Ch. 16 Questions

What has been an effect of both legal and illegal immigration to the US?

America's total population has grown more rapidly

What new department-level bureaucracy was created by the federal government following 9/11?

Department of Homeland Security

What was an important reason why there were so many deaths in the US from Hurricane Katrina?

Government officials did not respond rapidly enough to the crisis

What federal legislation had the greatest effects on the educational system of most American students?

No Child Left Behind Act

How does the US economy today differ from the nation's economy that existed in the early 1900s?

Scientific discoveries and technological innovations have led to a more global economy

What woman became the first Hispanic Justice on the US Supreme Court?

Sonia Sotomayor

What country & group was targeted as the immediate American response to the terrorist attacks of 9/11?

Taliban & Afghanistan

What was the historical significance of the Presidential Election of 2000?

The US Supreme Court intervened to prevent a recount that might have changed the result

The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, led the federal government to pass what piece of legislation?

USA Patriot Act

President George W. Bush's actions in sending American troops to Afghanistan and Iraq illustrates what power given to the President by the Constitution?

commander and chief

One similarity between the Presidencies of Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama has been that both leaders tried to do what foreign-policy wise?

emphasized moral principles in dealing with foreign countries

What was a step was taken by both Presidents George W. Bush & Barack Obama to prevent the financial crisis of 2008 - 2009 from becoming another major economic depression?

injecting federal money into the economy

The passage of the USA Patriot Act of 2001 and the creation of the Department of Homeland Security showed what?

security concerns can lead to new federal legislation

What would be an example of a multinational corporation in the US today?

the Coca-Cola Company

What explains the underlying reason for the greater involvement of the US in Central Asia and the Middle East following September 11, 2001?

the need to wage a war against global terrorism

One similarity between Presidents Herbert Hoover and George W. Bush was that both Presidents had to deal with what?

they had to deal with serious economic crisis

How were the economic policies of President Ronald Reagan and President George W. Bush similar?

used tax cuts to encourage economic growth