Question 1

The special prosecutor who discovered Bill Clinton had an affair with a White House intern was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The special prosecutor who discovered Bill Clinton...

Question 2

In 2005, an official U.S. government report concluded that, in 2003, Iraq did not have nuclear weapons but did possess biological weapons when the U.S. invaded.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The 1996 welfare reform law TANF stood for "Temporary ______________________________."

Accepted Answer

Assistance

Question 4

Environmentalists in the 2000s argued that hazardous waste problems had a potentially greater impact on poor communities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

By 2006, the financial bubble concealed a bleaker economic reality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Kenneth Starr was hired as a special prosecutor to investigate allegation that Bill Clinton had a sexual affair with a white House intern.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Mexico paid back a controversial $20 billion loan from the Clinton administration within a year with $1 billion in interest.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The "No Child Left Behind" program dealt with the issue of

Accepted Answer

A) education. 
B) foster care. 
C) homeless children. 
D) sexual predators. 
E) physical fitness. 
A) education. 
B) foster care. 
C) homeless children. 
D) sexual predators. 
E) physical fitness.

Question 9

The Supreme Court vote that ultimately decided the 2000 election was

Accepted Answer

A) 9 to 0. 
B) 8 to 1. 
C) 7 to 2. 
D) 6 to 3. 
E) 5 to 4. 
A) 9 to 0. 
B) 8 to 1. 
C) 7 to 2. 
D) 6 to 3. 
E) 5 to 4.

Question 10

Bill Clinton sent U.S. troops to intervene in a civil war in Rwanda.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

A major overhaul of welfare under Clinton was called "The Personal Responsibility ______________________________ Act".

Accepted Answer

Work Oppor

Question 12

Compared to the 2000 election, in 2004, George Bush did best in gaining the support of people

Accepted Answer

A) in suburbs. 
B) who regularly attended church. 
C) who were white. 
D) who lived in small towns. 
E) all of these choices 
A) in suburbs. 
B) who regularly attended church. 
C) who were white. 
D) who lived in small towns. 
E) all of these choices

Question 13

During the 1990s and early 2000s, the income gap between the wealthiest and ordinary workers

Accepted Answer

A) narrowed to its smallest difference in thirty years. 
B) remained about the same throughout the decade. 
C) was less than it had been during the Reagan administration. 
D) grew steadily wider through the decade. 
E) lessened until 1996 when it suddenly grew much wider. 
A) narrowed to its smallest difference in thirty years. 
B) remained about the same throughout the decade. 
C) was less than it had been during the Reagan administration. 
D) grew steadily wider through the decade. 
E) lessened until 1996 when it suddenly grew much wider.

Question 14

Criticism of the federal government's handling of the Hurricane Katrina included

Accepted Answer

A) the large number of dead and missing. 
B) an inadequacy to prepare for such a disaster. 
C) its heavy impact on poor and African American residents. 
D) videotape that contradicted statements made by White House officials. 
E) all of these choices 
A) the large number of dead and missing. 
B) an inadequacy to prepare for such a disaster. 
C) its heavy impact on poor and African American residents. 
D) videotape that contradicted statements made by White House officials. 
E) all of these choices

Question 15

____________________.com is a site that allows people to post video online.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________.com is a site that allows people...

Question 16

Anti-immigration groups sought all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) new legislative restrictions. 
B) tighter border control. 
C) harsh penalties for companies that employed undocumented workers. 
D) turning people away who try to enter the U.S. illegally. 
E) a ban on immigration from Mexico, the biggest source of illegal  immigrants. 
A) new legislative restrictions. 
B) tighter border control. 
C) harsh penalties for companies that employed undocumented workers. 
D) turning people away who try to enter the U.S. illegally. 
E) a ban on immigration from Mexico, the biggest source of illegal  immigrants.

Question 17

The United States was one of the original signers of the international Kyoto Protocol.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In 2013, the Supreme Court upheld a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

By end of 2001, U.S. led forces had installed a government in Afghanistan that could control both the capital city and the countryside.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

In 2006, the war in Iraq cost the United States ____________________ billion dollars a month justice.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In 2006, the war in Iraq cost...

Exam 32: A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2014

The special prosecutor who discovered Bill Clinton had an affair with a White House intern was ____________________.

In 2005, an official U.S. government report concluded that, in 2003, Iraq did not have nuclear weapons but did possess biological weapons when the U.S. invaded.

The 1996 welfare reform law TANF stood for "Temporary ______________________________."

Environmentalists in the 2000s argued that hazardous waste problems had a potentially greater impact on poor communities.

By 2006, the financial bubble concealed a bleaker economic reality.

Kenneth Starr was hired as a special prosecutor to investigate allegation that Bill Clinton had a sexual affair with a white House intern.

Mexico paid back a controversial $20 billion loan from the Clinton administration within a year with $1 billion in interest.

The "No Child Left Behind" program dealt with the issue of

The Supreme Court vote that ultimately decided the 2000 election was

Bill Clinton sent U.S. troops to intervene in a civil war in Rwanda.

A major overhaul of welfare under Clinton was called "The Personal Responsibility ______________________________ Act".

Compared to the 2000 election, in 2004, George Bush did best in gaining the support of people

During the 1990s and early 2000s, the income gap between the wealthiest and ordinary workers

Criticism of the federal government's handling of the Hurricane Katrina included

____________________.com is a site that allows people to post video online.

Anti-immigration groups sought all of the following except

The United States was one of the original signers of the international Kyoto Protocol.

In 2013, the Supreme Court upheld a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

By end of 2001, U.S. led forces had installed a government in Afghanistan that could control both the capital city and the countryside.

In 2006, the war in Iraq cost the United States ____________________ billion dollars a month justice.

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, Conquest, Catastrophe

Colonization in North America, 1600-1680

Empires, Indians, and the Struggle for Power in North America, 1670-1720

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent, 1720-1763

Reform, Resistance, Revolution, 1763-1776

The Revolutionary Republic, 1776-1789

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture, 1815-1850

Whigs and Democrats, 1815-1840

Antebellum Reform, 1820-1860

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery 1845-1860

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

A Transformed Nation: the West and the New South, 1865-1900

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

Cities, Peoples, Cultures, 1890-1920

Progressivism, 1900-1917

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

The 1920s

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America During the Second World War, 1939-1945

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

America at Midcentury, 1953-1963

America During a Divisive War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

Economic, Social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

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