Question 1

What were the Oslo Accords?

Accepted Answer

A)  an outline that hoped to bring peace in the Middle East 
B)  a treaty between Israel and the United States 
C)  a pact to stop conflict in Kosovo. 
D)  a human rights treaty signed by NATO members 
E)  a commercial agreement between Palestine and the United States 
A)  an outline that hoped to bring peace in the Middle East 
B)  a treaty between Israel and the United States 
C)  a pact to stop conflict in Kosovo. 
D)  a human rights treaty signed by NATO members 
E)  a commercial agreement between Palestine and the United States

Question 2

What is true of working women in the early twenty-first century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women worked mostly from home. 
B)  Very few married women worked outside the home. 
C)  A large percentage of married women worked outside the home. 
D)  The pay gap between men and women was almost invisible. 
E)  Most women worked in factories. 
A)  Women worked mostly from home. 
B)  Very few married women worked outside the home. 
C)  A large percentage of married women worked outside the home. 
D)  The pay gap between men and women was almost invisible. 
E)  Most women worked in factories.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and give the historical significance of...

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

The Oslo Accords were a series of agreem

Question 5

Thinking back to previous chapters, explain how the culture wars of the 1990s caused Americans to rethink the definition of American nationality, just as the Alien Act, Irish immigration of the antebellum era, and the new immigrants of the turn of the twentieth century had done in the past.

Accepted Answer

The culture wars of the 1990s caused Ame

Question 6

Increasingly visible during the 1990s, Asian-Americans

Accepted Answer

A)  arrived in the United States with superb educations. 
B)  continued to be discriminated against. 
C)  were a homogenous group. 
D)  were singled out as a "model minority." 
E)  positioned themselves in high-paying jobs. 
A)  arrived in the United States with superb educations. 
B)  continued to be discriminated against. 
C)  were a homogenous group. 
D)  were singled out as a "model minority." 
E)  positioned themselves in high-paying jobs.

Question 7

What did demonstrators demand in the "Battle of Seattle"?

Accepted Answer

A)  international standards for working conditions 
B)  an end to sanctions against Cuba 
C)  an end to global trade and capital flows 
D)  the resignation of Bill Clinton 
E)  a new contract for workers in the coffee trade 
A)  international standards for working conditions 
B)  an end to sanctions against Cuba 
C)  an end to global trade and capital flows 
D)  the resignation of Bill Clinton 
E)  a new contract for workers in the coffee trade

Question 8

George W. Bush commented in his 2001 inaugural address that America had gone out into the world to protect, not to possess, and to defend, not to conquer. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Give examples to support your position.

Accepted Answer

I agree with George W. Bush's statement

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

Immigration refers to the process of ind

Question 10

The 2000 presidential race between George W. Bush and Al Gore was

Accepted Answer

A)  finally decided by the Supreme Court. 
B)  decided by the Florida attorney general. 
C)  in question because of voter fraud in Florida. 
D)  a landslide victory for Bush. 
E)  finally decided by the U.S. Senate. 
A)  finally decided by the Supreme Court. 
B)  decided by the Florida attorney general. 
C)  in question because of voter fraud in Florida. 
D)  a landslide victory for Bush. 
E)  finally decided by the U.S. Senate.

Question 11

Fully discuss and examine the limitations placed on freedom after September 11. Then compare the surrounding circumstances with those during both the McCarthy era and World War I. What is the balance between security and freedom during war? Does the Constitution protect citizens' rights during wartime? Should dissent be equated with lack of patriotism? Why, or why not?

Accepted Answer

The limitations placed on freedom after

Question 12

President George H. W. Bush's first major foreign policy action was

Accepted Answer

A)  to establish negotiations with Vietnam. 
B)  sending troops to Iran. 
C)  to meet with the Chinese president. 
D)  to travel to the former Soviet Union. 
E)  to overthrow the government of Panama. 
A)  to establish negotiations with Vietnam. 
B)  sending troops to Iran. 
C)  to meet with the Chinese president. 
D)  to travel to the former Soviet Union. 
E)  to overthrow the government of Panama.

Question 13

During the Balkan crisis, President Clinton

Accepted Answer

A)  supported NATO's attack against Bosnian Serb forces. 
B)  supported the Bosnian forces. 
C)  only sent American troops to support NATO. 
D)  asked the UN not to get involved. 
E)  refused to get involved. 
A)  supported NATO's attack against Bosnian Serb forces. 
B)  supported the Bosnian forces. 
C)  only sent American troops to support NATO. 
D)  asked the UN not to get involved. 
E)  refused to get involved.

Question 14

In 1992, the Supreme Court reaffirmed a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy with the ruling in Casey v. Planned Parenthood of Pennsylvania.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Despite major efforts, the campaign for gay rights did not gain visibility during the 1990s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 27: From Triumph to Tragedy, 1989-2004

What were the Oslo Accords?

What is true of working women in the early twenty-first century?

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

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

Thinking back to previous chapters, explain how the culture wars of the 1990s caused Americans to rethink the definition of American nationality, just as the Alien Act, Irish immigration of the antebellum era, and the new immigrants of the turn of the twentieth century had done in the past.

Increasingly visible during the 1990s, Asian-Americans

What did demonstrators demand in the "Battle of Seattle"?

George W. Bush commented in his 2001 inaugural address that America had gone out into the world to protect, not to possess, and to defend, not to conquer. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Give examples to support your position.

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

The 2000 presidential race between George W. Bush and Al Gore was

President George H. W. Bush's first major foreign policy action was

During the Balkan crisis, President Clinton

In 1992, the Supreme Court reaffirmed a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy with the ruling in Casey v. Planned Parenthood of Pennsylvania.

Despite major efforts, the campaign for gay rights did not gain visibility during the 1990s.

A New World

Beginnings of English America, 1607-1660

Creating Anglo-America, 1660-1750

Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution, 1763-1783

The Revolution Within

Founding a Nation, 1783-1791

Securing the Republic, 1790-1815

The Market Revolution, 1800-1840

Democracy in America, 1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform, 1820-1840

A House Divided, 1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War, 1861-1865

What Is Freedom: Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Americas Gilded Age, 1870-1890

Freedoms Boundaries, at Home and Abroad, 1890-1900

The Progressive Era, 1900-1916

Safe for Democracy: the United States and World War I, 1916-1920

From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties, 1920-1932

The New Deal, 1932-1940

Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II, 1941-1945

The United States and the Cold War, 1945-1953

An Affluent Society, 1953-1960

The Sixties, 1960-1968

The Conservative Turn, 1969-1988

A Divided Nation

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