US History Final
nation accused of sponsoring terrorism
Iran
conservative Republican nominee for president in 1964
Barry Goldwater
The Reagan administration's amnesty program of 1986 was intended to solve the problem of
unauthorized immigration
___________, a disease that weakens the immune system and lowers resistance to illnesses, became an epidemic during that 1980s.
AIDS
Less than a month after the attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States invaded _______________, the country that had sheltered Osama Bin Laden and other Al-Qaeda members
Afghanistan
In January 1991, The United Nations went to war in the Persian Gulf for what reason?
Because Iraq invaded Kuwait
Why did Al Gore challenge the Florida state law that set a deadline to certify election results?
Because it was clear that all votes did not get counted for the recount
Protestant minister who built a national following by the late 1970s
Billy Graham
The Dayton Accords was an agreement intended to bring peace to
Bosnia
Despite strong opposition from many Republicans and the National Rifle Association, the Democrats in Congress passed a gun-control law known as the
Brady Bill
In May 1989, students and workers held demonstrations calling for democracy in
China
TRUE OR FALSE: Hillary Clinton was Barack Obama's running mate in the 2008 presidential election
FALSE; JOE BIDEN was Barack Obama's running mate in the 2008 presidential election
TRUE OR FALSE: President Clinton opposed new gun control laws
FALSE; President Clinton SUPPORTED new gun-control laws
TRUE OR FALSE: President Reagan believed that the United States should oppose guerrilla groups fighting to overthrown Communist or pro-Soviet governments, an approach that came to be known as the Reagan Doctrine
FALSE; President Reagan believed that the United States should SUPPORT guerrilla groups fighting to overthrown Communist or pro-Soviet governments, an approach that came to be known as the Reagan Doctrine
The 2000 presidential election was determined by the contested results of
Florida
the state that determined the winner of the 2000 presidential election
Florida
"openness" allowing more freedom of religion and speech in the Soviet Union
Glasnost
The process by which the world is becoming increasingly interconnected is called
Globalization
Which nation allowed the United States to attack Iraq from its territory in 2003?
Great Britain
a country from which many legal immigrants came
India
The "axis of evil" was comprised of
Iran, Iraq, and North Korea
first African American to make a serious run for a presidential nomination
Jesse Jackson
John Kerry's running mate in 2004
John Edward
In 2005 ____________________ became the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
John Jay Roberts
Chief Justice appointed by George W Bush
John Roberts
the first Jewish American vice-presidential candidate for a major political party
Joseph Lieberman
In 2003 ______________ took command of peacekeeping efforts in Afghanistan
NATO
chief figure in the Iran-Contra scandal who admitted to covering up illegal actions
Oliver North
While President George H W Bush struggled to deal with events in Eastern Europe and Asia and
Panama
policy of supporting guerrilla groups fighting Communist or pro-Soviet governments
Reagan Doctorine
President Reagan encouraged the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates and asked Congress to pass a massive tax cut, in what critics called
Reaganomics
a plan nicknamed "Star Wars" to develop weapons that could destroy incoming missiles
SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative)
The leader of Iraq who was tried and executed for ordering mass executions was
Saddam Hussein
Who sent his army to invade oil-rich Kuwait in August 1990?
Saddam Hussein
dictator overthrown by the United States-led forces in 2003
Saddam Hussein
first woman on the Supreme Court, appointed by President Reagan
Sandra Day O'Connor
John McCain selected ________________ to be running mate in the 2008 presidential campaign
Sarah Palin
TRUE OR FALSE: The 2000 election was one of the closest in American history; Bush won the popular vote
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE: The Al-Qaeda organization was initially founded to fight the Soviet Union in Iraq
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE: The Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty signed by President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987 marked the beginning of the end of the colonial war
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE: The US Supreme Court ruled that the vote recount in Florida for the 2000 presidential election violated that Constitution's equal protection clause
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE: The attack on September 11, 2001 killed nearly 3,000 people
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE: The economic expansion that nation experienced during Reagan's first term as president made him very popular, contributing to his reelection in 1984
TRUE
The Islamic fundamentalist group called the __________controlled Afghanistan at the time of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon
Taliban
regime that held power in Afghanistan and sheltered Osama Bin Laden
Taliban
What had its roots in a computer networking system established by an agency of the S. Defense Department
The Internet
What would be an advantage of reducing carbon dioxide emissions from factories and power plants?
The increase in average world temperature would be stopped
Which statement about Hurricane Katrina is true?
The mayor of NOLA was slow to order a evacuation of the city
Why did the United States attack Afghanistan and defeat its Taliban government?
They supported and sheltered Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda
The Bush administration claimed that procedures regarding the treatment of prisoners specified in the Geneva Convention did not apply to terrorists because
They were not part of any nations armed forces
location of pro-democracy demonstrations violently crushed by the Chinese government in 1989
Tiananmen Square
In 1975 entrepreneur Ted Turner launched the television station ___________
WTBS
software that enabled Internet users to click links to jump from Web site to Web site
Web Browser
worked to spread conservative ideas to a wider audience by founding the magazine National Review
William F Buckley
Which of the following was a result of the Immigration Act of 1965?
abolished national origins quota system
In the 1970's, the federal government began deregulating the ____________industry, leading to the rise of competing phone companies
airline
The Telecommunications Act passed in 1996 changed the telecommunications industry by
allowing cable companies to offer telephone service
programs that pardoned undocumented immigrants, allowing them to stay in the United States
amnesty
in an approach to economic policy that came to be called "Reaganomics," President Ronald Reagan sought to keep interest rates high while
asking Congress to pass a huge tax cut
The rapid economic growth of the 1980's and the cultural emphasis on accumulating wealth was partly caused by
baby boom
American public opinion split over whether unauthorized immigrants should be allowed to
be in school
The recession that began in 1990 was caused in part by the end of he cold war, because the United States
began reducing its armed forces and cancelling orders for military equipment
paid by businesses and investors when they sell stocks or real estate for a profit
capital gains tax
wireless digital technology made it possible to miniaturize these devices
cell phones
chemical used in air conditioners and refrigerators that could potentially deplete the earth's atmosphere
chlorofluorocarbon
While liberals generally believe that the government should help disadvantaged Americans through social programs, many conservatives believe that social problems can be solved through
commitment to a religious faith and through the efforts of churches, individuals, and communications to help those in need
In 1977 Stephen Wozniak and Steven Jobs introduced that Apple II, the first practical and affordable ___________ for personal use
computer
The USA Patriot act is an antiterrorist bill that allows the government to
conduct secret searches of suspects, wiretap suspects, and track internet communications
program of 10 proposed changes that helped Republicans win the majority in both houses of Congress in 1994?
contract of America
In a scandal that tainted President Reagan's second term in office, money from the secret sale of weapons to Iran was given to the
contras in Nicaragua
the tax cut President Reagan won from Congress would increase the budget deficit, so Reagan proposed________ to keep the deficit under control
cutting social programs
In 2005, the Iraqi people were able to participate in the country's first free ____________
election
The central message of H. Ross Perot's 1992 presidential campaign was to
end deficit spending
A prolem Clinton faced in trying to reduce the federal deficit was that it was not easy to cut funding for____________________ because so many people relied on them
entitlement programs
a problem Clinton faced in trying to reduce the federal deficit was
entitlement programss
policy of the Serbs to brutally expel Bosnian Muslims from the region
ethnic cleansing
the largest religious group within the social conservative movement that formed by the late 1970's was
evangelical, protestant Christians
As cable television spread across the country in the late 1970's and 1980's, many of the new networks that appeared specialized in one type of broadcasting or
focusing on specific audiences
President Clinton spent much of his time during the second term on
foreign policy matters
Iraqi insurgents have used several tactics to fight coalition forces, including
freezing financial assets inside Iraq
environmental threat that could lead to droughts
global warming
President Reagan encouraged and promoted deregulation because he believed that
government regulations were excessive and hurt the economy
President Clinton did not submit the Kyoto Protocol to the Senate for ratification because
he knew most senators opposed it
One of President Obama's priorities while in office was to expand and reform the
healthcare
The George H W Bush administration maintained that the detainees held at Guantanamo Bay were not covered by the Geneva Conventions because they were _________________, not suspects charged with a crime
illegal enemy combatants
Reagan's first act as president was to sign an executive order eliminating price controls on oil and gasoline, and
imports and exports
the department of homeland security was created to coordinate efforts to
improve security at home
The collapse of the Soviet Union's economy that began in the late 1980s was caused by
inefficient central planning and huge expenditures in the arms race
China became an important factor in the world trade because
its huge population offered a potential market for African goods
To raise money for starving people in Ethiopia, singer Bob Geldof organized a series of concerts around the world called
live aid
An economic recession was sparked in 2007 when many people with low incomes or poor credit began __________and housing prices began to fall
losing their jobs
Several nations agreed to phase out the production of CFC's after seeing evidence of a hole in the _____layer above Antarctica
ozone
"restructuring" allowing some private enterprises and profit making in the Soviet Union
perestroika
restructuring plan instituted by Mikhail Gorbachev in the late 1980s to save the Soviet economy
perestroika
charge of lying under oath included in Clinton impeachment articles
perjury
IBM's first compact computer
personal computer
term used by presidential candidate Jesse Jackson for a broad group of minorities and the poor
rainbow coalition
A UN Resolution set a deadline for Iraq to take several actions including
readmitting weapon inspectors and declaring its weapons of mass and destruction
the 2010 Midterm election resulted in
republicans regaining control of the house but not the senate
Hurricane Katrina caused large amounts of damage to New Orleans because
rising waters breached the levees that protected the city
Although liberals tend to favor government intervention in the economy, they are generally suspicious of attempts to use the government to regulate
social behavior
Members of the new conservative coalition that had come together by the late 1970's were united by a common belief that
society had lost its way
As Steve Jobs and Stephen Wozniak were creating Apple, 19-year-old Harvard dropout Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft to design PC
software
Which of the following developments was necessary for conservatives to build a coalition that could elect a president?
southerners began shifting their votes to the Republican Party
In the 2000 presidential campaign, both Al Gore and George W Bush promised to
spend the huge federal budget surplusses
The goal of the Kyoto Protocol was to
stabilize greenhouse concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous changes to the world's climate
_______________, television stations that sold low-cost sports and entertainment programs via satellite to cable companies throughout the nation, changed broadcasting in the late 1970's and 1980's
super stations
ideas that high taxes weaken the economy by taking money away from investors
supply side economics
For many Americans, the conservative idea that the government had become to big meant simply that
taxes were too high
In late December 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev announced the end of
the Soviet Union
In February 2009, Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which aimed to
to fund medicaid and medical healthcare
Due to the economic recession, by 2009 the ________rate was up to 7.2%
unemployment
In the case of Hamdan v Rumsfeld, the Supreme Court ruled that the military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay violated the
uniform code for military justice and the Geneva conventions
The strong economic growth of the 1980 mostly benefited
upper and middle class
Which of the following entertainment technologies changed television viewing hab as well as the movie industry in the 1980s
video set recorders
the United States sent military aid to the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan because
war planes bombed Taliban forces
The portion of the nation's wealth earned by the __________5 percent of Americans began to rise in the late 1980s
wealthiest
A UN resolution set a deadline for Iraq to take several actions including declaring its weapons of mass destruction and readmitting ______________
weapon inspectors
A __________ serves as a place for people to share stories and photos on the Internet
website
The United States Supreme Court ruled that the hand recounts of ballots
were not valid
In the 2006 midterm elections, it became clear that voters were unhappy with the president and the Republican Congress when
Democrats won a majority in both the House and the Senate
To protect Americans from further attacks by terrorists, a new cabinet agency, the ______________________, was established
Department of Homeland Security
secretary of defense who resigned in 2006
Donald Rumsfield
TRUE OR FALSE: Believers in supply-side economics supported higher taxes, allowing businesses and investors to use extra capital on new investments
FALSE; Believers in supported LOWER taxes, allowing businesses and investors to use extra capital on new investments
TRUE OR FALSE: In 2008 Barack Obama became the first African American to run for president
FALSE; In 1972 SHIRLEY CHISHOLM became the first African American to run for president
TRUE OR FALSE: In 1995 the federal government was shut down after President Clinton was impeached
FALSE; In 1995 the federal government was shut down after President Clinton and Republican Congress had disputes on healthcare and Medicaid
Which nation allowed the United states to attack Iraq from its territory in 2003?
Great Britain
island nation invaded by the United States in 1983
Grenada
During the Clinton presidency, US troops served as peacekeepers in
Haiti
elected president of Afghanistan's first democratic election
Hamid Karzai
one of the states with the highest populations of foreign-born residents
Illinois
punished employers who hired illegal imigrants
Immigration Reform and Control Act
Which act granted a pardon to undocumented immigrants already living in the United States
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
early computer operating system developed for the PC
MS-DOS
allowed people fleeing communism entry into the United States as refugees
McCarran-Walter Act
George W Bush convinced Congress to enact a program that allows people over the age of 65 to sign up for insurance to help cover the cost of ___________
Medicare
The top five nations of origin for legal immigrants to the United States include
Mexico, India, China, the Philippines, and Vietnam
conservative movement founded by evangelical minister Jerry Faldwell
Moral Majorit
movement founded by Jerry Faldwell that backed conservative candidates and issues
Moral Majority
During the 1980's _______________citizens became vocal in the political arena, especially about issues such as Social Security and Medicare
Senior
President Reagan began a massive buildup of the US military, in part because he believed that
Soviet defense spending caused communist system to collapse
Southern and Western regions of the United States
Sunbelt
TRUE OR FALSE: Clinton's AmeriCorps program put students to work improving low-income housing teaching children to read, and cleaning up the environment
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE: Clinton's healthcare reform plan died without ever coming to a vote in Congress
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE: In 2008 the Republicans nominated Vietnam veteran Mitt Romney as their candidate for president
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE: In Bush v Gore, the Supreme Court ruled that Florida's hand recount of votes was unconstitutional because different vote counters used different standards and, thus, did not treat every voter equally
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE: John McCain selected Condeleezza Rice to be his running mate in the 2008 presidential campaign
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE: President Bush pushed Congress to approve a $700 billion bailout of financial institutions
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE: President Clinton convinced Congress to grant China permanent normal trade relation status
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE: President Reagan believed that cutting taxes and building up the military were more important than balancing the budget
TRUE
laying off workers and managers to increase a company's efficiency
downsizing
Americans responded quickly to the attacks on September 11, 2001 by
helped affected families, donating money, and volunteering
The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act of 1996
made several changes to US Immigration law
The United States invaded Iraq because it was believed that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of ____________
mass destruction
result of immigration policy that favored the children, spouses, and parents of the US citizens
migration chains
During the administration of George W Bush, the ___________agency began wiretapping some domestic telephone calls to overseas locations
national security
The American economy rapidly in the 1980s for several reasons, including lower taxes that spurred investment and spending, new technology that create new business opportunities, and
new methods of retailing that lowered prices
led to the spread of Western ideas in the Middle East
oil industry
Those who opposed the United States joining the World Trade Organization worried that
the US would have to accept rulings in trade disputes that might hurt the ecconomy
In the period after NAFTA passed
the american workers shifted to more skilled jobs
Criticism of the government's response to Hurricane Katrina led to
the dismissal of the head of FEMA
Unlike most liberals, conservatives tend to be fundamentally distrustful of the power of
the government
In one of the first tests of the Obama administration, a massive oil spill in 2010 caused major environmental damage in
the gulf of mexico
During his presidency, Reagan launched the largest peacetime buildup of
the military
The USA Patriot Act of 2001 put immigration under the control of
the newly created Department of Homeland Security
Opposition to Clinton's health care plan came from many groups, including small business owners who believed that the plan
would be too expensive for them