HY 121: Ch 27

In the early 1990s, in an effort to stop "ethnic cleansing," the United States and its NATO allies, after considerable indecision, launched airstrikes against Bosnian Serb forces.

true

In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, socialism and nationalism served to unite peoples from different backgrounds while globalization unleashed long simmering ethnic and religious antagonisms.

true

Which U.S. president first spoke of the coming of a "new world order"?

George H. W. Bush

Place the events from the 2000 presidential election in chronological order.

1- Al Gore picks the first Jewish vice presidential candidate.2- Democrats demand...3- The Supreme Court...4- George W. Bush takes office as president

What is the name of the terrorist organization responsible for the attacks of September 11, 2001, that killed nearly 3,000 Americans?

Al Qaeda

1990 law that prohibited the discrimination against persons with disabilities in both hiring and promotion. It also mandated accessible entrances for public buildings.

Americans with Disabilities Act

A series of ethnic and political crises that arose following the dissolution of Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Many atrocities were committed during the conflict, and NATO, the United Nations, and the United States intervened several times

Balkan Crisis

In President Clinton's speech on the signing of NAFTA, he spoke about the time of change that America, and the rest of the world, were experiencing. Why, according to Clinton, was NAFTA necessary?

Because it promoted international commerce, allowing for the exchange of goods to flow more freely throughout North America and promoting economic growth for the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Approved in 1993, the agreement with Canada and Mexico that allowed goods to travel across their borders free of tariffs. Critics of the agreement argued that American workers would lose their jobs to cheaper Mexican labor.

NAFTA

U.S. Supreme Court case that determined the winner of the disputed 2000 presidential election.

Bush v Gore

Identify the statements that describe the rights revolution at the end of the twentieth century.

Conservatives sought to get government out of economic regulation and environmental regulations. Moral conservatives, or those who sought to have the government set the moral standard for the country, were in the minority at the time. Personal liberty became the dominant point of view, as individuals sought greater freedom in how they chose to live their life.

A list of conservatives' promises in response to the supposed liberalism of the Clinton administration, that was drafted by Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and other congressional Republicans as the GOP platform for the 1994 midterm elections. It was more a campaign tactic than a practical program; few of its proposed items ever became law

Contact with America

1996 law that barred gay couples from receiving federal benefits. Ruled unconstitutional in 2013.

Defense of Marriage Act

President Clinton modified the military's strict ban on gay soldiers, instituting a policy, _______________, by which officers would not seek out gays for dismissal from the armed forces.

Dont ask, dont tell

Which of the following statements are true about the demographics and economic status of African-Americans as an ethnic group at the turn of the twenty-first century?

Half of all black children lived in poverty. One-third of the black population lived in predominantly black suburbs.

In February 1991, the United States launched Operation Desert Storm as part of the Gulf War and quickly drove the Iraqi army from what country?

Kuwait

Whereas previously immigrants most commonly came from Europe, in the latter half of the twentieth century there was increased immigration from places like ___________. The influx of these new populations shifted the ___________ divide, suggesting that the __________ system was no longer truly relevant to America as it entered the twenty-first century.

Latin America and Asia black-white two-race

The first time Israel formally recognized the legitimacy of the Palestine Liberation Organization was in 1993 at the

Oslo Accords

What trends can be extrapolated from these maps, which compare immigration patterns from 1900 and 2010?

The Deep South was not a magnet for immigration in the twentieth century. Northeast cities continued to attract immigrants to the United States.

Bill Clinton's popular appeal was due, in part, to some of his more liberal leanings toward abortion, gay rights, and civil rights. One of the policies enacted during his first term was to institute the policy of "Don't ask, don't tell" within the military. Which is the best description of this policy?

The U.S. military would no longer seek out and dismiss soldiers based on their sexual orientation.

In the 1990s, with an increasingly diverse populace due to immigration and reproduction, the idea of multiculturalism was used to describe the new awareness of diversity in America, not only in the present but also the past. What impact did this new awareness have on American colleges and universities?

These institutions moved aggressively to diversify their faculties and revise the traditional curriculum

The picture below shows American icon Barbie dressed as the Statue of Liberty. What message is the artist trying to convey about the outsourcing of the American economy?

This artwork is a satirical look at how free trade zones in foreign countries now enabled American companies to use low-wage laborers over Americans to produce something as iconic as the Barbie doll.

Newt Gingrich, a Republican congressman from Georgia, led the charge that saw both the Senate and House of Representatives come under Republican control. His campaign strategy was grounded in his Contract with America, wherein conservatives listed promises in response to the supposed liberalism of President Clinton's administration. Which best describes the goals of Gingrich's Contract with America?

decrease the size and role of the federal government cut funding to social, educational, and environmental programs

In 1994, tribal massacres rocked Rwanda, in central Africa. Over 800,000 people were slaughtered and the United States sent in a massive military force in an effort to staunch the flow of blood.

false

The Culture Wars of the 1990s were battles over the moral values of Americans. The Christian Coalition was organized in opposition to what it perceived as an attack on "traditional" American values. These organized counterattacks were against which tenets of perceived social liberalism?

gay rights secularism abortion clinics

Term that became prominent in the 1990s to describe the rapid acceleration of international flows of commerce, financial resources, labor, and cultural products.

globalism

In 1999, the World Trade Organization met in Seattle to discuss trade negotiations for the new millennium. Protesters drew attention to many issues during this meeting, from the depletion of atmospheric ozone, to the shift of production centers to ____________ centers. Others protested the risks to Earth's ecology through ___________ economic development and __________ ocean fishing

low-wage unregulated unrestricted

Term that became prominent in the 1990s to describe a growing emphasis on group racial and ethnic identity and demands that jobs, education, and politics reflect the increasingly diverse nature of American society

multiculturalism

With the Cold War coming to a close, George H. W. Bush took the office of president in 1989 having to face a "new world order," unseen by his predecessors. What is the best way to describe this new order?

shift from Cold War tensions to unquestioned American predominance

In both elections, the ____________ candidate siphoned votes away from the major party candidates. Both ______________ and _______________ came into their elections without the support of Democrats or Republicans but served as a voice for disenfranchised voters who did not feel represented by the major parties. Ultimately, the economic downturn of the 1990s, coupled with a more divided electorate enabled _______________ to take office

third party Theodore Rossevelt Ross Perot Bill Clinton