HIST2620 Chapter 28

In March 2003, with Great Britain as its sole significant ally, President Bush sent the U.S. military to attack Iraq, calling the war

"Operation Iraqi Freedom."

In September 2002, the Bush administration released a document called the National Security Strategy, which announced a new foreign-policy principle called

"preemptive" war.

In President Obama's first three months, he announced all of the following plans except

launching a diplomatic initiative to repair relations with the Muslim world.

The Chinese government responded to the U.S. housing bubble market by

loaning money to the United States by buying up federal bonds.

Ninety percent of the jobs lost during the recession of 2001-2002 were in the ________ sector.

manufacturing

During the Great Recession, the mortgage crisis affected _________ the most.

minorities

the most dramatic achievement of Obama's presidency in foreign affairs was his fulfillment of his campaign promise to end American involvement in the Iraq War.

true

Which of the following was not a significant point of dispute between supporters and opponents of the American war in Iraq?

whether Saddam Hussein was a humane and popular leader

in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, a new department, ___________________, in the federal government was created to coordinate efforts to improve security at home.

. Department of Homeland Security

In October 2001, the United States launched a war named "Enduring Freedom" against the Taliban in

Afghanistan.

In the 2008 Supreme Court ruling, the Court affirmed the detainees' right to challenge their detention in U.S. courts in

Boumediene v. Bush.

In January 2005, at his second inaugural address, Bush outlined a new American goal:

Ending tyranny in the world."

In President Obama's first inauguration, he stated which of the following?

He pledged to protect the environment.

Which of the following is not a reason Democrats were encouraged by John Kerry's run for the White House?

He was a man of the people carrying an enthusiastic momentum.

Which of the following is not a correct statement regarding Barack Obama's life before the White House?

He was elected to the House of Representatives in 2004.

The 2005 natural disaster, devastating much of the South, particularly New Orleans, was

Hurricane Katrina.

The three nations alleged by President Bush to constitute an "axis of evil" were

Iran, Iraq, and North Korea.

What was the 2003 Supreme Court decision declaring unconstitutional a Texas law making homosexual acts a crime?

Lawrence v. Texas

In Obama's second term, he faced a new crisis when this self-proclaimed group took control of parts of Iraq, Syria, and Libya.

Muslim Brotherhood

As part of President Bush's plan to ignore laws that restricted his power as commander-in-chief during wartime, he authorized this organization to eavesdrop on Americans with a court warrant.

National Security Agency

This 2015 Supreme Court ruling overturned state laws barring marriages for same-sex couples.

Obergefell v. Hodges

The 2011 protest against growing economic inequality, declining opportunity, and malfeasance by the banks was called

Occupy Wall Street.

The worst environmental disaster in American history was the Gulf oil spill in 2010

true

After the fall of Baghdad, people around the world began to compare the Iraq War with

Vietnam.

during the Great Recession, these groups ranked third from the bottom in public esteem—just above prostitutes and convicted felons.

bankers and stockbrokers

In April 2003, the president prohibited the use of torture except where special permission had been granted. The Defense Department reacted by

committing methods of interrogation considered torture.

In the years immediately following the September 11 attacks, the U.S. defense budget

exceeded that of the next twenty world powers combined.

The percentage of Americans living in poverty and those without health insurance declined during Bush's presidency.

fakse

An immense influx of cheap goods from Europe slowed down the loss of manufacturing jobs in the United States and enabled Americans to keep buying.

false

In 2013, the top 10 percent of Americans received nearly three-fourths of the total income.

false

In the year after September 11, evidence emerged of links between Al Qaeda and the Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein.

false

One of the positives that came out of Hurricane Katrina was that the mayor had been effective in evacuating the coastal areas.

false

President Bush's popularity and approval ratings improved both due to the war in Iraq and Hurricane Katrina.

false

President George W. Bush strongly supported the Kyoto Protocol of 1997, which sought to combat global warming.

false

The Kyoto Protocol sought to combat world banking failure.

false

The decision to begin the Iraq War reunited the Western alliance and inspired a massive movement throughout the world.

false

The midterm elections of 2010 experienced the emergence of a new political party, the Tea Party, which appealed to those who wanted more federal power.

false

When J. P. Morgan Chase and Citibank pleaded guilty to felony conspiracy charges, the companies were handed hefty punishments by the federal government.

false

The USA Patriot Act conferred all of the following powers on law enforcement agencies except

the necessity of obtaining a judicial warrant prior to spying on citizens.

Which of the following was not a precursor to the Black Lives Matter movement?

the shooting of James Whitehead by Texas police officer Robert Arnold

As a vice-presidential candidate, Sarah Palin attacked Democrats with all of the following except

tough on crime.

After September 11, 2001—after two decades in which the dominant language of American politics centered on deregulation and individualism—the country experienced a renewed feeling of common social purpose.

true

Before becoming president, George W. Bush had been an executive in the oil industry

true

Bush became the first president since Herbert Hoover to see the economy lose jobs over the course of a four-year term.

true

During the Great Recession, with the value of their homes and stock market accounts in free fall, Americans cut back on spending, leading to business failures and a rapid rise in unemployment.

true

Edward Snowden was a former employee of the National Security Agency who released documents online that detailed NSA programs that monitored virtually all telephone, instant messaging, and email traffic in the United States.

true

Evidence of global warming first surfaced in the 1990s when scientists studying layers of ice in Greenland concluded that Earth's temperature had risen significantly during the past century.

true

Global warming is caused when gases released by burning fossil fuels such as coal and oil remain in the upper atmosphere, trapping heat reflected from Earth.

true

In 2001, President George W. Bush persuaded Congress to enact the largest tax cut in American history.

true

In 2003, two-thirds of Americans opposed legalizing same-sex marriages; by 2015, over 60 percent were in favor.

true

In 2006, the House of Representatives approved a bill making it a felony to be in the country illegally and a crime to offer aid to illegal immigrants.

true

In Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, the U.S. Supreme Court considered the lawsuit of Yasir Hamdi, an American citizen who had moved to Saudi Arabia and been captured in Afghanistan. Hamdi was imprisoned in a military jail in South Carolina without charge or the right to see a lawyer; and the Supreme Court ruled that he had a right to a judicial hearing regardless of the nation being in "a state of war."

true

In July 2010, Congress enacted a financial regulatory reform law, which sought to place under increased federal oversight many of the transactions that had helped create the economic crisis.

true

In March 2010, Congress passed a sweeping health-care bill that required all Americans to purchase health insurance and most businesses to provide it to their employees.

true

In November 2001, the Bush administration issued an executive order authorizing the holding of secret military tribunals for noncitizens deemed to have assisted in terrorism.

true

In the election of 2008, Obama carried every age group except persons over sixty-five.

true

Obama's "stimulus" package was the largest single spending appropriation in American history.

true

Obama's Republican challenger in the presidential election of 2012 was Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts and a practicing Mormon.

true

Prior to Hurricane Katrina, nearly 30 percent of New Orleans's population lived in poverty.

true

Sonia Sotomayor was the first Hispanic and third woman in history to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.

true

The 2003 Iraqi War marked a new departure from American foreign policy; previously, the United States had been reluctant to use force outside the Western Hemisphere except as part of an international coalition.

true

The Wall Street investor who claimed to have made enormous profits for his clients yet had run a Ponzi scheme in which to profit was named Bernard Madoff.

true

The election of 2008 redrew the nation's political map.

true