Unit 7 Chapters 30 & 31

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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


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