Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Dick Cheney

Accepted Answer

Dick Cheney is an American politician an

Question 2

After ousting Saddam Hussein from power, the U.S. military in Iraq was faced with

Accepted Answer

A) the abuse of American prisoners by the remnants of Hussein's army. 
B) a warm reception from the Iraqi people. 
C) a confident new democratic Iraq. 
D) an invasion of Iraq by militant Arab states. 
E) violent resistance from Iraqi insurgents and foreign militants drawn to the country. 
A) the abuse of American prisoners by the remnants of Hussein's army. 
B) a warm reception from the Iraqi people. 
C) a confident new democratic Iraq. 
D) an invasion of Iraq by militant Arab states. 
E) violent resistance from Iraqi insurgents and foreign militants drawn to the country.

Question 3

​What were the causes of the Great Recession that took hold in the fall of 2008? Evaluate the short-term and long-term effectiveness of the measures Congress and the Obama administration took to address the recession and the underlying weaknesses in the American economy, banking, and Wall Street.

Accepted Answer

The Great Recession of 2008 was caused b

Question 4

What explains the growing income disparity between wealthy and poor since the 1970s? How did liberals and Tea Party conservatives each explain the growing income disparity between the wealthy and poor since the 1970s?

Accepted Answer

The growing income disparity between the

Question 5

In June 2004, the United States handed over ____ to the new interim government of Iraq.

Accepted Answer

A) the Abu Ghraib prison 
B) political power and limited sovereignty 
C) former dictator Saddam Hussein 
D) captured weapons of mass destruction 
E) militant Islamic rebels and insurgents 
A) the Abu Ghraib prison 
B) political power and limited sovereignty 
C) former dictator Saddam Hussein 
D) captured weapons of mass destruction 
E) militant Islamic rebels and insurgents

Question 6

Describe and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Occupy Wall Street

Accepted Answer

Occupy Wall Street was a social movement

Question 7

Describe and state the historical significance of the following:
-Sunni Muslims

Accepted Answer

Sunni Muslims are the largest denominati

Question 8

​One of President Obama's greatest disappointments in domestic policy during his second term has been

Accepted Answer

A) his failure to persuade Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform that would provide undocumented immigrants with a pathway to citizenship. 
B) his failure to persuade the Supreme Court to declare the 1995 Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional. 
C) his failure to persuade the Supreme Court to uphold Arizona's immigration law, authorizing local police to detain people if there was a "reasonable suspicion" they were undocumented immigrants. 
D) his inability to repeal the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy. 
E) his failure to persuade the Supreme Court to declare Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 unconstitutional and abolish the federal clearance provisions of the law to changes in election law made by particular states. 
A) his failure to persuade Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform that would provide undocumented immigrants with a pathway to citizenship. 
B) his failure to persuade the Supreme Court to declare the 1995 Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional. 
C) his failure to persuade the Supreme Court to uphold Arizona's immigration law, authorizing local police to detain people if there was a "reasonable suspicion" they were undocumented immigrants. 
D) his inability to repeal the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy. 
E) his failure to persuade the Supreme Court to declare Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 unconstitutional and abolish the federal clearance provisions of the law to changes in election law made by particular states.

Question 9

How did George W. Bush's election as the first popular-vote minority president in over a century affect his ability to lead the country? Why was he able to pursue a vigorously conservative political course despite the thinness of his mandate?

Accepted Answer

George W. Bush's election as the first p

Question 10

Describe and state the historical significance of the following:
-Guantanamo Detention Camp

Accepted Answer

The Guantanamo Detention Camp, also know

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Barack Obama

Accepted Answer

Barack Obama was the 44th President of t

Question 12

What were the costs and benefits of the new information age economy? How did the economic dynamics of the information age economy contribute to widening inequality in America?

Accepted Answer

The new information age economy brought

Question 13

Why was the initial American success in Iraq followed by so much continuing resistance and violence? Was Iraqi resistance primarily a product of internal Iraqi politics, or was it caused primarily by external forces--including both the American presence and the influx of international terrorists into the country?

Accepted Answer

The initial American success in Iraq was

Question 14

What was truly "new" about the Obama administration's "New Directions in Foreign Policy"? What foreign policies of the Obama administration constituted a continuation or merely a modification of the Bush administration's foreign policies​?

Accepted Answer

The Obama administration's "New Directio

Question 15

​Which of the following helped account for President Obama's reelection over Republican Mitt Romney in 2012?

Accepted Answer

A) The Supreme Court upholding government limits on political expenditures by corporations, unions, and advocacy groups in the case of Citizens United v.Federal Elections Commission (2012). 
B) The multiracial coalition that supported Obama and the Democrats, particularly Latinos, had grown demographically in electoral importance by 2012. 
C) Mitt Romney ran as a moderate Republican, blurring the political differences between Obama and himself, making the contest a personality-driven contest. 
D) Political and economic equality ceased to be a central theme of the 2012 election. 
E) None of these choices are correct. 
A) The Supreme Court upholding government limits on political expenditures by corporations, unions, and advocacy groups in the case of Citizens United v.Federal Elections Commission (2012). 
B) The multiracial coalition that supported Obama and the Democrats, particularly Latinos, had grown demographically in electoral importance by 2012. 
C) Mitt Romney ran as a moderate Republican, blurring the political differences between Obama and himself, making the contest a personality-driven contest. 
D) Political and economic equality ceased to be a central theme of the 2012 election. 
E) None of these choices are correct.

Question 16

Which of these is NOT among the challenges facing America and Americans in the twenty-first century?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 17

​Why did the issue of comprehensive immigration reform prove to be such a vexing and contentious political issue during the Obama administration? Discuss the attempts to forge a political compromise on comprehensive immigration reform and explain why they failed to materialize.

Accepted Answer

The issue of comprehensive immigration r

Question 18

The "Tea Party" that emerged in the summer of 2009 was

Accepted Answer

A) comprised of people claiming to be angry about expanding government programs, influence and spending. 
B) mobilized to end the war in Iraq. 
C) started by former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. 
D) mobilized to increase government spending to end the Great Recession. 
E) supported by a combination of spending cuts and tax increases to close the federal budget deficit. 
A) comprised of people claiming to be angry about expanding government programs, influence and spending. 
B) mobilized to end the war in Iraq. 
C) started by former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. 
D) mobilized to increase government spending to end the Great Recession. 
E) supported by a combination of spending cuts and tax increases to close the federal budget deficit.

Question 19

George W. Bush defeated John Kerry in the election of 2004 especially by claiming that

Accepted Answer

A) he enjoyed strong support in the international community, which would not back Kerry. 
B) he had a more effective plan for strengthening the economy and promoting foreign trade. 
C) he was a strong leader in the war on terrorism and it would be inadvisable to change presidents in the middle of the war in Iraq. 
D) Kerry was wrong in his promotion of campaign finance reform. 
E) he would do more for welfare and social reform, while Kerry would hold back progress. 
A) he enjoyed strong support in the international community, which would not back Kerry. 
B) he had a more effective plan for strengthening the economy and promoting foreign trade. 
C) he was a strong leader in the war on terrorism and it would be inadvisable to change presidents in the middle of the war in Iraq. 
D) Kerry was wrong in his promotion of campaign finance reform. 
E) he would do more for welfare and social reform, while Kerry would hold back progress.

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Sarah Palin​

Accepted Answer

Sarah Palin is an American politician, c

Exam 41: The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Dick Cheney

After ousting Saddam Hussein from power, the U.S. military in Iraq was faced with

​What were the causes of the Great Recession that took hold in the fall of 2008? Evaluate the short-term and long-term effectiveness of the measures Congress and the Obama administration took to address the recession and the underlying weaknesses in the American economy, banking, and Wall Street.

What explains the growing income disparity between wealthy and poor since the 1970s? How did liberals and Tea Party conservatives each explain the growing income disparity between the wealthy and poor since the 1970s?

In June 2004, the United States handed over ____ to the new interim government of Iraq.

Describe and state the historical significance of the following: -​Occupy Wall Street

Describe and state the historical significance of the following: -Sunni Muslims

​One of President Obama's greatest disappointments in domestic policy during his second term has been

How did George W. Bush's election as the first popular-vote minority president in over a century affect his ability to lead the country? Why was he able to pursue a vigorously conservative political course despite the thinness of his mandate?

Describe and state the historical significance of the following: -Guantanamo Detention Camp

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Barack Obama

What were the costs and benefits of the new information age economy? How did the economic dynamics of the information age economy contribute to widening inequality in America?

What was truly "new" about the Obama administration's "New Directions in Foreign Policy"? What foreign policies of the Obama administration constituted a continuation or merely a modification of the Bush administration's foreign policies​?

​Which of the following helped account for President Obama's reelection over Republican Mitt Romney in 2012?

Which of these is NOT among the challenges facing America and Americans in the twenty-first century?

​Why did the issue of comprehensive immigration reform prove to be such a vexing and contentious political issue during the Obama administration? Discuss the attempts to forge a political compromise on comprehensive immigration reform and explain why they failed to materialize.

The "Tea Party" that emerged in the summer of 2009 was

George W. Bush defeated John Kerry in the election of 2004 especially by claiming that

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Sarah Palin​

New World Beginnings, 33,000 Bce-1769 Ce

The Planting of English America, 1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775

The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

America Secedes From the Empire, 1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861

Girding for War: the North and the South, 1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896

Empire and Expansion, 1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the Roaring Twenties 1920-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933-1939

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933-1941

America in World War Ii 1941-1945

The Cold War Begins 1945-1952

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Dick Cheney

What were the causes of the Great Recession that took hold in the fall of 2008? Evaluate the short-term and long-term effectiveness of the measures Congress and the Obama administration took to address the recession and the underlying weaknesses in the American economy, banking, and Wall Street.

Describe and state the historical significance of the following: -Occupy Wall Street

One of President Obama's greatest disappointments in domestic policy during his second term has been

What was truly "new" about the Obama administration's "New Directions in Foreign Policy"? What foreign policies of the Obama administration constituted a continuation or merely a modification of the Bush administration's foreign policies?

Which of the following helped account for President Obama's reelection over Republican Mitt Romney in 2012?

Why did the issue of comprehensive immigration reform prove to be such a vexing and contentious political issue during the Obama administration? Discuss the attempts to forge a political compromise on comprehensive immigration reform and explain why they failed to materialize.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Sarah Palin