HIST2620 Chapter 28
In March 2003, with Great Britain as its sole significant ally, President Bush sent the U.S. military to attack Iraq, calling the war
"Operation Iraqi Freedom."
In September 2002, the Bush administration released a document called the National Security Strategy, which announced a new foreign-policy principle called
"preemptive" war.
In President Obama's first three months, he announced all of the following plans except
launching a diplomatic initiative to repair relations with the Muslim world.
The Chinese government responded to the U.S. housing bubble market by
loaning money to the United States by buying up federal bonds.
Ninety percent of the jobs lost during the recession of 2001-2002 were in the ________ sector.
manufacturing
During the Great Recession, the mortgage crisis affected _________ the most.
minorities
the most dramatic achievement of Obama's presidency in foreign affairs was his fulfillment of his campaign promise to end American involvement in the Iraq War.
true
Which of the following was not a significant point of dispute between supporters and opponents of the American war in Iraq?
whether Saddam Hussein was a humane and popular leader
in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, a new department, ___________________, in the federal government was created to coordinate efforts to improve security at home.
. Department of Homeland Security
In October 2001, the United States launched a war named "Enduring Freedom" against the Taliban in
Afghanistan.
In the 2008 Supreme Court ruling, the Court affirmed the detainees' right to challenge their detention in U.S. courts in
Boumediene v. Bush.
In January 2005, at his second inaugural address, Bush outlined a new American goal:
Ending tyranny in the world."
In President Obama's first inauguration, he stated which of the following?
He pledged to protect the environment.
Which of the following is not a reason Democrats were encouraged by John Kerry's run for the White House?
He was a man of the people carrying an enthusiastic momentum.
Which of the following is not a correct statement regarding Barack Obama's life before the White House?
He was elected to the House of Representatives in 2004.
The 2005 natural disaster, devastating much of the South, particularly New Orleans, was
Hurricane Katrina.
The three nations alleged by President Bush to constitute an "axis of evil" were
Iran, Iraq, and North Korea.
What was the 2003 Supreme Court decision declaring unconstitutional a Texas law making homosexual acts a crime?
Lawrence v. Texas
In Obama's second term, he faced a new crisis when this self-proclaimed group took control of parts of Iraq, Syria, and Libya.
Muslim Brotherhood
As part of President Bush's plan to ignore laws that restricted his power as commander-in-chief during wartime, he authorized this organization to eavesdrop on Americans with a court warrant.
National Security Agency
This 2015 Supreme Court ruling overturned state laws barring marriages for same-sex couples.
Obergefell v. Hodges
The 2011 protest against growing economic inequality, declining opportunity, and malfeasance by the banks was called
Occupy Wall Street.
The worst environmental disaster in American history was the Gulf oil spill in 2010
true
After the fall of Baghdad, people around the world began to compare the Iraq War with
Vietnam.
during the Great Recession, these groups ranked third from the bottom in public esteem—just above prostitutes and convicted felons.
bankers and stockbrokers
In April 2003, the president prohibited the use of torture except where special permission had been granted. The Defense Department reacted by
committing methods of interrogation considered torture.
In the years immediately following the September 11 attacks, the U.S. defense budget
exceeded that of the next twenty world powers combined.
The percentage of Americans living in poverty and those without health insurance declined during Bush's presidency.
fakse
An immense influx of cheap goods from Europe slowed down the loss of manufacturing jobs in the United States and enabled Americans to keep buying.
false
In 2013, the top 10 percent of Americans received nearly three-fourths of the total income.
false
In the year after September 11, evidence emerged of links between Al Qaeda and the Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein.
false
One of the positives that came out of Hurricane Katrina was that the mayor had been effective in evacuating the coastal areas.
false
President Bush's popularity and approval ratings improved both due to the war in Iraq and Hurricane Katrina.
false
President George W. Bush strongly supported the Kyoto Protocol of 1997, which sought to combat global warming.
false
The Kyoto Protocol sought to combat world banking failure.
false
The decision to begin the Iraq War reunited the Western alliance and inspired a massive movement throughout the world.
false
The midterm elections of 2010 experienced the emergence of a new political party, the Tea Party, which appealed to those who wanted more federal power.
false
When J. P. Morgan Chase and Citibank pleaded guilty to felony conspiracy charges, the companies were handed hefty punishments by the federal government.
false
The USA Patriot Act conferred all of the following powers on law enforcement agencies except
the necessity of obtaining a judicial warrant prior to spying on citizens.
Which of the following was not a precursor to the Black Lives Matter movement?
the shooting of James Whitehead by Texas police officer Robert Arnold
As a vice-presidential candidate, Sarah Palin attacked Democrats with all of the following except
tough on crime.
After September 11, 2001—after two decades in which the dominant language of American politics centered on deregulation and individualism—the country experienced a renewed feeling of common social purpose.
true
Before becoming president, George W. Bush had been an executive in the oil industry
true
Bush became the first president since Herbert Hoover to see the economy lose jobs over the course of a four-year term.
true
During the Great Recession, with the value of their homes and stock market accounts in free fall, Americans cut back on spending, leading to business failures and a rapid rise in unemployment.
true
Edward Snowden was a former employee of the National Security Agency who released documents online that detailed NSA programs that monitored virtually all telephone, instant messaging, and email traffic in the United States.
true
Evidence of global warming first surfaced in the 1990s when scientists studying layers of ice in Greenland concluded that Earth's temperature had risen significantly during the past century.
true
Global warming is caused when gases released by burning fossil fuels such as coal and oil remain in the upper atmosphere, trapping heat reflected from Earth.
true
In 2001, President George W. Bush persuaded Congress to enact the largest tax cut in American history.
true
In 2003, two-thirds of Americans opposed legalizing same-sex marriages; by 2015, over 60 percent were in favor.
true
In 2006, the House of Representatives approved a bill making it a felony to be in the country illegally and a crime to offer aid to illegal immigrants.
true
In Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, the U.S. Supreme Court considered the lawsuit of Yasir Hamdi, an American citizen who had moved to Saudi Arabia and been captured in Afghanistan. Hamdi was imprisoned in a military jail in South Carolina without charge or the right to see a lawyer; and the Supreme Court ruled that he had a right to a judicial hearing regardless of the nation being in "a state of war."
true
In July 2010, Congress enacted a financial regulatory reform law, which sought to place under increased federal oversight many of the transactions that had helped create the economic crisis.
true
In March 2010, Congress passed a sweeping health-care bill that required all Americans to purchase health insurance and most businesses to provide it to their employees.
true
In November 2001, the Bush administration issued an executive order authorizing the holding of secret military tribunals for noncitizens deemed to have assisted in terrorism.
true
In the election of 2008, Obama carried every age group except persons over sixty-five.
true
Obama's "stimulus" package was the largest single spending appropriation in American history.
true
Obama's Republican challenger in the presidential election of 2012 was Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts and a practicing Mormon.
true
Prior to Hurricane Katrina, nearly 30 percent of New Orleans's population lived in poverty.
true
Sonia Sotomayor was the first Hispanic and third woman in history to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
true
The 2003 Iraqi War marked a new departure from American foreign policy; previously, the United States had been reluctant to use force outside the Western Hemisphere except as part of an international coalition.
true
The Wall Street investor who claimed to have made enormous profits for his clients yet had run a Ponzi scheme in which to profit was named Bernard Madoff.
true
The election of 2008 redrew the nation's political map.
true