History 12 Chapter 32

In 1999, NATO air strikes helped stop "ethnic cleansing" in:

Kosovo.

The Republican Contract with America:

aimed to reduce the size of the government and limit the welfare state.

All of the following were features of the economy during the Clinton years EXCEPT:

an increase in blue-collar jobs despite foreign competition.

The United States entered the 1990s:

as the world's only remaining superpower.

The housing-industry crash in 2007:

froze credit and provoked a recession.

After Katrina, Bush's presidency was marked by:

growing public disapproval.

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, did all of the following EXCEPT:

paralyze the United States in fear and disunity.

The Bush Doctrine emphasized:

preemptive military action against terrorists and terrorist regimes.

The major purpose of the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement was to:

promote freer trade with Canada and Mexico.

The centerpiece of President Obama's effort to restore the economy was:

a huge economic stimulus package.