10 June 2010, 11:17 am
16. What development opened the Internet to popular usage? (Points: 3) Google the World Wide Web Yahoo ARPANET 17. Which number identifies a country where the United States has fought an extended war? (Points: 3) 4 3 2 1 18. What trend in the 1990s did U.S. business make use of? (Points: 3) tariff and trade agreements with China outsourcing the production of goods and services insourcing the production of goods tariff and trade agreements with the European Union 19. Which issue related to Mexico became controversial beginning in the 1990s? (Points: 3) drugs reduction in border patrols illegal immigration cheap production of goods 20. Which state had the greatest number of immigrants during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries? (Points: 3) Iowa Texas Kansas Illinois 21. What complex treaty removed trade barriers between the United States, Canada, and Mexico, but raised concerns about protecting American jobs? (Points: 3) Enterprise for American Economic Action North American Free Trade Agreement American Economic Cooperation Treaty United States Free Trade Initiative 22. Which president is known for promoting health care, protecting women's rights, and balancing the federal budget? (Points: 3) Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan George H.W. Bush Bill Clinton 23. Who in the Clinton administration addressed global warming and climate change? (Points: 3) EPA administrator Carol Browner Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt Secretary of State Madeleine Albright Vice President Al Gore 24. Which area created the most significant foreign policy challenge for the Clinton administration? (Points: 3) Eastern Europe India China Southeast Asia 25. Why wasn't Al Gore elected president in 2000, despite receiving more popular votes than his opponent? (Points: 3) The Florida Supreme Court ordered a recount of questionable ballots, but then changed its mind. The U.S. Supreme Court ordered a stop to the Florida recount of questionable ballots. The U.S. House of Representatives broke a tie in the number of electoral votes. The U.S. Senate determined that the Constitution did not provide for national intervention in state issues. 26. George W. Bush based his refusal to respond to a subpoena about a leak of confidential White House information on (Points: 3) presidential confidentiality. executive privilege. his constitutional rights. historical precedent. 27. What principle have presidents applied to keep White House communications confidential? (Points: 3) secrecy orders substantive privilege presidential authority executive privilege 28. What happened on September 11, 2001? (Points: 3) Terrorists used airplanes to kill thousands, destroying New York's twin towers and part of the Pentagon. An emergency presidential election was held to resolve the issues of the 2000 election. Bombs exploded in London's Heathrow airport and the United States sent troops to respond. The Soviet Union collapsed and withdrew troops from Afghanistan. 29. Who wanted to drive Americans out of all Islamic nations, destroy Israel, and eliminate pro-Western governments in the Middle East? (Points: 3) Hamas and Sheik Ahmed Yassin Hezbollah and Hassan Nasrallah the Taliban and Mullah Mohammed Omar al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden 30. How did the United States respond to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001? (Points: 3) called for the United Nations to begin military action in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran took military action in Afghanistan where the terrorists responsible were believed to be hiding asked the Russians to assist in locating the terrorists persuaded the Afghan government to locate the terrorists and extradite them to the United States 31. What problem did the Patriot Act raise? (Points: 3) the requirement that people swear to a loyalty oath the potential to intrude on people's civil rights to privacy the definition of patriot was never clearly specified the provisions were too loose to offer clear methods of enforcement 32. What role did weapons of mass destruction play in the U.S. invasion of Iraq? (Points: 3) Weapons of mass destruction played no part in the U.S. invasion of Iraq. So many wea... Read More »
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