the traditional principle of non-intervention in the internal affairs of other states.

Question 5

Bush identified the Gulf War as the first step in the struggle to create a world based on democracy and global free trade.

Accepted Answer

President George H.W. Bush framed the Gulf War as part of a broader vision for a new world order, emphasizing democracy and free trade as key components.

Question 6

Between 1970 and 2000, twice as many Africans immigrated to the United States than had entered during the entire period of the Atlantic slave trade.

Accepted Answer

During the Atlantic slave trade, approximately 388,000 Africans were brought to the United States. Between 1970 and 2000, over 600,000 Africans immigrated to the U.S., which is more than twice the number during the slave trade period.

Question 7

By the start of the twenty-first century, American voter participation rates had:

Accepted Answer

By the start of the twenty-first century, American voter participation rates had generally declined compared to previous decades, continuing a trend of decreasing voter turnout.

Question 8

Doctors, health insurance companies, and drug companies supported the comprehensive health-care plan that was presented by the Clinton administration.

Accepted Answer

Doctors, health insurance companies, and drug companies were actually some of the strongest opponents of the Clinton administration's comprehensive health-care plan.

Question 9

"No globalization without representation" was the rallying cry of congressional Republicans.

Accepted Answer

The phrase "No globalization without representation" is not associated with congressional Republicans. It is a play on the historical phrase "No taxation without representation," which was used by American colonists.

Question 10

Bush v. Gore ordered:

Accepted Answer

The U.S. Supreme Court in Bush v. Gore ordered the halt of the Florida recount, effectively awarding the presidency to George W. Bush.

Question 11

The 2000 presidential race between George W. Bush and Al Gore was:

Accepted Answer

The 2000 presidential race was ultimately decided by the Supreme Court in the case of Bush v. Gore, which resolved the dispute over the Florida vote recount.

Question 12

By the end of the century, school desegregation in America was complete, with high schools across the country enjoying interracial student bodies.

Accepted Answer

School desegregation in America is not complete and there are still cases of significant racial segregation in schools across the country.

Question 13

The "velvet revolution" was horribly bloody and cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of Europeans.

Accepted Answer

The "Velvet Revolution" was a non-violent transition of power in Czechoslovakia in 1989, leading to the end of communist rule.

Question 14

Bill Clinton won the support of labor in proposing NAFTA.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Bill Clinton won the support of labor...

Question 15

The first countries to declare independence from the Soviet Union were the Baltic states.

Accepted Answer

The Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia were the first to declare independence from the Soviet Union in 1990-1991.

Question 16

Like earlier liberal Democrats, Clinton worked hard to balance the federal budget.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Like earlier liberal Democrats, Clinton worked hard...

Question 17

President Clinton succeeded in one of his primary goals by eliminating welfare, a hotly contested issue for twenty years or more, from political debate.

Accepted Answer

President Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act in 1996, which ended the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program and replaced it with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). This effectively eliminated welfare as it had previously existed in the United States, and it became a less contentious issue in political debate.

Question 18

Investors in the new economy were especially attracted to the new dotcoms-companies that conducted business via the Internet and seemed to symbolize the promise of the new economy.

Accepted Answer

The new economy in the late 1990s was characterized by the rise of the internet and technology companies, leading investors to be particularly interested in dotcoms due to their potential for rapid growth and innovation.

Question 19

By 2000, suburbs were no longer completely racially divided, but were instead divided by income.

Accepted Answer

By 2000, while racial segregation in suburbs had decreased, economic factors increasingly influenced residential patterns, leading to divisions based on income levels rather than solely on race.

Question 20

In 2000, well over half the labor force worked for less than $14 per hour, a wage on which families found it very difficult to make ends meet.

Accepted Answer

In 2000, many workers earned less than $14 per hour, which was considered insufficient for supporting a family, reflecting the economic challenges faced by low-wage workers at the time.

Quiz 27: Globalization and Its Discontents,1989 -2000