HY 104 CH31 SB

The Republican nominee for president in the 2008 presidential election was

John McCain.

True or false: The 2008 presidential election was the first election since 1952 that did not include an incumbent president or vice president.

True

True or false: The election of 2012 was the most expensive campaign in history.

True

True or false: The increase in the number of Republican voters in the 2004 presidential election over the 2000 election was greater than the increase in the number of Democratic voters.

True

Which of the following burdened George W. Bush when he assumed the presidency in 2001?

the election controversy perceptions on whether he was prepared for office

Which of the following statements about the Lewinsky scandal is not correct?

After President Clinton was charged with perjury, his popularity ratings rapidly declined.

On Election Day in the year 2000,

Al Gore won the national popular vote by a thin margin.

Which of the following describe aspects of the 2008 election season that were unique in the history of the United States?

An African American had a realistic chance of being elected president. A woman had a realistic chance of being elected president.

Which of the following statements is true of the George W. Bush presidency?

Bush won passage of the largest tax cut in U.S. history.

American society went through rapid changes at the end of the twentieth century because of a changing population, the end of the __________________ __________________ , and an economic transformation.

Cold War

In what way did the "new economy" represent a shift in the nation's financial history?

Corporations changed they way they worked and reduced job security for American workers.

True or false: Obama won the 2008 campaign because he was the only candidate to offer a convincing solution to the financial crisis.

False

True or false: President Obama easily won a second term in the election of 2012.

False

In the presidential election of 2000, which state's results were hotly contested, leading to vote recounts and an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court?

Florida

Who won the election of 2000?

George W. Bush

What happened in the election of 2004?

George W. Bush narrowly won both the popular and electoral vote.

Which of the following is true of George W. Bush's first term in office?

He generally had the public's support for his resolute stand on terrorism.

Which of the following are true of Kenneth Starr's investigation of Clinton?

His salacious report to Congress recommended impeachment. He struck a deal with Monica Lewinsky to testify about her relationship with Clinton.

Which of the following accurately describe the opposition to globalization?

Labor unions argued that free trade led to the export of jobs. Groups concerned with humanitarian issues argued that the global economy led to "slave labor" in horrible conditions.

Obama's victory in the 2008 presidential election was the largest for a Democratic candidate since the election of

Lyndon B. Johnson.

On what basis did the U.S. Supreme Court overrule the Florida Supreme Court's order for a recount in the election of 2000?

Standards for evaluating punch-card ballots were too arbitrary.

Which of the following helped Barack Obama win the 2008 presidential election?

a heavily financed and highly disciplined campaign the belief that Obama would be a better steward of the economy

A special prosecutor was appointed near the beginning of Donald Trump's presidency to investigate whether Trump's

campaign staff had unsanctioned ties or contacts with the Russian government.

Inquiries associated with the Paula Jones suit against President Clinton led to

charges that the president had a sexual relationship with a White House intern and lied about it under oath.

Bill Clinton's presidency marked the beginning of what in American political life?

crippling partisanship

Which of the following contributes to the increased agedness of the American population?

decreasing birthrates growing life spans Baby Boomers

In the first two years of his presidency, Trump successfully

enacted a tax cut that especially benefited the wealthy and business owners.

Missing from American political life in the twenty-first century is the ability of politicians to

find the middle ground.

Which of the following are the opponents of globalization most likely to oppose?

free-trade agreements

At the turn of the twenty-first century, partisanship in American political life

fundamentally impacted the functioning of the White House and Congress.

President Obama's success in his first two years in office was in large part due to

large Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress.

Which of the following were among the significant achievements of the first two years of the Obama administration?

passage of significant financial regulations passage of an $800 billion stimulus package passage of a healthcare reform bill

The most significant setback for Obama's agenda was the

polarization of the political parties.

Which of the following was responsible for increasing the median age of Americans?

the "Baby-Boom" generation

The increasing agedness of the U.S. populations presents a problem for

the workforce. entitlement programs.

Ultimately it was ______ that decided the 2004 election.

turnout

Which of the following groups was not a major source of opposition to globalization in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries?

war veterans