Question 1

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 2

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Saddam Hussein

Accepted Answer

A) Contract with America 
B) Panama dictator 
C) Supreme Court justice 
D) Enron 
E) attorney general
F)triangulation
G)Christian Coalition
H)1992 independent presidential candidate
I)Clinton impeachment
J)Iraqi dictator
K)health care
L)Green Party 
A) Contract with America 
B) Panama dictator 
C) Supreme Court justice 
D) Enron 
E) attorney general
F)triangulation
G)Christian Coalition
H)1992 independent presidential candidate
I)Clinton impeachment
J)Iraqi dictator
K)health care
L)Green Party

Question 4

Health care reform during Clinton's first term:

Accepted Answer

A)  was not a major issue for the president. 
B)  was opposed by drug companies, insurance companies, and doctors. 
C)  was championed by First Lady Hillary Clinton, who succeeded in getting Congress to back her universal coverage plan. 
D)  became a policy priority for congressional Republicans who opposed the Clinton plan. 
E)  was easily understood by most voters and received little criticism. 
A)  was not a major issue for the president. 
B)  was opposed by drug companies, insurance companies, and doctors. 
C)  was championed by First Lady Hillary Clinton, who succeeded in getting Congress to back her universal coverage plan. 
D)  became a policy priority for congressional Republicans who opposed the Clinton plan. 
E)  was easily understood by most voters and received little criticism.

Question 5

Bush v.Gore ordered:

Accepted Answer

A)  victory to be given to Bush. 
B)  the recount in Florida to finish within one week. 
C)  Florida to vote again in a separate election. 
D)  Florida to halt its recount. 
E)  Florida to audit its balloting machines. 
A)  victory to be given to Bush. 
B)  the recount in Florida to finish within one week. 
C)  Florida to vote again in a separate election. 
D)  Florida to halt its recount. 
E)  Florida to audit its balloting machines.

Question 6

Anita Hill:

Accepted Answer

A)  worked for the Environmental Protection Agency. 
B)  charged Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas with sexual harassment in 1991. 
C)  testified against Clarence Thomas at Senate hearings, resulting in the denial of his confirmation to the Supreme Court. 
D)  retracted her sexual harassment charges upon Clarence Thomas's confirmation to the Supreme Court. 
E)  left politics to attend law school. 
A)  worked for the Environmental Protection Agency. 
B)  charged Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas with sexual harassment in 1991. 
C)  testified against Clarence Thomas at Senate hearings, resulting in the denial of his confirmation to the Supreme Court. 
D)  retracted her sexual harassment charges upon Clarence Thomas's confirmation to the Supreme Court. 
E)  left politics to attend law school.

Question 7

The groups that organized the 1999 Seattle protests were anti-globalists.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

By the end of 1991,Soviet attempts at economic reform had created chaos,and the:

Accepted Answer

A)  Soviet military staged a successful coup. 
B)  Soviet Union dissolved, ending the Cold War. 
C)  United States had to intervene with financial aid. 
D)  Soviets sought U.S. assistance. 
E)  Soviets turned to the United Nations for help. 
A)  Soviet military staged a successful coup. 
B)  Soviet Union dissolved, ending the Cold War. 
C)  United States had to intervene with financial aid. 
D)  Soviets sought U.S. assistance. 
E)  Soviets turned to the United Nations for help.

Question 9

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Monica Lewinsky

Accepted Answer

A) Contract with America 
B) Panama dictator 
C) Supreme Court justice 
D) Enron 
E) attorney general
F)triangulation
G)Christian Coalition
H)1992 independent presidential candidate
I)Clinton impeachment
J)Iraqi dictator
K)health care
L)Green Party 
A) Contract with America 
B) Panama dictator 
C) Supreme Court justice 
D) Enron 
E) attorney general
F)triangulation
G)Christian Coalition
H)1992 independent presidential candidate
I)Clinton impeachment
J)Iraqi dictator
K)health care
L)Green Party

Question 10

Asian-Americans,compared to other Americans,had an extremely high rate of imprisonment by the end of the century,as illegal immigration accelerated.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which of the following best explains George H.W.Bush's loss in the 1992 presidential election?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bush seemed out of touch with wealthy Republican campaign donors. 
B)  America was in a recession in 1992. 
C)  Pat Buchanan's angry anti-gay and anti-feminist speech at the Republican convention turned off some moderate Republican voters. 
D)  Third-party candidate Ross Perot became a viable option for some voters. 
E)  B and D 
A)  Bush seemed out of touch with wealthy Republican campaign donors. 
B)  America was in a recession in 1992. 
C)  Pat Buchanan's angry anti-gay and anti-feminist speech at the Republican convention turned off some moderate Republican voters. 
D)  Third-party candidate Ross Perot became a viable option for some voters. 
E)  B and D

Question 12

Discuss the experience of African-Americans in the 1990s.What were the gains and/or losses for blacks in terms of freedom and equality in America at the end of the twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

The experience of African-Americans in t

Question 13

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Hillary Clinton

Accepted Answer

A) Contract with America 
B) Panama dictator 
C) Supreme Court justice 
D) Enron 
E) attorney general
F)triangulation
G)Christian Coalition
H)1992 independent presidential candidate
I)Clinton impeachment
J)Iraqi dictator
K)health care
L)Green Party 
A) Contract with America 
B) Panama dictator 
C) Supreme Court justice 
D) Enron 
E) attorney general
F)triangulation
G)Christian Coalition
H)1992 independent presidential candidate
I)Clinton impeachment
J)Iraqi dictator
K)health care
L)Green Party

Question 14

The term "pay gap" refers to the difference in:

Accepted Answer

A)  pay differences between workers and CEOs. 
B)  pay rates for skilled and unskilled workers. 
C)  pay rates between men and women. 
D)  pay gaps between new hires and senior employees. 
E)  the difference between gross income and take-home pay. 
A)  pay differences between workers and CEOs. 
B)  pay rates for skilled and unskilled workers. 
C)  pay rates between men and women. 
D)  pay gaps between new hires and senior employees. 
E)  the difference between gross income and take-home pay.

Question 15

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-"freedom revolution"

Accepted Answer

A) Israel and Palestinian agreement 
B) dismantled by Clinton 
C) awareness of American diversity 
D) Rwanda 
E) banking regulation repealed in 1999
F)largest corporate employer in 2000
G)Foxwoods Casino
H)Chinese demonstration for democracy
I)cash payment for low-income workers
J)fall of communism in eastern Europe
K)free-trade zone
L)Kuwaiti freedom 
A) Israel and Palestinian agreement 
B) dismantled by Clinton 
C) awareness of American diversity 
D) Rwanda 
E) banking regulation repealed in 1999
F)largest corporate employer in 2000
G)Foxwoods Casino
H)Chinese demonstration for democracy
I)cash payment for low-income workers
J)fall of communism in eastern Europe
K)free-trade zone
L)Kuwaiti freedom

Question 16

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 17

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Proposition 187,approved by California voters in 1994:

Accepted Answer

A)  denied illegal immigrants and their children access to welfare and education. 
B)  expanded the "prison-industrial complex" with a tough three-strikes law. 
C)  reinstated the bracero program and solved many of its immigration problems. 
D)  banned bilingual education and abolished the segregation of immigrant schoolchildren. 
E)  banned affirmative action in education, employment, and government. 
A)  denied illegal immigrants and their children access to welfare and education. 
B)  expanded the "prison-industrial complex" with a tough three-strikes law. 
C)  reinstated the bracero program and solved many of its immigration problems. 
D)  banned bilingual education and abolished the segregation of immigrant schoolchildren. 
E)  banned affirmative action in education, employment, and government.

Question 19

What was the fate of the chief officers of Enron?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were never tried before a court of law. 
B)  They left the country for a Caribbean island. 
C)  They were ordered to pay billions of dollars to compensate investors. 
D)  They were convicted of multiple counts of fraud. 
E)  They were sentenced to life in prison. 
A)  They were never tried before a court of law. 
B)  They left the country for a Caribbean island. 
C)  They were ordered to pay billions of dollars to compensate investors. 
D)  They were convicted of multiple counts of fraud. 
E)  They were sentenced to life in prison.

Question 20

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-NAFTA

Accepted Answer

A) Israel and Palestinian agreement 
B) dismantled by Clinton 
C) awareness of American diversity 
D) Rwanda 
E) banking regulation repealed in 1999
F)largest corporate employer in 2000
G)Foxwoods Casino
H)Chinese demonstration for democracy
I)cash payment for low-income workers
J)fall of communism in eastern Europe
K)free-trade zone
L)Kuwaiti freedom 
A) Israel and Palestinian agreement 
B) dismantled by Clinton 
C) awareness of American diversity 
D) Rwanda 
E) banking regulation repealed in 1999
F)largest corporate employer in 2000
G)Foxwoods Casino
H)Chinese demonstration for democracy
I)cash payment for low-income workers
J)fall of communism in eastern Europe
K)free-trade zone
L)Kuwaiti freedom

Exam 27: From Triumph to Tragedy,1989–2001

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

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

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Saddam Hussein

Health care reform during Clinton's first term:

Bush v.Gore ordered:

Anita Hill:

The groups that organized the 1999 Seattle protests were anti-globalists.

By the end of 1991,Soviet attempts at economic reform had created chaos,and the:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Monica Lewinsky

Asian-Americans,compared to other Americans,had an extremely high rate of imprisonment by the end of the century,as illegal immigration accelerated.

Which of the following best explains George H.W.Bush's loss in the 1992 presidential election?

Discuss the experience of African-Americans in the 1990s.What were the gains and/or losses for blacks in terms of freedom and equality in America at the end of the twentieth century?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Hillary Clinton

The term "pay gap" refers to the difference in:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -"freedom revolution"

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

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

Proposition 187,approved by California voters in 1994:

What was the fate of the chief officers of Enron?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -NAFTA

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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

America’s Gilded Age,1870-1890

Freedom’s 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 Triumph of Conservatism,1969-1988

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