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
