Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of "axis of evil".

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Bush declared that Iraq, Iran,

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of Sarah Palin.

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Former mayor and gov

Question 3

In the September 11 terrorist attacks on America

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A)  1,000 died when New York skyscrapers were hit. 
B)  heroic passengers forced one of the hijacked planes to crash in a field rather than hit targeted buildings. 
C)  questions about Bush's legitimacy as president further escalated. 
D)  Americans were angered by the president's initial response. 
E)  it took months before the group responsible for the attacks was identified. 
A)  1,000 died when New York skyscrapers were hit. 
B)  heroic passengers forced one of the hijacked planes to crash in a field rather than hit targeted buildings. 
C)  questions about Bush's legitimacy as president further escalated. 
D)  Americans were angered by the president's initial response. 
E)  it took months before the group responsible for the attacks was identified.

Question 4

Americans experienced a great wave of national unity and solidarity in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Yet within a few years they were very bitterly divided over both political goals and tactics. What was the primary cause of these divisions? Were they debates over longstanding cultural and moral differences, or were the divisions directly related to the specific policies and conduct of the Bush administration?

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The primary cause of the divisions that

Question 5

The USA-Patriot Act allowed among other things

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A)  trying suspected foreign terrorists before military tribunals. 
B)  permitting break-ins of suspected Americans' homes. 
C)  the detention and deportation of immigrants suspected of terrorism. 
D)  the use of the U.S. military in domestic police operations against terrorism. 
E)  suspension of habeas corpus constitutional protections for detained terrorism suspects. 
A)  trying suspected foreign terrorists before military tribunals. 
B)  permitting break-ins of suspected Americans' homes. 
C)  the detention and deportation of immigrants suspected of terrorism. 
D)  the use of the U.S. military in domestic police operations against terrorism. 
E)  suspension of habeas corpus constitutional protections for detained terrorism suspects.

Question 6

How did the Obama administration impact the composition of the Supreme Court?

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The Obama administration impacted the co

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of John Kerry.

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Massachusetts Senator who ran

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of stem cell research.

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Controversial medical research

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of deleveraging.

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A worldwide movement

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of Joseph Biden.

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Vice Presi

Question 11

What was the unemployment rate stuck at in 2009 as growth slowly returned to the economy?

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A)  9 percent 
B)  4 percent 
C)  20 percent 
D)  12 percent 
E)  6 percent 
A)  9 percent 
B)  4 percent 
C)  20 percent 
D)  12 percent 
E)  6 percent

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the Kyoto Treaty.

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International treaty to limit

Question 13

The original home of Osama bin Laden, the organizer of Al Qaeda and presumed organizer of the September 11 attacks, was

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A)  Jordan. 
B)  Iraq. 
C)  Iran. 
D)  Saudi Arabia. 
E)  Afghanistan. 
A)  Jordan. 
B)  Iraq. 
C)  Iran. 
D)  Saudi Arabia. 
E)  Afghanistan.

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of affirmative action.

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Program for racial e

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the National Security Agency.

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American intelligenc

Question 16

One historian has concluded that since 1960 the United States has entered a new "age of no confidence." Carefully consider major developments in the last 25 years and explain why you think that this is or is not an appropriate label for the period.

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The label of the United States entering

Question 17

Describe the staffing challenges faced by President Trump in the first year of his administration.

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During the first year of his administrat

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of Donald Rumsfeld.

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Secretary of Defense under Pre

Question 19

How did the U.S. domestic reaction to the "war on terror" compare with similar responses to World War I, World War II, and the Cold War? In which of these conflicts were there greater threats to America's tradition of civil liberties, and why?

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The U.S. domestic reaction to the "war o

Question 20

Which of these is NOT among the challenges facing America and Americans in the 21st century?

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A)  the increasingly unequal distribution of wealth 
B)  women increasingly surpassing men in the workforce 
C)  diminishing oil supplies and the need for alternative energy sources 
D)  enhancing national security without eroding civil liberties 
E)  protecting the nation's borders without preventing desirable immigrants from coming to the U.S. 
A)  the increasingly unequal distribution of wealth 
B)  women increasingly surpassing men in the workforce 
C)  diminishing oil supplies and the need for alternative energy sources 
D)  enhancing national security without eroding civil liberties 
E)  protecting the nation's borders without preventing desirable immigrants from coming to the U.S.

Exam 40: The American People Face a New Century

Identify and state the historical significance of "axis of evil".

Identify and state the historical significance of Sarah Palin.

In the September 11 terrorist attacks on America

The USA-Patriot Act allowed among other things

How did the Obama administration impact the composition of the Supreme Court?

Identify and state the historical significance of John Kerry.

Identify and state the historical significance of stem cell research.

Identify and state the historical significance of deleveraging.

Identify and state the historical significance of Joseph Biden.

What was the unemployment rate stuck at in 2009 as growth slowly returned to the economy?

Identify and state the historical significance of the Kyoto Treaty.

The original home of Osama bin Laden, the organizer of Al Qaeda and presumed organizer of the September 11 attacks, was

Identify and state the historical significance of affirmative action.

Identify and state the historical significance of the National Security Agency.

One historian has concluded that since 1960 the United States has entered a new "age of no confidence." Carefully consider major developments in the last 25 years and explain why you think that this is or is not an appropriate label for the period.

Describe the staffing challenges faced by President Trump in the first year of his administration.

Identify and state the historical significance of Donald Rumsfeld.

How did the U.S. domestic reaction to the "war on terror" compare with similar responses to World War I, World War II, and the Cold War? In which of these conflicts were there greater threats to America's tradition of civil liberties, and why?

Which of these is NOT among the challenges facing America and Americans in the 21st century?

New World Beginnings

The Contest for North America

Settling the English Colonies

American Life in the Seventeenth Century

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution

The Road to Revolution

America Secedes From the Empire

The Confederation and the Constitution

Launching the New Ship of State

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism

The Rise of a Mass Democracy

Forging the National Economy

The Ferment of Reform and Culture

The South and the Slavery Controversy

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy

Renewing the Sectional Struggle

Drifting Toward Disunion

Girding for War the North and the South

The Furnace of Civil War

The Ordeal of Reconstruction

The Industrial Era Dawns

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age

America Moves to the City

The Conquest of the West

Rumbles of Discontent

Empire and Expansion

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War

American Life in the Roaring Twenties

The Great Depression and the New Deal

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War

America in World War II

The Cold War Begins

American Zenith

The Stormy Sixties

A Sea of Troubles

The Resurgence of Conservatism

America Confronts the Post Cold War Era

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Which of these is NOT among the challenges facing America and Americans in the 21^st century?