Question 1

The housing industry crash in 2007:

Accepted Answer

A)  affected only some reckless speculators 
B)  proved the virtue of free-market capitalism 
C)  sent bank profits soaring, given all the homes they were able to acquire through foreclosure 
D)  froze credit and provoked a recession 
E)  had long been predicted by the Bush administration 
A)  affected only some reckless speculators 
B)  proved the virtue of free-market capitalism 
C)  sent bank profits soaring, given all the homes they were able to acquire through foreclosure 
D)  froze credit and provoked a recession 
E)  had long been predicted by the Bush administration D

Question 2

The DREAM Act of 2012 centered on what issue?

Accepted Answer

A)  sleep 
B)  the American dream 
C)  undocumented immigrants 
D)  oil 
E)  trade 
A)  sleep 
B)  the American dream 
C)  undocumented immigrants 
D)  oil 
E)  trade C

Question 3

By 2015, for the first time in the nation's history, the majority of immigrants came not from Europe but from other parts of the world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

The welfare-reform measure passed by Congress in 1996:

Accepted Answer

A)  was opposed by the Republicans 
B)  was applauded by liberals 
C)  limited the amount of time one could receive welfare payments 
D)  quickly began to lower poverty rates 
E)  significantly increased federal funding for welfare 
A)  was opposed by the Republicans 
B)  was applauded by liberals 
C)  limited the amount of time one could receive welfare payments 
D)  quickly began to lower poverty rates 
E)  significantly increased federal funding for welfare

Question 5

Within a few weeks of the September 11 attacks, U.S. forces led an attack on:

Accepted Answer

A)  Pakistan 
B)  Iraq 
C)  Saudi Arabia 
D)  Afghanistan 
E)  Iran 
A)  Pakistan 
B)  Iraq 
C)  Saudi Arabia 
D)  Afghanistan 
E)  Iran

Question 6

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Kenneth Starr

Accepted Answer

A) was an Alaska governor and Tea Party favorite 
B) carried Florida by 537 votes in 2000 
C) became House Speaker as a result of the 2006 election 
D) was the independent counsel who prosecuted Bill Clinton 
E) finished third in the 1992 and 1996 presidential elections
F)authored the Contract with America
G)was appointed secretary of state by Barack Obama
H)was the Federal Reserve Board chairman
I)was appointed secretary of defense by Barack Obama
J)was a central figure in a major sex scandal 
A) was an Alaska governor and Tea Party favorite 
B) carried Florida by 537 votes in 2000 
C) became House Speaker as a result of the 2006 election 
D) was the independent counsel who prosecuted Bill Clinton 
E) finished third in the 1992 and 1996 presidential elections
F)authored the Contract with America
G)was appointed secretary of state by Barack Obama
H)was the Federal Reserve Board chairman
I)was appointed secretary of defense by Barack Obama
J)was a central figure in a major sex scandal

Question 7

All of the following were features of the economy during the Clinton years EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  declining worker productivity 
B)  surging stock prices 
C)  low unemployment 
D)  federal budget surpluses 
E)  a proliferation of dot-com enterprises 
A)  declining worker productivity 
B)  surging stock prices 
C)  low unemployment 
D)  federal budget surpluses 
E)  a proliferation of dot-com enterprises

Question 8

The housing bubble of the early 2000s was contributed to by all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  predatory loan agreements 
B)  rising home prices 
C)  people purchasing homes with large down payments 
D)  speculative behavior 
E)  recovery from the 2001 recession 
A)  predatory loan agreements 
B)  rising home prices 
C)  people purchasing homes with large down payments 
D)  speculative behavior 
E)  recovery from the 2001 recession

Question 9

One legislative victory for President Clinton came when Congress approved NAFTA.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The most evident sign of the economic crisis by October 2008 was:

Accepted Answer

A)  plummeting stock prices 
B)  fuel shortages and long lines at gas stations 
C)  a drying up of illegal immigration 
D)  a large number of bankers being sent to prison 
E)  growing public support for socialism 
A)  plummeting stock prices 
B)  fuel shortages and long lines at gas stations 
C)  a drying up of illegal immigration 
D)  a large number of bankers being sent to prison 
E)  growing public support for socialism

Question 11

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Nancy Pelosi

Accepted Answer

A) was an Alaska governor and Tea Party favorite 
B) carried Florida by 537 votes in 2000 
C) became House Speaker as a result of the 2006 election 
D) was the independent counsel who prosecuted Bill Clinton 
E) finished third in the 1992 and 1996 presidential elections
F)authored the Contract with America
G)was appointed secretary of state by Barack Obama
H)was the Federal Reserve Board chairman
I)was appointed secretary of defense by Barack Obama
J)was a central figure in a major sex scandal 
A) was an Alaska governor and Tea Party favorite 
B) carried Florida by 537 votes in 2000 
C) became House Speaker as a result of the 2006 election 
D) was the independent counsel who prosecuted Bill Clinton 
E) finished third in the 1992 and 1996 presidential elections
F)authored the Contract with America
G)was appointed secretary of state by Barack Obama
H)was the Federal Reserve Board chairman
I)was appointed secretary of defense by Barack Obama
J)was a central figure in a major sex scandal

Question 12

The Dodd-Frank bill called for government agencies to exercise less oversight over highly leveraged and highly complex new financial instruments.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Monica Lewinsky

Accepted Answer

A) was an Alaska governor and Tea Party favorite 
B) carried Florida by 537 votes in 2000 
C) became House Speaker as a result of the 2006 election 
D) was the independent counsel who prosecuted Bill Clinton 
E) finished third in the 1992 and 1996 presidential elections
F)authored the Contract with America
G)was appointed secretary of state by Barack Obama
H)was the Federal Reserve Board chairman
I)was appointed secretary of defense by Barack Obama
J)was a central figure in a major sex scandal 
A) was an Alaska governor and Tea Party favorite 
B) carried Florida by 537 votes in 2000 
C) became House Speaker as a result of the 2006 election 
D) was the independent counsel who prosecuted Bill Clinton 
E) finished third in the 1992 and 1996 presidential elections
F)authored the Contract with America
G)was appointed secretary of state by Barack Obama
H)was the Federal Reserve Board chairman
I)was appointed secretary of defense by Barack Obama
J)was a central figure in a major sex scandal

Question 14

Describe the new patterns of immigration to the United States. What might account for this?

Accepted Answer

The new patterns of immigration to the U

Question 15

President Obama stated that the ACA "was an experiment."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-H. Ross Perot

Accepted Answer

A) was an Alaska governor and Tea Party favorite 
B) carried Florida by 537 votes in 2000 
C) became House Speaker as a result of the 2006 election 
D) was the independent counsel who prosecuted Bill Clinton 
E) finished third in the 1992 and 1996 presidential elections
F)authored the Contract with America
G)was appointed secretary of state by Barack Obama
H)was the Federal Reserve Board chairman
I)was appointed secretary of defense by Barack Obama
J)was a central figure in a major sex scandal 
A) was an Alaska governor and Tea Party favorite 
B) carried Florida by 537 votes in 2000 
C) became House Speaker as a result of the 2006 election 
D) was the independent counsel who prosecuted Bill Clinton 
E) finished third in the 1992 and 1996 presidential elections
F)authored the Contract with America
G)was appointed secretary of state by Barack Obama
H)was the Federal Reserve Board chairman
I)was appointed secretary of defense by Barack Obama
J)was a central figure in a major sex scandal

Question 17

The Christian Coalition:

Accepted Answer

A)  unlike the Moral Majority, tended to favor Democrats 
B)  founded a national chain of megachurches 
C)  became a major political force in the 1990s 
D)  advocated government anti-poverty programs 
E)  was dominated by mainline Protestants such as Methodists and Presbyterians 
A)  unlike the Moral Majority, tended to favor Democrats 
B)  founded a national chain of megachurches 
C)  became a major political force in the 1990s 
D)  advocated government anti-poverty programs 
E)  was dominated by mainline Protestants such as Methodists and Presbyterians

Question 18

In 1993, Clinton was able to preside over the signing of a peace agreement between the leaders of Israel and:

Accepted Answer

A)  Egypt 
B)  Syria 
C)  Lebanon 
D)  Jordan 
E)  the PLO 
A)  Egypt 
B)  Syria 
C)  Lebanon 
D)  Jordan 
E)  the PLO

Question 19

The major purpose of the passage of NAFTA was to:

Accepted Answer

A)  give Clinton an easy political victory 
B)  protect American industries such as steel and textiles 
C)  reward Clinton's supporters in organized labor 
D)  promote freer trade with Canada and Mexico 
E)  send American jobs overseas 
A)  give Clinton an easy political victory 
B)  protect American industries such as steel and textiles 
C)  reward Clinton's supporters in organized labor 
D)  promote freer trade with Canada and Mexico 
E)  send American jobs overseas

Question 20

By the 1990s, the most dangerous enemies of the United States became:

Accepted Answer

A)  the world's remaining Communist countries such as Cuba 
B)  left-of-center governments in Latin America 
C)  neo-Nazis in Germany and eastern Europe 
D)  shadowy terrorist organizations 
E)  computer hackers and other high-tech saboteurs 
A)  the world's remaining Communist countries such as Cuba 
B)  left-of-center governments in Latin America 
C)  neo-Nazis in Germany and eastern Europe 
D)  shadowy terrorist organizations 
E)  computer hackers and other high-tech saboteurs

Exam 32: Twenty-first-century America, 1993-present

The housing industry crash in 2007:

The DREAM Act of 2012 centered on what issue?

By 2015, for the first time in the nation's history, the majority of immigrants came not from Europe but from other parts of the world.

The welfare-reform measure passed by Congress in 1996:

Within a few weeks of the September 11 attacks, U.S. forces led an attack on:

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Kenneth Starr

All of the following were features of the economy during the Clinton years EXCEPT:

The housing bubble of the early 2000s was contributed to by all of the following EXCEPT:

One legislative victory for President Clinton came when Congress approved NAFTA.

The most evident sign of the economic crisis by October 2008 was:

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Nancy Pelosi

The Dodd-Frank bill called for government agencies to exercise less oversight over highly leveraged and highly complex new financial instruments.

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Monica Lewinsky

Describe the new patterns of immigration to the United States. What might account for this?

President Obama stated that the ACA "was an experiment."

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -H. Ross Perot

The Christian Coalition:

In 1993, Clinton was able to preside over the signing of a peace agreement between the leaders of Israel and:

The major purpose of the passage of NAFTA was to:

By the 1990s, the most dangerous enemies of the United States became:

The Collision of Cultures

England’s Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution, 1776-1783

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic, 1800-1815

The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850

Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828

The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840

The South, Slavery, and King Cotton, 1800-1860

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860

Western Expansion, 1830-1848

The Gathering Storm, 1848-1860

The War of the Union, 1861-1865

The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era, 1860-1900

The New South and the New West, 1865-1900

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt, 1865-1900

Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913

The Progressive Era, 1890-1920

America and the Great War, 1914-1920

A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929

The Reactionary Twenties

The Great Depression, 1929-1939

The Second World War, 1933-1945

The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952

Cold War America, 1950-1959

A New Frontier and a Great Society, 1960-1968

Rebellion and Reaction, 1960s and 1970s

Conservative Revival, 1977-1990

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