Question 1

In 1994, President Clinton sent U.S. troops into ____ in order to reinstate its democratically elected leader.

Accepted Answer

A) Nicaragua 
B) the Dominican Republic 
C) Haiti 
D) Costa Rica 
E) Panama 
A) Nicaragua 
B) the Dominican Republic 
C) Haiti 
D) Costa Rica 
E) Panama

Question 2

Clinton pulled U.S. troops out of Somalia after​

Accepted Answer

A) ​public criticism of the mission there mounted.​ 
B) ​conservative criticized him for U.S. involvement in an undeclared war.​ 
C) ​fourteen service personnel were killed.​ 
D) ​the U.N. withdrew from the region.​ 
E) ​all of these choices.​ 
A) ​public criticism of the mission there mounted.​ 
B) ​conservative criticized him for U.S. involvement in an undeclared war.​ 
C) ​fourteen service personnel were killed.​ 
D) ​the U.N. withdrew from the region.​ 
E) ​all of these choices.​

Question 3

All of the following statements regarding Clinton's environmental policies are true except he

Accepted Answer

A) blocked road construction and logging in 60 million acres of forests. 
B) rejected the efforts made by Republicans to put land under federal protection. 
C) revealed government's role in environmental degradation in past decades.​ 
D) placed 6 million new acres under federal protection.​ 
E) focus on international ecological dangers.​ 
A) blocked road construction and logging in 60 million acres of forests. 
B) rejected the efforts made by Republicans to put land under federal protection. 
C) revealed government's role in environmental degradation in past decades.​ 
D) placed 6 million new acres under federal protection.​ 
E) focus on international ecological dangers.​

Question 4

Discuss the increasing polarization of American politics​ in the 2000s. How would you characterize this polarization? What do you see as its roots and as the differences between various sides?

Accepted Answer

The increasing polarization of American

Question 5

One area in which Democrats seemed disappointed in Barack Obama involved

Accepted Answer

A) his position on gay marriage. 
B) his healthcare programs. 
C) his retention of former Bush appointees and position on the war. 
D) his use of social networking and technology. 
E) all of these choices 
A) his position on gay marriage. 
B) his healthcare programs. 
C) his retention of former Bush appointees and position on the war. 
D) his use of social networking and technology. 
E) all of these choices

Question 6

In the 2000 election, the key state in deciding the winner of the presidency was

Accepted Answer

A) Texas. 
B) Florida. 
C) Ohio. 
D) New Hampshire. 
E) Nevada. 
A) Texas. 
B) Florida. 
C) Ohio. 
D) New Hampshire. 
E) Nevada.

Question 7

In 1994, President Clinton chose ____________________ to head the taskforce in charge of national health care reform.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In 1994, President Clinton chose ____________________ to...

Question 8

"Americorps" was a program that allowed students to repay college loans through community service.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Bill Clinton's Republican opponent in 1996 was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Bill Clinton's Republican opponent in 1996 was...

Question 10

Americans are in complete agreement that the Obama administration did everything possible to resolve the BP oil spill.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The ____________________ Act was a Bush educational program that called for mandatory testing.

Accepted Answer

No Child L

Question 12

Ohio was the key state in determining the winner of the 2000 presidential election.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which of the following has proven to be a consequence of developing internet technology?

Accepted Answer

A) Americans have lost the ability to research for information. 
B) Americans have become more individually oriented. 
C) Magazines and newspapers began to cease publication 
D) Media has become completely unbiased. 
E) All of these choices 
A) Americans have lost the ability to research for information. 
B) Americans have become more individually oriented. 
C) Magazines and newspapers began to cease publication 
D) Media has become completely unbiased. 
E) All of these choices

Question 14

George W. Bush's initiatives in office were considerably more timid than his campaign rhetoric.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

President George W. Bush's proposals for educational reform called for

Accepted Answer

A) mandatory, nationwide testing of children as a means of determining which schools were teaching effectively. 
B) abolishing the use of standardized tests to determine the success of students and schools. 
C) reducing the involvement of the federal government in education and empowering the states to control their school systems. 
D) abolishing the public school system. 
E) using federal funds to increase teacher salaries. 
A) mandatory, nationwide testing of children as a means of determining which schools were teaching effectively. 
B) abolishing the use of standardized tests to determine the success of students and schools. 
C) reducing the involvement of the federal government in education and empowering the states to control their school systems. 
D) abolishing the public school system. 
E) using federal funds to increase teacher salaries.

Question 16

TARP gave ____________________ dollars to companies that were "too big to fail".

Accepted Answer

The answer of TARP gave ____________________ dollars to companies that...

Question 17

In 2014, heated debates on both sides of the aisle in Congress occurred over efforts to raise the _____________________, a measure some saw as attempting to narrow the income gap in America.

Accepted Answer

minimum wa

Question 18

Clinton's economic program during his first term expanded the Earned Income Tax Credit, which

Accepted Answer

A) provided tax incentives to the richest 1 percent. 
B) reduced taxes for the middle class. 
C) lowered taxes and increased refunds to low and moderate households with children. 
D) offered tax breaks to parents sending children to private schools. 
E) discounted tax rates for new business development. 
A) provided tax incentives to the richest 1 percent. 
B) reduced taxes for the middle class. 
C) lowered taxes and increased refunds to low and moderate households with children. 
D) offered tax breaks to parents sending children to private schools. 
E) discounted tax rates for new business development.

Question 19

The White House intern who had an affair with Bill Clinton was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The White House intern who had an...

Question 20

Barack Obama's campaign slogan was Hope and ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Barack Obama's campaign slogan was Hope and...

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

In 1994, President Clinton sent U.S. troops into ____ in order to reinstate its democratically elected leader.

Clinton pulled U.S. troops out of Somalia after​

All of the following statements regarding Clinton's environmental policies are true except he

Discuss the increasing polarization of American politics​ in the 2000s. How would you characterize this polarization? What do you see as its roots and as the differences between various sides?

One area in which Democrats seemed disappointed in Barack Obama involved

In the 2000 election, the key state in deciding the winner of the presidency was

In 1994, President Clinton chose ____________________ to head the taskforce in charge of national health care reform.

"Americorps" was a program that allowed students to repay college loans through community service.

Bill Clinton's Republican opponent in 1996 was ____________________.

Americans are in complete agreement that the Obama administration did everything possible to resolve the BP oil spill.

The ____________________ Act was a Bush educational program that called for mandatory testing.

Ohio was the key state in determining the winner of the 2000 presidential election.

Which of the following has proven to be a consequence of developing internet technology?

George W. Bush's initiatives in office were considerably more timid than his campaign rhetoric.

President George W. Bush's proposals for educational reform called for

TARP gave ____________________ dollars to companies that were "too big to fail".

In 2014, heated debates on both sides of the aisle in Congress occurred over efforts to raise the _____________________, a measure some saw as attempting to narrow the income gap in America.

Clinton's economic program during his first term expanded the Earned Income Tax Credit, which

The White House intern who had an affair with Bill Clinton was ____________________.

Barack Obama's campaign slogan was Hope and ____________________.

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

Filters

Clinton pulled U.S. troops out of Somalia after

Discuss the increasing polarization of American politics in the 2000s. How would you characterize this polarization? What do you see as its roots and as the differences between various sides?