Exam 27: From Triumph to Tragedy, 1989-2004

What general political trend coincided with a significant increase in private and corporate spending in political campaigns at the turn of the twenty-first century?

How could many of the security frauds of the late 1990s and early 2000s have been prevented?

Who did public opinion mostly blame for the government shutdown in 1995?

In the early twenty-first century, which group had the highest percentage of its members in U.S. prisons?

What was one outcome of the Americans with Disabilities Act?

What statement is true of the years between 1970 and 2010?

Analyze how cultural conservatives defined freedom. What arguments did they make in defense of freedom? How valid were their arguments?

By the end of the century, school desegregation in America was complete, with high schools across the country enjoying interracial student bodies.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Compare the stock market boom of the 1990s with that of the 1920s. What fueled the markets in each decade? Who participated in the market in each decade? Why did each market's proverbial bubble burst?

A clear sign of multiculturalism in the United States was the spread of academic programs dealing with the unique experiences of specific groups (Black Studies, Women's Studies, Latino Studies, etc.).

Early in 2003, President Bush announced that the United States would go to war against Iraq

The man who mobilized the crowds in Moscow to restore Mikhail Gorbachev to office was Boris Yeltsin.

The majority of imprisoned Americans in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries were incarcerated for what crime?

What was the first post-Cold War international crisis?

What made the war on terrorism different from previous wars?

Militia groups arose in America during the 1990s

What was one area where multiculturalism had a strong influence, bringing about dramatic change in the 1990s?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Gulf War

During Bill Clinton's first term, what federal economic policy helped lift millions out of poverty?

President Bill Clinton