Unit 7 Chapters 30 & 31
What happened to the American economy during the 1990's?
Americans enjoyed nine years of continuous economic expansion
What was Whitewater?
Arkansas real estate development in which Bill and Hillary Clinton were investors
What was the code name for the successful offensive attack against Iraq by the US and its Allies in the Persian Gulf War 1991
Desert Storm
The term Rustbelt has been used to describe the
Dwindling economics of the old manufacturing region
Who did the most Americans and the Democrats blame for the government shutdown in late 1995 and early
NOT bill clinton
in baker v Carr the US Sup Court empowered suburban areas by
NOT deciding that urban development funds should be issued through suburban governements
Ronald Reagan won the election of 1980 because
NOT he advocated New Deal programs and environment protection agencies
The United States was involved in Nicaragua in the early 1980's to overthrow what group of rebels
NOT the Contras
What group was founded in 1966 to expand civil rights for women?
National Organization for Women
The Contract With America was proposed by
Newt Gingrich
In his 1969 book The Emerging Republican Majority Kevin Philips predicted
a trend toward conservative voting habits in the Sunbelt
Which Soviet Union instituted the policies openness of glasnost
Mikhail Gorbachev
Liberal or Modern Protestants
emphasize building the kingdom of god through social justice
Ronald Reagan's economic plan included all of the following programs except
enforcing strict protection of natural environment
What person helped to renew the labor movement through the Untied Farm Workers
Cesar Chavez
What network signed on with twenty-four hours a day news coverage in 1980
CNN
The center of the elections industry, Silicon Valley, is located
California
What is the name given to the group who came of voting age in the mid- 1990's
Generation X
What person finally won the presidential election of 2000 when the US Supreme Court decided that this person should receive all disputed electoral votes on FLordia?
George W Bush
Who made up the fastest growing group in America population in 2000
Hispanics
President Bush's call for US Military involvement in the Persian Gulf in 1990
Iraq invaded Kuwait and gained control of its oil production
What military general of Panama was captured by American troops and brought back to the US to stand trial on drug-trafficking charges 1989
Manual Noriega
In the pres election of 1988 George W Bush defeated
Michael Dukakis
Pres George Bush declared all of the following countries as an axis of evil for supporting terrorism in 2002 except for
Pakistan
What type of missile was placed in Europe in 1983
Pershing II
What is the meaning of Affirmative Action
Policies to open opportunities in business and education for members of minority groups and women
What Congressional act in 1975 allowed minorities to use the federal courts to challenge at-large voting systems that diluted the impact of minority neighborhood districts
Voting Rights Act
What pres announced the creation of the Strategic Defense Initiative of Star Wars program that would deploy new defense to intercept and destroy ballistic missiles
Ronald Reagan
The prosperous defense industry especially brought economic development to
South and West
What was the meaning of the Sagebursh Rebellion
Those who wanted the vast federal land holdings in the West transferred to the states for more rapid economic use
The term decentering refers to
a change in the assumption that white, middle-class families were the American norm.
What is the meaning of a neoliberal which Bill Clinton was portrayed while Pres
and advocate of a policy emphasizing economic growth and competitiveness in the world economy
Pres Clinton's first cabinet
contained a mixture of minority men and women
Neoconservatives such as Edward Banifield and Irving Kristol believed that
free markets work better than government programs and government intervention does more harm then good
All of the following were economic trends that benefited the "Sunbelt" in the South and Southwest except?
growth of Rustbelt factories
Examples of jobs on the information industries economy included all of the following except
hospital orderlies
What was the purpose of the US Supreme Court case Swann v. Charlotte
it held that crosstown busing was a solution to defacto segregation to integrate public schools
What was the purpose of the Patriot Act
it intended to protect the US by increasing federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies against terrotist actions
Bill Clintons successful presidential campaign in 1992 was based on his emphasis of
national economic concerns
All of the following were several reasons for more working for more working women during the 1970's and 1980's except
new policies such as a federal child care tax credit
Despite the support of many voters, Pres Clinton failed to
pass significant health care reform
Supporters of the North American Free Trade Agreement include
professional business that want foreign customers
In the pres election of 2000 both cand Bush and Gore supported all of the following cam issued except
proposing cuts in benefits for the elderly
The Stonewall Rebellion in 1969
showed the growth of social activism by homosexual
In the case Roe v Wade the US Sur Court ruled that
state laws could not forbid abortions in the first three months of pregnancy
Evidence of a renewed Cold War in the 1980's included all of the following except
the American public's belief that the government had been infiltrated by Communists
What was the purpose of the Second Vatican Council
the Roman Catholic Church liberalizing many church practices
A small scale American intervention in Lebanon in 1983 resulted in
the death of over 200 marines in one bombing incident
What was the purpose of the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1993
to reduce trade barrlers between Canada, Mexica, and the US
The outcome of the 2000 Pres election showed that the nation
was moving toward a strong center