Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-multiculturalism

Accepted Answer

Multiculturalism is a term that refers t

Question 2

What gains has the African American community attained since the 1960s? What are the greatest challenges still facing African Americans and U.S. society regarding race?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What gains has the African American community...

Question 3

By the 2000s, the traditional nuclear family unit was undergoing severe strain because

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A) the divorce rate had increased. 
B) the number of single-parent households had risen. 
C) parent-substitutes had assumed the role of child-rearing. 
D) the family no longer served many of its traditional social functions. 
E) All of these 
A) the divorce rate had increased. 
B) the number of single-parent households had risen. 
C) parent-substitutes had assumed the role of child-rearing. 
D) the family no longer served many of its traditional social functions. 
E) All of these

Question 4

The most populous group of Latinos in the United States comes from

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A) Cuba. 
B) Nicaragua. 
C) El Salvador. 
D) Mexico. 
E) Venezuela. 
A) Cuba. 
B) Nicaragua. 
C) El Salvador. 
D) Mexico. 
E) Venezuela.

Question 5

What were the greatest successes of the American economy in the 1990s? What role did Clinton's international trade agreements play in the expanding prosperity of the period? Why was the process of economic globalization often controversial?

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The greatest successes of the American e

Question 6

What explains the rash of violence directed toward government entities in America in the 1990s? How were such extreme actions connected to the general disillusionment with government, politics, and political leaders? How did the general disillusionment with government in the 1990s affect the political fortunes of President Clinton and the Republicans in the 1990s?

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The rash of violence directed toward gov

Question 7

Two of Clinton's early political blunders occurred in the areas of

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A) gun control and the environment. 
B) deficit reduction and foreign trade. 
C) military preparedness and relations with Latin America. 
D) gays in the military and health care. 
E) sexual relations with his staff and appointments to the Supreme Court. 
A) gun control and the environment. 
B) deficit reduction and foreign trade. 
C) military preparedness and relations with Latin America. 
D) gays in the military and health care. 
E) sexual relations with his staff and appointments to the Supreme Court.

Question 8

In his campaign for the presidency in 2000, George W. Bush promised to

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A) pursue America's national interests without restraint from traditional U.S.allies. 
B) bring reconciliation after the sharp partisan divisions of the Clinton years. 
C) pursue hard right conservative policies regarding the environment and social welfare. 
D) protect the environment and try to stop global warming. 
E) balance the federal budget under all circumstances. 
A) pursue America's national interests without restraint from traditional U.S.allies. 
B) bring reconciliation after the sharp partisan divisions of the Clinton years. 
C) pursue hard right conservative policies regarding the environment and social welfare. 
D) protect the environment and try to stop global warming. 
E) balance the federal budget under all circumstances.

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-globalization

Accepted Answer

Globalization refers to the process by w

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-information age

Accepted Answer

The Information Age, also known as the C

Question 11

Mexican American mutual aid societies or Mutualistas provided

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A) a way for money to be transferred to relatives back in Mexico. 
B) recreation, aid for the sick and disabled, and defense against discrimination. 
C) a political alternative to the Democratic and Republican parties. 
D) artistic, intellectual, and religious outlets for the immigrant community. 
E) None of these choices are correct. 
A) a way for money to be transferred to relatives back in Mexico. 
B) recreation, aid for the sick and disabled, and defense against discrimination. 
C) a political alternative to the Democratic and Republican parties. 
D) artistic, intellectual, and religious outlets for the immigrant community. 
E) None of these choices are correct.

Question 12

The rise of computer corporations like Microsoft and dot.com businesses signaled the advent of

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A) industrial technology. 
B) the global information age. 
C) mass democracy. 
D) entrepreneurial capitalism. 
E) the speculative stock market. 
A) industrial technology. 
B) the global information age. 
C) mass democracy. 
D) entrepreneurial capitalism. 
E) the speculative stock market.

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-United Farm Workers Organizing Committee

Accepted Answer

The United Farm Workers Organizing Commi

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-William Clinton

Accepted Answer

William Jefferson Clinton, commonly know

Question 15

Given that traditional political party organizations had seriously weakened, what explains the fierce partisan conflict between Republicans and Democrats in the 1990s? Was the conflict really rooted in different ideologies and views of government or more in the clash of colorful personalities like Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich?

Accepted Answer

The fierce partisan conflict between Rep

Question 16

The vigorously partisan leader who led Republicans to a majority in the House of Representatives in 1994 was

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A) John McCain. 
B) Trent Lott. 
C) Robert Dole. 
D) Newt Gingrich. 
E) Henry Hyde. 
A) John McCain. 
B) Trent Lott. 
C) Robert Dole. 
D) Newt Gingrich. 
E) Henry Hyde.

Question 17

How has American literature, music, film, and art fared in the era of television and pop culture?

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American literature, music, film, and ar

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-George H. W. Bush

Accepted Answer

George Herbert Walker Bush (June 12, 192

Question 19

Which of the following was not among prominent American playwrights or musical theater creators in the late twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

A) Eve Ensler 
B) Nilo Cruz 
C) Tony Kushner 
D) Jackson Pollock 
E) David Hwang 
A) Eve Ensler 
B) Nilo Cruz 
C) Tony Kushner 
D) Jackson Pollock 
E) David Hwang

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-O. J. Simpson

Accepted Answer

O. J. Simpson, also known as Orenthal Ja

Exam 40: America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -multiculturalism

What gains has the African American community attained since the 1960s? What are the greatest challenges still facing African Americans and U.S. society regarding race?

By the 2000s, the traditional nuclear family unit was undergoing severe strain because

The most populous group of Latinos in the United States comes from

What were the greatest successes of the American economy in the 1990s? What role did Clinton's international trade agreements play in the expanding prosperity of the period? Why was the process of economic globalization often controversial?

Two of Clinton's early political blunders occurred in the areas of

In his campaign for the presidency in 2000, George W. Bush promised to

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -globalization

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -information age

Mexican American mutual aid societies or Mutualistas provided

The rise of computer corporations like Microsoft and dot.com businesses signaled the advent of

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -United Farm Workers Organizing Committee

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -William Clinton

The vigorously partisan leader who led Republicans to a majority in the House of Representatives in 1994 was

How has American literature, music, film, and art fared in the era of television and pop culture?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -George H. W. Bush

Which of the following was not among prominent American playwrights or musical theater creators in the late twentieth century?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -O. J. Simpson

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

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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