Question 1

Answer the following  questions :
-Operation Rescue

Accepted Answer

A) A network of radical Islamic terrorists organized by Osama bin Laden,who issued a call for holy war against Americans and their allies.Members of this group were responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. 
B) The spread of political,cultural,and economic influences and connections among countries,businesses,and individuals around the world through trade,immigration,communication,and other means. 
C) International economic body established in 1995 through the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to enforce substantial tariff and import quota reductions. 
D) An international organization of the leading capitalist industrial nations: the United States,Britain,Germany,France,Italy,Japan,Canada,and Russia.This organization largely controlled the world's major international financial organizations: the World Bank,the International Monetary Fund (IMF),and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). 
E) A 1993 treaty that eliminated all tariffs and trade barriers among the United States,Canada,and Mexico.
F)Corporations with offices and factories in multiple countries,which expanded to find new markets and cheaper sources of labor.Globalization was made possible by the proliferation of these.
G)A decentralized computer network developed in the late 1960s by the U.S.Department of Defense in conjunction with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.The Internet grew out of this.
H)A collection of interlinked computer servers that debuted in 1991,allowing access by millions to documents,pictures,and other materials.
I)A term used by Patrick Buchanan in 1992 to describe a long-standing political struggle,dating to the 1920s,between religious traditionalists and secular liberals.Social issues such as abortion rights and the rights of lesbians and gay men divided these groups.
J)A 1965 law that eliminated the discriminatory 1924 nationality quotas,established a slightly higher total limit on immigration,included provisions to ease the entry of immigrants with skills in high demand,and allowed immediate family members of legal residents in the United States to be admitted outside of the total numerical limit.
K)The promotion of diversity in gender,race,ethnicity,religion,and sexual preference.This political and social policy became increasingly popular in the United States during the 1980s post-civil rights era.
L)A proposition approved by California voters in 1996 that outlawed affirmative action in state employment and public education.
M)A movement founded by religious activist Randall Terry in 1987 that mounted protests outside abortion clinics and harassed their staffs and clients.
N)A law enacted by Congress in 1998 that allowed states to refuse to recognize gay marriages or civil unions formed in other jurisdictions.The Supreme Court ruled that this law was unconstitutional in 2013.
O)1989 Supreme Court ruling that upheld the authority of state governments to limit the use of public funds and facilities for abortions.
P)A 1992 Supreme Court case that upheld a law requiring a twenty-four-hour waiting period prior to an abortion.Although the decision upheld certain restrictions on abortions,it affirmed the "essential holding" in Roe v.Wade (1973)that women had a constitutional right to control their reproduction.
Q)A 2003 landmark decision by the Supreme Court that limited the power of states to prohibit private homosexual activity between consenting adults.
R)Initiatives by Representative Newt Gingrich of Georgia for significant tax cuts,reductions in welfare programs,anticrime measures,and cutbacks in federal regulations.
S)Legislation signed by President Clinton in 1996 that replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children,the major welfare program dating to the New Deal era,with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families,which provided grants to the states to assist the poor and which limited welfare payments to two years,with a lifetime maximum of five years.
T)Legislation introduced by President George W.Bush and passed by Congress in 2001 that slashed income tax rates,extended the earned income credit for the poor,and marked the estate tax to be phased out by 2010.
U)A 2001 law that gave the government new powers to monitor suspected terrorists and their associates,including the ability to access personal information.
V)A prison just outside Baghdad,Iraq,where American guards were photographed during the Iraq War abusing and torturing suspected insurgents.
W)An economic stimulus bill passed in 2009,in response to the Great Recession,that provided $787 billion to state and local governments for schools,hospitals,and transportation projects.It was one of the largest single packages of government spending in American history.
X)A set of far-right opposition groups that emerged during President Obama's first term and gave voice to the extreme individualism and antigovernment sentiment traditionally associated with right-wing movements in the United States.
Y)Sweeping 2010 health-care reform bill championed by President Obama that established nearly universal health insurance by providing subsidies and compelling larger businesses to offer coverage to employees. 
A) A network of radical Islamic terrorists organized by Osama bin Laden,who issued a call for holy war against Americans and their allies.Members of this group were responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. 
B) The spread of political,cultural,and economic influences and connections among countries,businesses,and individuals around the world through trade,immigration,communication,and other means. 
C) International economic body established in 1995 through the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to enforce substantial tariff and import quota reductions. 
D) An international organization of the leading capitalist industrial nations: the United States,Britain,Germany,France,Italy,Japan,Canada,and Russia.This organization largely controlled the world's major international financial organizations: the World Bank,the International Monetary Fund (IMF),and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). 
E) A 1993 treaty that eliminated all tariffs and trade barriers among the United States,Canada,and Mexico.
F)Corporations with offices and factories in multiple countries,which expanded to find new markets and cheaper sources of labor.Globalization was made possible by the proliferation of these.
G)A decentralized computer network developed in the late 1960s by the U.S.Department of Defense in conjunction with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.The Internet grew out of this.
H)A collection of interlinked computer servers that debuted in 1991,allowing access by millions to documents,pictures,and other materials.
I)A term used by Patrick Buchanan in 1992 to describe a long-standing political struggle,dating to the 1920s,between religious traditionalists and secular liberals.Social issues such as abortion rights and the rights of lesbians and gay men divided these groups.
J)A 1965 law that eliminated the discriminatory 1924 nationality quotas,established a slightly higher total limit on immigration,included provisions to ease the entry of immigrants with skills in high demand,and allowed immediate family members of legal residents in the United States to be admitted outside of the total numerical limit.
K)The promotion of diversity in gender,race,ethnicity,religion,and sexual preference.This political and social policy became increasingly popular in the United States during the 1980s post-civil rights era.
L)A proposition approved by California voters in 1996 that outlawed affirmative action in state employment and public education.
M)A movement founded by religious activist Randall Terry in 1987 that mounted protests outside abortion clinics and harassed their staffs and clients.
N)A law enacted by Congress in 1998 that allowed states to refuse to recognize gay marriages or civil unions formed in other jurisdictions.The Supreme Court ruled that this law was unconstitutional in 2013.
O)1989 Supreme Court ruling that upheld the authority of state governments to limit the use of public funds and facilities for abortions.
P)A 1992 Supreme Court case that upheld a law requiring a twenty-four-hour waiting period prior to an abortion.Although the decision upheld certain restrictions on abortions,it affirmed the "essential holding" in Roe v.Wade (1973)that women had a constitutional right to control their reproduction.
Q)A 2003 landmark decision by the Supreme Court that limited the power of states to prohibit private homosexual activity between consenting adults.
R)Initiatives by Representative Newt Gingrich of Georgia for significant tax cuts,reductions in welfare programs,anticrime measures,and cutbacks in federal regulations.
S)Legislation signed by President Clinton in 1996 that replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children,the major welfare program dating to the New Deal era,with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families,which provided grants to the states to assist the poor and which limited welfare payments to two years,with a lifetime maximum of five years.
T)Legislation introduced by President George W.Bush and passed by Congress in 2001 that slashed income tax rates,extended the earned income credit for the poor,and marked the estate tax to be phased out by 2010.
U)A 2001 law that gave the government new powers to monitor suspected terrorists and their associates,including the ability to access personal information.
V)A prison just outside Baghdad,Iraq,where American guards were photographed during the Iraq War abusing and torturing suspected insurgents.
W)An economic stimulus bill passed in 2009,in response to the Great Recession,that provided $787 billion to state and local governments for schools,hospitals,and transportation projects.It was one of the largest single packages of government spending in American history.
X)A set of far-right opposition groups that emerged during President Obama's first term and gave voice to the extreme individualism and antigovernment sentiment traditionally associated with right-wing movements in the United States.
Y)Sweeping 2010 health-care reform bill championed by President Obama that established nearly universal health insurance by providing subsidies and compelling larger businesses to offer coverage to employees. M

Question 2

Muslim fundamentalists began to target Americans in the 1990s because

Accepted Answer

A)  they had always hated the United States. 
B)  Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran directed the attacks. 
C)  they objected to the American presence in Saudi Arabia. 
D)  Americans threatened civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan. 
A)  they had always hated the United States. 
B)  Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran directed the attacks. 
C)  they objected to the American presence in Saudi Arabia. 
D)  Americans threatened civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan. C

Question 3

Answer the following  questions :
-Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET)

Accepted Answer

A) A network of radical Islamic terrorists organized by Osama bin Laden,who issued a call for holy war against Americans and their allies.Members of this group were responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. 
B) The spread of political,cultural,and economic influences and connections among countries,businesses,and individuals around the world through trade,immigration,communication,and other means. 
C) International economic body established in 1995 through the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to enforce substantial tariff and import quota reductions. 
D) An international organization of the leading capitalist industrial nations: the United States,Britain,Germany,France,Italy,Japan,Canada,and Russia.This organization largely controlled the world's major international financial organizations: the World Bank,the International Monetary Fund (IMF),and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). 
E) A 1993 treaty that eliminated all tariffs and trade barriers among the United States,Canada,and Mexico.
F)Corporations with offices and factories in multiple countries,which expanded to find new markets and cheaper sources of labor.Globalization was made possible by the proliferation of these.
G)A decentralized computer network developed in the late 1960s by the U.S.Department of Defense in conjunction with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.The Internet grew out of this.
H)A collection of interlinked computer servers that debuted in 1991,allowing access by millions to documents,pictures,and other materials.
I)A term used by Patrick Buchanan in 1992 to describe a long-standing political struggle,dating to the 1920s,between religious traditionalists and secular liberals.Social issues such as abortion rights and the rights of lesbians and gay men divided these groups.
J)A 1965 law that eliminated the discriminatory 1924 nationality quotas,established a slightly higher total limit on immigration,included provisions to ease the entry of immigrants with skills in high demand,and allowed immediate family members of legal residents in the United States to be admitted outside of the total numerical limit.
K)The promotion of diversity in gender,race,ethnicity,religion,and sexual preference.This political and social policy became increasingly popular in the United States during the 1980s post-civil rights era.
L)A proposition approved by California voters in 1996 that outlawed affirmative action in state employment and public education.
M)A movement founded by religious activist Randall Terry in 1987 that mounted protests outside abortion clinics and harassed their staffs and clients.
N)A law enacted by Congress in 1998 that allowed states to refuse to recognize gay marriages or civil unions formed in other jurisdictions.The Supreme Court ruled that this law was unconstitutional in 2013.
O)1989 Supreme Court ruling that upheld the authority of state governments to limit the use of public funds and facilities for abortions.
P)A 1992 Supreme Court case that upheld a law requiring a twenty-four-hour waiting period prior to an abortion.Although the decision upheld certain restrictions on abortions,it affirmed the "essential holding" in Roe v.Wade (1973)that women had a constitutional right to control their reproduction.
Q)A 2003 landmark decision by the Supreme Court that limited the power of states to prohibit private homosexual activity between consenting adults.
R)Initiatives by Representative Newt Gingrich of Georgia for significant tax cuts,reductions in welfare programs,anticrime measures,and cutbacks in federal regulations.
S)Legislation signed by President Clinton in 1996 that replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children,the major welfare program dating to the New Deal era,with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families,which provided grants to the states to assist the poor and which limited welfare payments to two years,with a lifetime maximum of five years.
T)Legislation introduced by President George W.Bush and passed by Congress in 2001 that slashed income tax rates,extended the earned income credit for the poor,and marked the estate tax to be phased out by 2010.
U)A 2001 law that gave the government new powers to monitor suspected terrorists and their associates,including the ability to access personal information.
V)A prison just outside Baghdad,Iraq,where American guards were photographed during the Iraq War abusing and torturing suspected insurgents.
W)An economic stimulus bill passed in 2009,in response to the Great Recession,that provided $787 billion to state and local governments for schools,hospitals,and transportation projects.It was one of the largest single packages of government spending in American history.
X)A set of far-right opposition groups that emerged during President Obama's first term and gave voice to the extreme individualism and antigovernment sentiment traditionally associated with right-wing movements in the United States.
Y)Sweeping 2010 health-care reform bill championed by President Obama that established nearly universal health insurance by providing subsidies and compelling larger businesses to offer coverage to employees. 
A) A network of radical Islamic terrorists organized by Osama bin Laden,who issued a call for holy war against Americans and their allies.Members of this group were responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. 
B) The spread of political,cultural,and economic influences and connections among countries,businesses,and individuals around the world through trade,immigration,communication,and other means. 
C) International economic body established in 1995 through the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to enforce substantial tariff and import quota reductions. 
D) An international organization of the leading capitalist industrial nations: the United States,Britain,Germany,France,Italy,Japan,Canada,and Russia.This organization largely controlled the world's major international financial organizations: the World Bank,the International Monetary Fund (IMF),and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). 
E) A 1993 treaty that eliminated all tariffs and trade barriers among the United States,Canada,and Mexico.
F)Corporations with offices and factories in multiple countries,which expanded to find new markets and cheaper sources of labor.Globalization was made possible by the proliferation of these.
G)A decentralized computer network developed in the late 1960s by the U.S.Department of Defense in conjunction with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.The Internet grew out of this.
H)A collection of interlinked computer servers that debuted in 1991,allowing access by millions to documents,pictures,and other materials.
I)A term used by Patrick Buchanan in 1992 to describe a long-standing political struggle,dating to the 1920s,between religious traditionalists and secular liberals.Social issues such as abortion rights and the rights of lesbians and gay men divided these groups.
J)A 1965 law that eliminated the discriminatory 1924 nationality quotas,established a slightly higher total limit on immigration,included provisions to ease the entry of immigrants with skills in high demand,and allowed immediate family members of legal residents in the United States to be admitted outside of the total numerical limit.
K)The promotion of diversity in gender,race,ethnicity,religion,and sexual preference.This political and social policy became increasingly popular in the United States during the 1980s post-civil rights era.
L)A proposition approved by California voters in 1996 that outlawed affirmative action in state employment and public education.
M)A movement founded by religious activist Randall Terry in 1987 that mounted protests outside abortion clinics and harassed their staffs and clients.
N)A law enacted by Congress in 1998 that allowed states to refuse to recognize gay marriages or civil unions formed in other jurisdictions.The Supreme Court ruled that this law was unconstitutional in 2013.
O)1989 Supreme Court ruling that upheld the authority of state governments to limit the use of public funds and facilities for abortions.
P)A 1992 Supreme Court case that upheld a law requiring a twenty-four-hour waiting period prior to an abortion.Although the decision upheld certain restrictions on abortions,it affirmed the "essential holding" in Roe v.Wade (1973)that women had a constitutional right to control their reproduction.
Q)A 2003 landmark decision by the Supreme Court that limited the power of states to prohibit private homosexual activity between consenting adults.
R)Initiatives by Representative Newt Gingrich of Georgia for significant tax cuts,reductions in welfare programs,anticrime measures,and cutbacks in federal regulations.
S)Legislation signed by President Clinton in 1996 that replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children,the major welfare program dating to the New Deal era,with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families,which provided grants to the states to assist the poor and which limited welfare payments to two years,with a lifetime maximum of five years.
T)Legislation introduced by President George W.Bush and passed by Congress in 2001 that slashed income tax rates,extended the earned income credit for the poor,and marked the estate tax to be phased out by 2010.
U)A 2001 law that gave the government new powers to monitor suspected terrorists and their associates,including the ability to access personal information.
V)A prison just outside Baghdad,Iraq,where American guards were photographed during the Iraq War abusing and torturing suspected insurgents.
W)An economic stimulus bill passed in 2009,in response to the Great Recession,that provided $787 billion to state and local governments for schools,hospitals,and transportation projects.It was one of the largest single packages of government spending in American history.
X)A set of far-right opposition groups that emerged during President Obama's first term and gave voice to the extreme individualism and antigovernment sentiment traditionally associated with right-wing movements in the United States.
Y)Sweeping 2010 health-care reform bill championed by President Obama that established nearly universal health insurance by providing subsidies and compelling larger businesses to offer coverage to employees. G

Question 4

Answer the following  questions :
-Al Qaeda

Accepted Answer

A) A network of radical Islamic terrorists organized by Osama bin Laden,who issued a call for holy war against Americans and their allies.Members of this group were responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. 
B) The spread of political,cultural,and economic influences and connections among countries,businesses,and individuals around the world through trade,immigration,communication,and other means. 
C) International economic body established in 1995 through the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to enforce substantial tariff and import quota reductions. 
D) An international organization of the leading capitalist industrial nations: the United States,Britain,Germany,France,Italy,Japan,Canada,and Russia.This organization largely controlled the world's major international financial organizations: the World Bank,the International Monetary Fund (IMF),and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). 
E) A 1993 treaty that eliminated all tariffs and trade barriers among the United States,Canada,and Mexico.
F)Corporations with offices and factories in multiple countries,which expanded to find new markets and cheaper sources of labor.Globalization was made possible by the proliferation of these.
G)A decentralized computer network developed in the late 1960s by the U.S.Department of Defense in conjunction with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.The Internet grew out of this.
H)A collection of interlinked computer servers that debuted in 1991,allowing access by millions to documents,pictures,and other materials.
I)A term used by Patrick Buchanan in 1992 to describe a long-standing political struggle,dating to the 1920s,between religious traditionalists and secular liberals.Social issues such as abortion rights and the rights of lesbians and gay men divided these groups.
J)A 1965 law that eliminated the discriminatory 1924 nationality quotas,established a slightly higher total limit on immigration,included provisions to ease the entry of immigrants with skills in high demand,and allowed immediate family members of legal residents in the United States to be admitted outside of the total numerical limit.
K)The promotion of diversity in gender,race,ethnicity,religion,and sexual preference.This political and social policy became increasingly popular in the United States during the 1980s post-civil rights era.
L)A proposition approved by California voters in 1996 that outlawed affirmative action in state employment and public education.
M)A movement founded by religious activist Randall Terry in 1987 that mounted protests outside abortion clinics and harassed their staffs and clients.
N)A law enacted by Congress in 1998 that allowed states to refuse to recognize gay marriages or civil unions formed in other jurisdictions.The Supreme Court ruled that this law was unconstitutional in 2013.
O)1989 Supreme Court ruling that upheld the authority of state governments to limit the use of public funds and facilities for abortions.
P)A 1992 Supreme Court case that upheld a law requiring a twenty-four-hour waiting period prior to an abortion.Although the decision upheld certain restrictions on abortions,it affirmed the "essential holding" in Roe v.Wade (1973)that women had a constitutional right to control their reproduction.
Q)A 2003 landmark decision by the Supreme Court that limited the power of states to prohibit private homosexual activity between consenting adults.
R)Initiatives by Representative Newt Gingrich of Georgia for significant tax cuts,reductions in welfare programs,anticrime measures,and cutbacks in federal regulations.
S)Legislation signed by President Clinton in 1996 that replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children,the major welfare program dating to the New Deal era,with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families,which provided grants to the states to assist the poor and which limited welfare payments to two years,with a lifetime maximum of five years.
T)Legislation introduced by President George W.Bush and passed by Congress in 2001 that slashed income tax rates,extended the earned income credit for the poor,and marked the estate tax to be phased out by 2010.
U)A 2001 law that gave the government new powers to monitor suspected terrorists and their associates,including the ability to access personal information.
V)A prison just outside Baghdad,Iraq,where American guards were photographed during the Iraq War abusing and torturing suspected insurgents.
W)An economic stimulus bill passed in 2009,in response to the Great Recession,that provided $787 billion to state and local governments for schools,hospitals,and transportation projects.It was one of the largest single packages of government spending in American history.
X)A set of far-right opposition groups that emerged during President Obama's first term and gave voice to the extreme individualism and antigovernment sentiment traditionally associated with right-wing movements in the United States.
Y)Sweeping 2010 health-care reform bill championed by President Obama that established nearly universal health insurance by providing subsidies and compelling larger businesses to offer coverage to employees. 
A) A network of radical Islamic terrorists organized by Osama bin Laden,who issued a call for holy war against Americans and their allies.Members of this group were responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. 
B) The spread of political,cultural,and economic influences and connections among countries,businesses,and individuals around the world through trade,immigration,communication,and other means. 
C) International economic body established in 1995 through the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to enforce substantial tariff and import quota reductions. 
D) An international organization of the leading capitalist industrial nations: the United States,Britain,Germany,France,Italy,Japan,Canada,and Russia.This organization largely controlled the world's major international financial organizations: the World Bank,the International Monetary Fund (IMF),and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). 
E) A 1993 treaty that eliminated all tariffs and trade barriers among the United States,Canada,and Mexico.
F)Corporations with offices and factories in multiple countries,which expanded to find new markets and cheaper sources of labor.Globalization was made possible by the proliferation of these.
G)A decentralized computer network developed in the late 1960s by the U.S.Department of Defense in conjunction with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.The Internet grew out of this.
H)A collection of interlinked computer servers that debuted in 1991,allowing access by millions to documents,pictures,and other materials.
I)A term used by Patrick Buchanan in 1992 to describe a long-standing political struggle,dating to the 1920s,between religious traditionalists and secular liberals.Social issues such as abortion rights and the rights of lesbians and gay men divided these groups.
J)A 1965 law that eliminated the discriminatory 1924 nationality quotas,established a slightly higher total limit on immigration,included provisions to ease the entry of immigrants with skills in high demand,and allowed immediate family members of legal residents in the United States to be admitted outside of the total numerical limit.
K)The promotion of diversity in gender,race,ethnicity,religion,and sexual preference.This political and social policy became increasingly popular in the United States during the 1980s post-civil rights era.
L)A proposition approved by California voters in 1996 that outlawed affirmative action in state employment and public education.
M)A movement founded by religious activist Randall Terry in 1987 that mounted protests outside abortion clinics and harassed their staffs and clients.
N)A law enacted by Congress in 1998 that allowed states to refuse to recognize gay marriages or civil unions formed in other jurisdictions.The Supreme Court ruled that this law was unconstitutional in 2013.
O)1989 Supreme Court ruling that upheld the authority of state governments to limit the use of public funds and facilities for abortions.
P)A 1992 Supreme Court case that upheld a law requiring a twenty-four-hour waiting period prior to an abortion.Although the decision upheld certain restrictions on abortions,it affirmed the "essential holding" in Roe v.Wade (1973)that women had a constitutional right to control their reproduction.
Q)A 2003 landmark decision by the Supreme Court that limited the power of states to prohibit private homosexual activity between consenting adults.
R)Initiatives by Representative Newt Gingrich of Georgia for significant tax cuts,reductions in welfare programs,anticrime measures,and cutbacks in federal regulations.
S)Legislation signed by President Clinton in 1996 that replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children,the major welfare program dating to the New Deal era,with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families,which provided grants to the states to assist the poor and which limited welfare payments to two years,with a lifetime maximum of five years.
T)Legislation introduced by President George W.Bush and passed by Congress in 2001 that slashed income tax rates,extended the earned income credit for the poor,and marked the estate tax to be phased out by 2010.
U)A 2001 law that gave the government new powers to monitor suspected terrorists and their associates,including the ability to access personal information.
V)A prison just outside Baghdad,Iraq,where American guards were photographed during the Iraq War abusing and torturing suspected insurgents.
W)An economic stimulus bill passed in 2009,in response to the Great Recession,that provided $787 billion to state and local governments for schools,hospitals,and transportation projects.It was one of the largest single packages of government spending in American history.
X)A set of far-right opposition groups that emerged during President Obama's first term and gave voice to the extreme individualism and antigovernment sentiment traditionally associated with right-wing movements in the United States.
Y)Sweeping 2010 health-care reform bill championed by President Obama that established nearly universal health insurance by providing subsidies and compelling larger businesses to offer coverage to employees.

Question 5

Answer the following  questions :
-World Trade Organization (WTO)

Accepted Answer

A) A network of radical Islamic terrorists organized by Osama bin Laden,who issued a call for holy war against Americans and their allies.Members of this group were responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. 
B) The spread of political,cultural,and economic influences and connections among countries,businesses,and individuals around the world through trade,immigration,communication,and other means. 
C) International economic body established in 1995 through the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to enforce substantial tariff and import quota reductions. 
D) An international organization of the leading capitalist industrial nations: the United States,Britain,Germany,France,Italy,Japan,Canada,and Russia.This organization largely controlled the world's major international financial organizations: the World Bank,the International Monetary Fund (IMF),and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). 
E) A 1993 treaty that eliminated all tariffs and trade barriers among the United States,Canada,and Mexico.
F)Corporations with offices and factories in multiple countries,which expanded to find new markets and cheaper sources of labor.Globalization was made possible by the proliferation of these.
G)A decentralized computer network developed in the late 1960s by the U.S.Department of Defense in conjunction with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.The Internet grew out of this.
H)A collection of interlinked computer servers that debuted in 1991,allowing access by millions to documents,pictures,and other materials.
I)A term used by Patrick Buchanan in 1992 to describe a long-standing political struggle,dating to the 1920s,between religious traditionalists and secular liberals.Social issues such as abortion rights and the rights of lesbians and gay men divided these groups.
J)A 1965 law that eliminated the discriminatory 1924 nationality quotas,established a slightly higher total limit on immigration,included provisions to ease the entry of immigrants with skills in high demand,and allowed immediate family members of legal residents in the United States to be admitted outside of the total numerical limit.
K)The promotion of diversity in gender,race,ethnicity,religion,and sexual preference.This political and social policy became increasingly popular in the United States during the 1980s post-civil rights era.
L)A proposition approved by California voters in 1996 that outlawed affirmative action in state employment and public education.
M)A movement founded by religious activist Randall Terry in 1987 that mounted protests outside abortion clinics and harassed their staffs and clients.
N)A law enacted by Congress in 1998 that allowed states to refuse to recognize gay marriages or civil unions formed in other jurisdictions.The Supreme Court ruled that this law was unconstitutional in 2013.
O)1989 Supreme Court ruling that upheld the authority of state governments to limit the use of public funds and facilities for abortions.
P)A 1992 Supreme Court case that upheld a law requiring a twenty-four-hour waiting period prior to an abortion.Although the decision upheld certain restrictions on abortions,it affirmed the "essential holding" in Roe v.Wade (1973)that women had a constitutional right to control their reproduction.
Q)A 2003 landmark decision by the Supreme Court that limited the power of states to prohibit private homosexual activity between consenting adults.
R)Initiatives by Representative Newt Gingrich of Georgia for significant tax cuts,reductions in welfare programs,anticrime measures,and cutbacks in federal regulations.
S)Legislation signed by President Clinton in 1996 that replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children,the major welfare program dating to the New Deal era,with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families,which provided grants to the states to assist the poor and which limited welfare payments to two years,with a lifetime maximum of five years.
T)Legislation introduced by President George W.Bush and passed by Congress in 2001 that slashed income tax rates,extended the earned income credit for the poor,and marked the estate tax to be phased out by 2010.
U)A 2001 law that gave the government new powers to monitor suspected terrorists and their associates,including the ability to access personal information.
V)A prison just outside Baghdad,Iraq,where American guards were photographed during the Iraq War abusing and torturing suspected insurgents.
W)An economic stimulus bill passed in 2009,in response to the Great Recession,that provided $787 billion to state and local governments for schools,hospitals,and transportation projects.It was one of the largest single packages of government spending in American history.
X)A set of far-right opposition groups that emerged during President Obama's first term and gave voice to the extreme individualism and antigovernment sentiment traditionally associated with right-wing movements in the United States.
Y)Sweeping 2010 health-care reform bill championed by President Obama that established nearly universal health insurance by providing subsidies and compelling larger businesses to offer coverage to employees. 
A) A network of radical Islamic terrorists organized by Osama bin Laden,who issued a call for holy war against Americans and their allies.Members of this group were responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. 
B) The spread of political,cultural,and economic influences and connections among countries,businesses,and individuals around the world through trade,immigration,communication,and other means. 
C) International economic body established in 1995 through the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to enforce substantial tariff and import quota reductions. 
D) An international organization of the leading capitalist industrial nations: the United States,Britain,Germany,France,Italy,Japan,Canada,and Russia.This organization largely controlled the world's major international financial organizations: the World Bank,the International Monetary Fund (IMF),and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). 
E) A 1993 treaty that eliminated all tariffs and trade barriers among the United States,Canada,and Mexico.
F)Corporations with offices and factories in multiple countries,which expanded to find new markets and cheaper sources of labor.Globalization was made possible by the proliferation of these.
G)A decentralized computer network developed in the late 1960s by the U.S.Department of Defense in conjunction with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.The Internet grew out of this.
H)A collection of interlinked computer servers that debuted in 1991,allowing access by millions to documents,pictures,and other materials.
I)A term used by Patrick Buchanan in 1992 to describe a long-standing political struggle,dating to the 1920s,between religious traditionalists and secular liberals.Social issues such as abortion rights and the rights of lesbians and gay men divided these groups.
J)A 1965 law that eliminated the discriminatory 1924 nationality quotas,established a slightly higher total limit on immigration,included provisions to ease the entry of immigrants with skills in high demand,and allowed immediate family members of legal residents in the United States to be admitted outside of the total numerical limit.
K)The promotion of diversity in gender,race,ethnicity,religion,and sexual preference.This political and social policy became increasingly popular in the United States during the 1980s post-civil rights era.
L)A proposition approved by California voters in 1996 that outlawed affirmative action in state employment and public education.
M)A movement founded by religious activist Randall Terry in 1987 that mounted protests outside abortion clinics and harassed their staffs and clients.
N)A law enacted by Congress in 1998 that allowed states to refuse to recognize gay marriages or civil unions formed in other jurisdictions.The Supreme Court ruled that this law was unconstitutional in 2013.
O)1989 Supreme Court ruling that upheld the authority of state governments to limit the use of public funds and facilities for abortions.
P)A 1992 Supreme Court case that upheld a law requiring a twenty-four-hour waiting period prior to an abortion.Although the decision upheld certain restrictions on abortions,it affirmed the "essential holding" in Roe v.Wade (1973)that women had a constitutional right to control their reproduction.
Q)A 2003 landmark decision by the Supreme Court that limited the power of states to prohibit private homosexual activity between consenting adults.
R)Initiatives by Representative Newt Gingrich of Georgia for significant tax cuts,reductions in welfare programs,anticrime measures,and cutbacks in federal regulations.
S)Legislation signed by President Clinton in 1996 that replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children,the major welfare program dating to the New Deal era,with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families,which provided grants to the states to assist the poor and which limited welfare payments to two years,with a lifetime maximum of five years.
T)Legislation introduced by President George W.Bush and passed by Congress in 2001 that slashed income tax rates,extended the earned income credit for the poor,and marked the estate tax to be phased out by 2010.
U)A 2001 law that gave the government new powers to monitor suspected terrorists and their associates,including the ability to access personal information.
V)A prison just outside Baghdad,Iraq,where American guards were photographed during the Iraq War abusing and torturing suspected insurgents.
W)An economic stimulus bill passed in 2009,in response to the Great Recession,that provided $787 billion to state and local governments for schools,hospitals,and transportation projects.It was one of the largest single packages of government spending in American history.
X)A set of far-right opposition groups that emerged during President Obama's first term and gave voice to the extreme individualism and antigovernment sentiment traditionally associated with right-wing movements in the United States.
Y)Sweeping 2010 health-care reform bill championed by President Obama that established nearly universal health insurance by providing subsidies and compelling larger businesses to offer coverage to employees.

Question 6

When it debuted in 1991,the World Wide Web was a

Accepted Answer

A)  telephone network connecting nearly all countries. 
B)  collection of servers that allowed users access to millions of files. 
C)  social networking site to bring people in contact with one another. 
D)  gaming system that could be played by participants all over the world. 
A)  telephone network connecting nearly all countries. 
B)  collection of servers that allowed users access to millions of files. 
C)  social networking site to bring people in contact with one another. 
D)  gaming system that could be played by participants all over the world.

Question 7

NAFTA was created in 1993 because it

Accepted Answer

A)  was intended to facilitate improved international working conditions. 
B)  aimed to satisfy Canadian workers' need for cheaper products. 
C)  was meant to eliminate competition. 
D)  was signed to offset the economic clout of the European Union. 
A)  was intended to facilitate improved international working conditions. 
B)  aimed to satisfy Canadian workers' need for cheaper products. 
C)  was meant to eliminate competition. 
D)  was signed to offset the economic clout of the European Union.

Question 8

The most dramatic opposition to immigration in the 1990s came from

Accepted Answer

A)  New Yorkers. 
B)  labor unions. 
C)  southeasterners. 
D)  Californians. 
A)  New Yorkers. 
B)  labor unions. 
C)  southeasterners. 
D)  Californians.

Question 9

Which of these figures led Bill Clinton's health-care task force,which proposed national health-care reforms in 1993?

Accepted Answer

A)  Vice President Gore 
B)  Hillary Clinton,the First Lady 
C)  Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy 
D)  Illinois Senator Barack Obama 
A)  Vice President Gore 
B)  Hillary Clinton,the First Lady 
C)  Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy 
D)  Illinois Senator Barack Obama

Question 10

How has globalization affected American politics? How has it affected American society? What connections do you see between globalization and the "culture wars" of the 1990s?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
- New Emph

Question 11

Answer the following  questions :
-Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Accepted Answer

A) A network of radical Islamic terrorists organized by Osama bin Laden,who issued a call for holy war against Americans and their allies.Members of this group were responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. 
B) The spread of political,cultural,and economic influences and connections among countries,businesses,and individuals around the world through trade,immigration,communication,and other means. 
C) International economic body established in 1995 through the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to enforce substantial tariff and import quota reductions. 
D) An international organization of the leading capitalist industrial nations: the United States,Britain,Germany,France,Italy,Japan,Canada,and Russia.This organization largely controlled the world's major international financial organizations: the World Bank,the International Monetary Fund (IMF),and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). 
E) A 1993 treaty that eliminated all tariffs and trade barriers among the United States,Canada,and Mexico.
F)Corporations with offices and factories in multiple countries,which expanded to find new markets and cheaper sources of labor.Globalization was made possible by the proliferation of these.
G)A decentralized computer network developed in the late 1960s by the U.S.Department of Defense in conjunction with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.The Internet grew out of this.
H)A collection of interlinked computer servers that debuted in 1991,allowing access by millions to documents,pictures,and other materials.
I)A term used by Patrick Buchanan in 1992 to describe a long-standing political struggle,dating to the 1920s,between religious traditionalists and secular liberals.Social issues such as abortion rights and the rights of lesbians and gay men divided these groups.
J)A 1965 law that eliminated the discriminatory 1924 nationality quotas,established a slightly higher total limit on immigration,included provisions to ease the entry of immigrants with skills in high demand,and allowed immediate family members of legal residents in the United States to be admitted outside of the total numerical limit.
K)The promotion of diversity in gender,race,ethnicity,religion,and sexual preference.This political and social policy became increasingly popular in the United States during the 1980s post-civil rights era.
L)A proposition approved by California voters in 1996 that outlawed affirmative action in state employment and public education.
M)A movement founded by religious activist Randall Terry in 1987 that mounted protests outside abortion clinics and harassed their staffs and clients.
N)A law enacted by Congress in 1998 that allowed states to refuse to recognize gay marriages or civil unions formed in other jurisdictions.The Supreme Court ruled that this law was unconstitutional in 2013.
O)1989 Supreme Court ruling that upheld the authority of state governments to limit the use of public funds and facilities for abortions.
P)A 1992 Supreme Court case that upheld a law requiring a twenty-four-hour waiting period prior to an abortion.Although the decision upheld certain restrictions on abortions,it affirmed the "essential holding" in Roe v.Wade (1973)that women had a constitutional right to control their reproduction.
Q)A 2003 landmark decision by the Supreme Court that limited the power of states to prohibit private homosexual activity between consenting adults.
R)Initiatives by Representative Newt Gingrich of Georgia for significant tax cuts,reductions in welfare programs,anticrime measures,and cutbacks in federal regulations.
S)Legislation signed by President Clinton in 1996 that replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children,the major welfare program dating to the New Deal era,with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families,which provided grants to the states to assist the poor and which limited welfare payments to two years,with a lifetime maximum of five years.
T)Legislation introduced by President George W.Bush and passed by Congress in 2001 that slashed income tax rates,extended the earned income credit for the poor,and marked the estate tax to be phased out by 2010.
U)A 2001 law that gave the government new powers to monitor suspected terrorists and their associates,including the ability to access personal information.
V)A prison just outside Baghdad,Iraq,where American guards were photographed during the Iraq War abusing and torturing suspected insurgents.
W)An economic stimulus bill passed in 2009,in response to the Great Recession,that provided $787 billion to state and local governments for schools,hospitals,and transportation projects.It was one of the largest single packages of government spending in American history.
X)A set of far-right opposition groups that emerged during President Obama's first term and gave voice to the extreme individualism and antigovernment sentiment traditionally associated with right-wing movements in the United States.
Y)Sweeping 2010 health-care reform bill championed by President Obama that established nearly universal health insurance by providing subsidies and compelling larger businesses to offer coverage to employees. 
A) A network of radical Islamic terrorists organized by Osama bin Laden,who issued a call for holy war against Americans and their allies.Members of this group were responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. 
B) The spread of political,cultural,and economic influences and connections among countries,businesses,and individuals around the world through trade,immigration,communication,and other means. 
C) International economic body established in 1995 through the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to enforce substantial tariff and import quota reductions. 
D) An international organization of the leading capitalist industrial nations: the United States,Britain,Germany,France,Italy,Japan,Canada,and Russia.This organization largely controlled the world's major international financial organizations: the World Bank,the International Monetary Fund (IMF),and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). 
E) A 1993 treaty that eliminated all tariffs and trade barriers among the United States,Canada,and Mexico.
F)Corporations with offices and factories in multiple countries,which expanded to find new markets and cheaper sources of labor.Globalization was made possible by the proliferation of these.
G)A decentralized computer network developed in the late 1960s by the U.S.Department of Defense in conjunction with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.The Internet grew out of this.
H)A collection of interlinked computer servers that debuted in 1991,allowing access by millions to documents,pictures,and other materials.
I)A term used by Patrick Buchanan in 1992 to describe a long-standing political struggle,dating to the 1920s,between religious traditionalists and secular liberals.Social issues such as abortion rights and the rights of lesbians and gay men divided these groups.
J)A 1965 law that eliminated the discriminatory 1924 nationality quotas,established a slightly higher total limit on immigration,included provisions to ease the entry of immigrants with skills in high demand,and allowed immediate family members of legal residents in the United States to be admitted outside of the total numerical limit.
K)The promotion of diversity in gender,race,ethnicity,religion,and sexual preference.This political and social policy became increasingly popular in the United States during the 1980s post-civil rights era.
L)A proposition approved by California voters in 1996 that outlawed affirmative action in state employment and public education.
M)A movement founded by religious activist Randall Terry in 1987 that mounted protests outside abortion clinics and harassed their staffs and clients.
N)A law enacted by Congress in 1998 that allowed states to refuse to recognize gay marriages or civil unions formed in other jurisdictions.The Supreme Court ruled that this law was unconstitutional in 2013.
O)1989 Supreme Court ruling that upheld the authority of state governments to limit the use of public funds and facilities for abortions.
P)A 1992 Supreme Court case that upheld a law requiring a twenty-four-hour waiting period prior to an abortion.Although the decision upheld certain restrictions on abortions,it affirmed the "essential holding" in Roe v.Wade (1973)that women had a constitutional right to control their reproduction.
Q)A 2003 landmark decision by the Supreme Court that limited the power of states to prohibit private homosexual activity between consenting adults.
R)Initiatives by Representative Newt Gingrich of Georgia for significant tax cuts,reductions in welfare programs,anticrime measures,and cutbacks in federal regulations.
S)Legislation signed by President Clinton in 1996 that replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children,the major welfare program dating to the New Deal era,with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families,which provided grants to the states to assist the poor and which limited welfare payments to two years,with a lifetime maximum of five years.
T)Legislation introduced by President George W.Bush and passed by Congress in 2001 that slashed income tax rates,extended the earned income credit for the poor,and marked the estate tax to be phased out by 2010.
U)A 2001 law that gave the government new powers to monitor suspected terrorists and their associates,including the ability to access personal information.
V)A prison just outside Baghdad,Iraq,where American guards were photographed during the Iraq War abusing and torturing suspected insurgents.
W)An economic stimulus bill passed in 2009,in response to the Great Recession,that provided $787 billion to state and local governments for schools,hospitals,and transportation projects.It was one of the largest single packages of government spending in American history.
X)A set of far-right opposition groups that emerged during President Obama's first term and gave voice to the extreme individualism and antigovernment sentiment traditionally associated with right-wing movements in the United States.
Y)Sweeping 2010 health-care reform bill championed by President Obama that established nearly universal health insurance by providing subsidies and compelling larger businesses to offer coverage to employees.

Question 12

Answer the following  questions :
-multinational corporations

Accepted Answer

A) A network of radical Islamic terrorists organized by Osama bin Laden,who issued a call for holy war against Americans and their allies.Members of this group were responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. 
B) The spread of political,cultural,and economic influences and connections among countries,businesses,and individuals around the world through trade,immigration,communication,and other means. 
C) International economic body established in 1995 through the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to enforce substantial tariff and import quota reductions. 
D) An international organization of the leading capitalist industrial nations: the United States,Britain,Germany,France,Italy,Japan,Canada,and Russia.This organization largely controlled the world's major international financial organizations: the World Bank,the International Monetary Fund (IMF),and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). 
E) A 1993 treaty that eliminated all tariffs and trade barriers among the United States,Canada,and Mexico.
F)Corporations with offices and factories in multiple countries,which expanded to find new markets and cheaper sources of labor.Globalization was made possible by the proliferation of these.
G)A decentralized computer network developed in the late 1960s by the U.S.Department of Defense in conjunction with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.The Internet grew out of this.
H)A collection of interlinked computer servers that debuted in 1991,allowing access by millions to documents,pictures,and other materials.
I)A term used by Patrick Buchanan in 1992 to describe a long-standing political struggle,dating to the 1920s,between religious traditionalists and secular liberals.Social issues such as abortion rights and the rights of lesbians and gay men divided these groups.
J)A 1965 law that eliminated the discriminatory 1924 nationality quotas,established a slightly higher total limit on immigration,included provisions to ease the entry of immigrants with skills in high demand,and allowed immediate family members of legal residents in the United States to be admitted outside of the total numerical limit.
K)The promotion of diversity in gender,race,ethnicity,religion,and sexual preference.This political and social policy became increasingly popular in the United States during the 1980s post-civil rights era.
L)A proposition approved by California voters in 1996 that outlawed affirmative action in state employment and public education.
M)A movement founded by religious activist Randall Terry in 1987 that mounted protests outside abortion clinics and harassed their staffs and clients.
N)A law enacted by Congress in 1998 that allowed states to refuse to recognize gay marriages or civil unions formed in other jurisdictions.The Supreme Court ruled that this law was unconstitutional in 2013.
O)1989 Supreme Court ruling that upheld the authority of state governments to limit the use of public funds and facilities for abortions.
P)A 1992 Supreme Court case that upheld a law requiring a twenty-four-hour waiting period prior to an abortion.Although the decision upheld certain restrictions on abortions,it affirmed the "essential holding" in Roe v.Wade (1973)that women had a constitutional right to control their reproduction.
Q)A 2003 landmark decision by the Supreme Court that limited the power of states to prohibit private homosexual activity between consenting adults.
R)Initiatives by Representative Newt Gingrich of Georgia for significant tax cuts,reductions in welfare programs,anticrime measures,and cutbacks in federal regulations.
S)Legislation signed by President Clinton in 1996 that replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children,the major welfare program dating to the New Deal era,with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families,which provided grants to the states to assist the poor and which limited welfare payments to two years,with a lifetime maximum of five years.
T)Legislation introduced by President George W.Bush and passed by Congress in 2001 that slashed income tax rates,extended the earned income credit for the poor,and marked the estate tax to be phased out by 2010.
U)A 2001 law that gave the government new powers to monitor suspected terrorists and their associates,including the ability to access personal information.
V)A prison just outside Baghdad,Iraq,where American guards were photographed during the Iraq War abusing and torturing suspected insurgents.
W)An economic stimulus bill passed in 2009,in response to the Great Recession,that provided $787 billion to state and local governments for schools,hospitals,and transportation projects.It was one of the largest single packages of government spending in American history.
X)A set of far-right opposition groups that emerged during President Obama's first term and gave voice to the extreme individualism and antigovernment sentiment traditionally associated with right-wing movements in the United States.
Y)Sweeping 2010 health-care reform bill championed by President Obama that established nearly universal health insurance by providing subsidies and compelling larger businesses to offer coverage to employees. 
A) A network of radical Islamic terrorists organized by Osama bin Laden,who issued a call for holy war against Americans and their allies.Members of this group were responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. 
B) The spread of political,cultural,and economic influences and connections among countries,businesses,and individuals around the world through trade,immigration,communication,and other means. 
C) International economic body established in 1995 through the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to enforce substantial tariff and import quota reductions. 
D) An international organization of the leading capitalist industrial nations: the United States,Britain,Germany,France,Italy,Japan,Canada,and Russia.This organization largely controlled the world's major international financial organizations: the World Bank,the International Monetary Fund (IMF),and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). 
E) A 1993 treaty that eliminated all tariffs and trade barriers among the United States,Canada,and Mexico.
F)Corporations with offices and factories in multiple countries,which expanded to find new markets and cheaper sources of labor.Globalization was made possible by the proliferation of these.
G)A decentralized computer network developed in the late 1960s by the U.S.Department of Defense in conjunction with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.The Internet grew out of this.
H)A collection of interlinked computer servers that debuted in 1991,allowing access by millions to documents,pictures,and other materials.
I)A term used by Patrick Buchanan in 1992 to describe a long-standing political struggle,dating to the 1920s,between religious traditionalists and secular liberals.Social issues such as abortion rights and the rights of lesbians and gay men divided these groups.
J)A 1965 law that eliminated the discriminatory 1924 nationality quotas,established a slightly higher total limit on immigration,included provisions to ease the entry of immigrants with skills in high demand,and allowed immediate family members of legal residents in the United States to be admitted outside of the total numerical limit.
K)The promotion of diversity in gender,race,ethnicity,religion,and sexual preference.This political and social policy became increasingly popular in the United States during the 1980s post-civil rights era.
L)A proposition approved by California voters in 1996 that outlawed affirmative action in state employment and public education.
M)A movement founded by religious activist Randall Terry in 1987 that mounted protests outside abortion clinics and harassed their staffs and clients.
N)A law enacted by Congress in 1998 that allowed states to refuse to recognize gay marriages or civil unions formed in other jurisdictions.The Supreme Court ruled that this law was unconstitutional in 2013.
O)1989 Supreme Court ruling that upheld the authority of state governments to limit the use of public funds and facilities for abortions.
P)A 1992 Supreme Court case that upheld a law requiring a twenty-four-hour waiting period prior to an abortion.Although the decision upheld certain restrictions on abortions,it affirmed the "essential holding" in Roe v.Wade (1973)that women had a constitutional right to control their reproduction.
Q)A 2003 landmark decision by the Supreme Court that limited the power of states to prohibit private homosexual activity between consenting adults.
R)Initiatives by Representative Newt Gingrich of Georgia for significant tax cuts,reductions in welfare programs,anticrime measures,and cutbacks in federal regulations.
S)Legislation signed by President Clinton in 1996 that replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children,the major welfare program dating to the New Deal era,with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families,which provided grants to the states to assist the poor and which limited welfare payments to two years,with a lifetime maximum of five years.
T)Legislation introduced by President George W.Bush and passed by Congress in 2001 that slashed income tax rates,extended the earned income credit for the poor,and marked the estate tax to be phased out by 2010.
U)A 2001 law that gave the government new powers to monitor suspected terrorists and their associates,including the ability to access personal information.
V)A prison just outside Baghdad,Iraq,where American guards were photographed during the Iraq War abusing and torturing suspected insurgents.
W)An economic stimulus bill passed in 2009,in response to the Great Recession,that provided $787 billion to state and local governments for schools,hospitals,and transportation projects.It was one of the largest single packages of government spending in American history.
X)A set of far-right opposition groups that emerged during President Obama's first term and gave voice to the extreme individualism and antigovernment sentiment traditionally associated with right-wing movements in the United States.
Y)Sweeping 2010 health-care reform bill championed by President Obama that established nearly universal health insurance by providing subsidies and compelling larger businesses to offer coverage to employees.

Question 13

The domestic issue that most engaged both Ronald Reagan and George W.Bush was

Accepted Answer

A)  abortion. 
B)  civil rights. 
C)  taxes. 
D)  health care. 
A)  abortion. 
B)  civil rights. 
C)  taxes. 
D)  health care.

Question 14

Answer the following  questions :
-globalization

Accepted Answer

A) A network of radical Islamic terrorists organized by Osama bin Laden,who issued a call for holy war against Americans and their allies.Members of this group were responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. 
B) The spread of political,cultural,and economic influences and connections among countries,businesses,and individuals around the world through trade,immigration,communication,and other means. 
C) International economic body established in 1995 through the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to enforce substantial tariff and import quota reductions. 
D) An international organization of the leading capitalist industrial nations: the United States,Britain,Germany,France,Italy,Japan,Canada,and Russia.This organization largely controlled the world's major international financial organizations: the World Bank,the International Monetary Fund (IMF),and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). 
E) A 1993 treaty that eliminated all tariffs and trade barriers among the United States,Canada,and Mexico.
F)Corporations with offices and factories in multiple countries,which expanded to find new markets and cheaper sources of labor.Globalization was made possible by the proliferation of these.
G)A decentralized computer network developed in the late 1960s by the U.S.Department of Defense in conjunction with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.The Internet grew out of this.
H)A collection of interlinked computer servers that debuted in 1991,allowing access by millions to documents,pictures,and other materials.
I)A term used by Patrick Buchanan in 1992 to describe a long-standing political struggle,dating to the 1920s,between religious traditionalists and secular liberals.Social issues such as abortion rights and the rights of lesbians and gay men divided these groups.
J)A 1965 law that eliminated the discriminatory 1924 nationality quotas,established a slightly higher total limit on immigration,included provisions to ease the entry of immigrants with skills in high demand,and allowed immediate family members of legal residents in the United States to be admitted outside of the total numerical limit.
K)The promotion of diversity in gender,race,ethnicity,religion,and sexual preference.This political and social policy became increasingly popular in the United States during the 1980s post-civil rights era.
L)A proposition approved by California voters in 1996 that outlawed affirmative action in state employment and public education.
M)A movement founded by religious activist Randall Terry in 1987 that mounted protests outside abortion clinics and harassed their staffs and clients.
N)A law enacted by Congress in 1998 that allowed states to refuse to recognize gay marriages or civil unions formed in other jurisdictions.The Supreme Court ruled that this law was unconstitutional in 2013.
O)1989 Supreme Court ruling that upheld the authority of state governments to limit the use of public funds and facilities for abortions.
P)A 1992 Supreme Court case that upheld a law requiring a twenty-four-hour waiting period prior to an abortion.Although the decision upheld certain restrictions on abortions,it affirmed the "essential holding" in Roe v.Wade (1973)that women had a constitutional right to control their reproduction.
Q)A 2003 landmark decision by the Supreme Court that limited the power of states to prohibit private homosexual activity between consenting adults.
R)Initiatives by Representative Newt Gingrich of Georgia for significant tax cuts,reductions in welfare programs,anticrime measures,and cutbacks in federal regulations.
S)Legislation signed by President Clinton in 1996 that replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children,the major welfare program dating to the New Deal era,with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families,which provided grants to the states to assist the poor and which limited welfare payments to two years,with a lifetime maximum of five years.
T)Legislation introduced by President George W.Bush and passed by Congress in 2001 that slashed income tax rates,extended the earned income credit for the poor,and marked the estate tax to be phased out by 2010.
U)A 2001 law that gave the government new powers to monitor suspected terrorists and their associates,including the ability to access personal information.
V)A prison just outside Baghdad,Iraq,where American guards were photographed during the Iraq War abusing and torturing suspected insurgents.
W)An economic stimulus bill passed in 2009,in response to the Great Recession,that provided $787 billion to state and local governments for schools,hospitals,and transportation projects.It was one of the largest single packages of government spending in American history.
X)A set of far-right opposition groups that emerged during President Obama's first term and gave voice to the extreme individualism and antigovernment sentiment traditionally associated with right-wing movements in the United States.
Y)Sweeping 2010 health-care reform bill championed by President Obama that established nearly universal health insurance by providing subsidies and compelling larger businesses to offer coverage to employees. 
A) A network of radical Islamic terrorists organized by Osama bin Laden,who issued a call for holy war against Americans and their allies.Members of this group were responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. 
B) The spread of political,cultural,and economic influences and connections among countries,businesses,and individuals around the world through trade,immigration,communication,and other means. 
C) International economic body established in 1995 through the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to enforce substantial tariff and import quota reductions. 
D) An international organization of the leading capitalist industrial nations: the United States,Britain,Germany,France,Italy,Japan,Canada,and Russia.This organization largely controlled the world's major international financial organizations: the World Bank,the International Monetary Fund (IMF),and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). 
E) A 1993 treaty that eliminated all tariffs and trade barriers among the United States,Canada,and Mexico.
F)Corporations with offices and factories in multiple countries,which expanded to find new markets and cheaper sources of labor.Globalization was made possible by the proliferation of these.
G)A decentralized computer network developed in the late 1960s by the U.S.Department of Defense in conjunction with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.The Internet grew out of this.
H)A collection of interlinked computer servers that debuted in 1991,allowing access by millions to documents,pictures,and other materials.
I)A term used by Patrick Buchanan in 1992 to describe a long-standing political struggle,dating to the 1920s,between religious traditionalists and secular liberals.Social issues such as abortion rights and the rights of lesbians and gay men divided these groups.
J)A 1965 law that eliminated the discriminatory 1924 nationality quotas,established a slightly higher total limit on immigration,included provisions to ease the entry of immigrants with skills in high demand,and allowed immediate family members of legal residents in the United States to be admitted outside of the total numerical limit.
K)The promotion of diversity in gender,race,ethnicity,religion,and sexual preference.This political and social policy became increasingly popular in the United States during the 1980s post-civil rights era.
L)A proposition approved by California voters in 1996 that outlawed affirmative action in state employment and public education.
M)A movement founded by religious activist Randall Terry in 1987 that mounted protests outside abortion clinics and harassed their staffs and clients.
N)A law enacted by Congress in 1998 that allowed states to refuse to recognize gay marriages or civil unions formed in other jurisdictions.The Supreme Court ruled that this law was unconstitutional in 2013.
O)1989 Supreme Court ruling that upheld the authority of state governments to limit the use of public funds and facilities for abortions.
P)A 1992 Supreme Court case that upheld a law requiring a twenty-four-hour waiting period prior to an abortion.Although the decision upheld certain restrictions on abortions,it affirmed the "essential holding" in Roe v.Wade (1973)that women had a constitutional right to control their reproduction.
Q)A 2003 landmark decision by the Supreme Court that limited the power of states to prohibit private homosexual activity between consenting adults.
R)Initiatives by Representative Newt Gingrich of Georgia for significant tax cuts,reductions in welfare programs,anticrime measures,and cutbacks in federal regulations.
S)Legislation signed by President Clinton in 1996 that replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children,the major welfare program dating to the New Deal era,with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families,which provided grants to the states to assist the poor and which limited welfare payments to two years,with a lifetime maximum of five years.
T)Legislation introduced by President George W.Bush and passed by Congress in 2001 that slashed income tax rates,extended the earned income credit for the poor,and marked the estate tax to be phased out by 2010.
U)A 2001 law that gave the government new powers to monitor suspected terrorists and their associates,including the ability to access personal information.
V)A prison just outside Baghdad,Iraq,where American guards were photographed during the Iraq War abusing and torturing suspected insurgents.
W)An economic stimulus bill passed in 2009,in response to the Great Recession,that provided $787 billion to state and local governments for schools,hospitals,and transportation projects.It was one of the largest single packages of government spending in American history.
X)A set of far-right opposition groups that emerged during President Obama's first term and gave voice to the extreme individualism and antigovernment sentiment traditionally associated with right-wing movements in the United States.
Y)Sweeping 2010 health-care reform bill championed by President Obama that established nearly universal health insurance by providing subsidies and compelling larger businesses to offer coverage to employees.

Question 15

Answer the following  questions :
-multiculturalism

Accepted Answer

A) A network of radical Islamic terrorists organized by Osama bin Laden,who issued a call for holy war against Americans and their allies.Members of this group were responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. 
B) The spread of political,cultural,and economic influences and connections among countries,businesses,and individuals around the world through trade,immigration,communication,and other means. 
C) International economic body established in 1995 through the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to enforce substantial tariff and import quota reductions. 
D) An international organization of the leading capitalist industrial nations: the United States,Britain,Germany,France,Italy,Japan,Canada,and Russia.This organization largely controlled the world's major international financial organizations: the World Bank,the International Monetary Fund (IMF),and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). 
E) A 1993 treaty that eliminated all tariffs and trade barriers among the United States,Canada,and Mexico.
F)Corporations with offices and factories in multiple countries,which expanded to find new markets and cheaper sources of labor.Globalization was made possible by the proliferation of these.
G)A decentralized computer network developed in the late 1960s by the U.S.Department of Defense in conjunction with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.The Internet grew out of this.
H)A collection of interlinked computer servers that debuted in 1991,allowing access by millions to documents,pictures,and other materials.
I)A term used by Patrick Buchanan in 1992 to describe a long-standing political struggle,dating to the 1920s,between religious traditionalists and secular liberals.Social issues such as abortion rights and the rights of lesbians and gay men divided these groups.
J)A 1965 law that eliminated the discriminatory 1924 nationality quotas,established a slightly higher total limit on immigration,included provisions to ease the entry of immigrants with skills in high demand,and allowed immediate family members of legal residents in the United States to be admitted outside of the total numerical limit.
K)The promotion of diversity in gender,race,ethnicity,religion,and sexual preference.This political and social policy became increasingly popular in the United States during the 1980s post-civil rights era.
L)A proposition approved by California voters in 1996 that outlawed affirmative action in state employment and public education.
M)A movement founded by religious activist Randall Terry in 1987 that mounted protests outside abortion clinics and harassed their staffs and clients.
N)A law enacted by Congress in 1998 that allowed states to refuse to recognize gay marriages or civil unions formed in other jurisdictions.The Supreme Court ruled that this law was unconstitutional in 2013.
O)1989 Supreme Court ruling that upheld the authority of state governments to limit the use of public funds and facilities for abortions.
P)A 1992 Supreme Court case that upheld a law requiring a twenty-four-hour waiting period prior to an abortion.Although the decision upheld certain restrictions on abortions,it affirmed the "essential holding" in Roe v.Wade (1973)that women had a constitutional right to control their reproduction.
Q)A 2003 landmark decision by the Supreme Court that limited the power of states to prohibit private homosexual activity between consenting adults.
R)Initiatives by Representative Newt Gingrich of Georgia for significant tax cuts,reductions in welfare programs,anticrime measures,and cutbacks in federal regulations.
S)Legislation signed by President Clinton in 1996 that replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children,the major welfare program dating to the New Deal era,with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families,which provided grants to the states to assist the poor and which limited welfare payments to two years,with a lifetime maximum of five years.
T)Legislation introduced by President George W.Bush and passed by Congress in 2001 that slashed income tax rates,extended the earned income credit for the poor,and marked the estate tax to be phased out by 2010.
U)A 2001 law that gave the government new powers to monitor suspected terrorists and their associates,including the ability to access personal information.
V)A prison just outside Baghdad,Iraq,where American guards were photographed during the Iraq War abusing and torturing suspected insurgents.
W)An economic stimulus bill passed in 2009,in response to the Great Recession,that provided $787 billion to state and local governments for schools,hospitals,and transportation projects.It was one of the largest single packages of government spending in American history.
X)A set of far-right opposition groups that emerged during President Obama's first term and gave voice to the extreme individualism and antigovernment sentiment traditionally associated with right-wing movements in the United States.
Y)Sweeping 2010 health-care reform bill championed by President Obama that established nearly universal health insurance by providing subsidies and compelling larger businesses to offer coverage to employees. 
A) A network of radical Islamic terrorists organized by Osama bin Laden,who issued a call for holy war against Americans and their allies.Members of this group were responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. 
B) The spread of political,cultural,and economic influences and connections among countries,businesses,and individuals around the world through trade,immigration,communication,and other means. 
C) International economic body established in 1995 through the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to enforce substantial tariff and import quota reductions. 
D) An international organization of the leading capitalist industrial nations: the United States,Britain,Germany,France,Italy,Japan,Canada,and Russia.This organization largely controlled the world's major international financial organizations: the World Bank,the International Monetary Fund (IMF),and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). 
E) A 1993 treaty that eliminated all tariffs and trade barriers among the United States,Canada,and Mexico.
F)Corporations with offices and factories in multiple countries,which expanded to find new markets and cheaper sources of labor.Globalization was made possible by the proliferation of these.
G)A decentralized computer network developed in the late 1960s by the U.S.Department of Defense in conjunction with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.The Internet grew out of this.
H)A collection of interlinked computer servers that debuted in 1991,allowing access by millions to documents,pictures,and other materials.
I)A term used by Patrick Buchanan in 1992 to describe a long-standing political struggle,dating to the 1920s,between religious traditionalists and secular liberals.Social issues such as abortion rights and the rights of lesbians and gay men divided these groups.
J)A 1965 law that eliminated the discriminatory 1924 nationality quotas,established a slightly higher total limit on immigration,included provisions to ease the entry of immigrants with skills in high demand,and allowed immediate family members of legal residents in the United States to be admitted outside of the total numerical limit.
K)The promotion of diversity in gender,race,ethnicity,religion,and sexual preference.This political and social policy became increasingly popular in the United States during the 1980s post-civil rights era.
L)A proposition approved by California voters in 1996 that outlawed affirmative action in state employment and public education.
M)A movement founded by religious activist Randall Terry in 1987 that mounted protests outside abortion clinics and harassed their staffs and clients.
N)A law enacted by Congress in 1998 that allowed states to refuse to recognize gay marriages or civil unions formed in other jurisdictions.The Supreme Court ruled that this law was unconstitutional in 2013.
O)1989 Supreme Court ruling that upheld the authority of state governments to limit the use of public funds and facilities for abortions.
P)A 1992 Supreme Court case that upheld a law requiring a twenty-four-hour waiting period prior to an abortion.Although the decision upheld certain restrictions on abortions,it affirmed the "essential holding" in Roe v.Wade (1973)that women had a constitutional right to control their reproduction.
Q)A 2003 landmark decision by the Supreme Court that limited the power of states to prohibit private homosexual activity between consenting adults.
R)Initiatives by Representative Newt Gingrich of Georgia for significant tax cuts,reductions in welfare programs,anticrime measures,and cutbacks in federal regulations.
S)Legislation signed by President Clinton in 1996 that replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children,the major welfare program dating to the New Deal era,with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families,which provided grants to the states to assist the poor and which limited welfare payments to two years,with a lifetime maximum of five years.
T)Legislation introduced by President George W.Bush and passed by Congress in 2001 that slashed income tax rates,extended the earned income credit for the poor,and marked the estate tax to be phased out by 2010.
U)A 2001 law that gave the government new powers to monitor suspected terrorists and their associates,including the ability to access personal information.
V)A prison just outside Baghdad,Iraq,where American guards were photographed during the Iraq War abusing and torturing suspected insurgents.
W)An economic stimulus bill passed in 2009,in response to the Great Recession,that provided $787 billion to state and local governments for schools,hospitals,and transportation projects.It was one of the largest single packages of government spending in American history.
X)A set of far-right opposition groups that emerged during President Obama's first term and gave voice to the extreme individualism and antigovernment sentiment traditionally associated with right-wing movements in the United States.
Y)Sweeping 2010 health-care reform bill championed by President Obama that established nearly universal health insurance by providing subsidies and compelling larger businesses to offer coverage to employees.

Question 16

Which of these developments took place during Bill Clinton's two terms in office?

Accepted Answer

A)  National health-care legislation passed. 
B)  Clinton's policies moved to the left. 
C)  He narrowly escaped impeachment. 
D)  He committed American forces to the Balkans. 
A)  National health-care legislation passed. 
B)  Clinton's policies moved to the left. 
C)  He narrowly escaped impeachment. 
D)  He committed American forces to the Balkans.

Question 17

In the 1990s,conservatives expressed their belief that multiculturalism would

Accepted Answer

A)  strengthen the nation by making it more diverse. 
B)  confer preferential treatment on minority groups. 
C)  make it easier for immigrants to acculturate to American society. 
D)  decrease tensions between blacks and Asians in the inner city. 
A)  strengthen the nation by making it more diverse. 
B)  confer preferential treatment on minority groups. 
C)  make it easier for immigrants to acculturate to American society. 
D)  decrease tensions between blacks and Asians in the inner city.

Question 18

What were the most important aspects of the new technologies of the 1980s,1990s,and beyond? What was the social impact of these technologies?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
- New Tech

Question 19

In what ways did the new technology affect the American economy? What was its relation to globalization?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
- Computer

Question 20

Which of the following describes the conflict over abortion rights in the United States during the 1990s?

Accepted Answer

A)  The controversy gradually died down. 
B)  The Supreme Court finally settled the question in 1983. 
C)  Controversies over abortion became more politicized. 
D)  The Clinton administration criminalized pro-life protests in 1994. 
A)  The controversy gradually died down. 
B)  The Supreme Court finally settled the question in 1983. 
C)  Controversies over abortion became more politicized. 
D)  The Clinton administration criminalized pro-life protests in 1994.

Exam 30: Confronting Global and National Dilemmas, 1989 to the Present

Answer the following questions : -Operation Rescue

Muslim fundamentalists began to target Americans in the 1990s because

Answer the following questions : -Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET)

Answer the following questions : -Al Qaeda

Answer the following questions : -World Trade Organization (WTO)

When it debuted in 1991,the World Wide Web was a

NAFTA was created in 1993 because it

The most dramatic opposition to immigration in the 1990s came from

Which of these figures led Bill Clinton's health-care task force,which proposed national health-care reforms in 1993?

How has globalization affected American politics? How has it affected American society? What connections do you see between globalization and the "culture wars" of the 1990s?

Answer the following questions : -Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Answer the following questions : -multinational corporations

The domestic issue that most engaged both Ronald Reagan and George W.Bush was

Answer the following questions : -globalization

Answer the following questions : -multiculturalism

Which of these developments took place during Bill Clinton's two terms in office?

In the 1990s,conservatives expressed their belief that multiculturalism would

What were the most important aspects of the new technologies of the 1980s,1990s,and beyond? What was the social impact of these technologies?

In what ways did the new technology affect the American economy? What was its relation to globalization?

Which of the following describes the conflict over abortion rights in the United States during the 1990s?

Colliding Worlds, 1491-1600

American Experiments, 1521-1700

The British Atlantic World, 1607-1750

Growth, Diversity, and Conflict, 1720-1763

The Problem of Empire, 1754-1776

Making War and Republican Governments, 1776-1789

Hammering Out a Federal Republic, 1787-1820

Economic Transformations, 1800-1848

A Democratic Revolution, 1800-1848

Religion, Reform, and Culture, 1820-1848

Imperial Ambitions, 1820-1848

Sectional Conflict and Crisis, 1844-1860

Bloody Ground: the Civil War, 1861-1865

Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Conquering a Continent, 1860-1890

Industrial America: Corporations and Conflicts, 1877-1910

Making Modern American Culture, 1880-1917

Civilizations Inferno: the Rise and Reform of Industrial Cities, 1880-1917

Whose Government Politics, Populists, and Progressives, 1880-1917

An Emerging World Power, 1890-1918

Unsettled Prosperity: From War to Depression, 1919-1932

Managing the Great Depression, Forging the New Deal, 1929-1938

The World at War, 1937-1945

Cold War America, 1945-1963

Triumph of the Middle Class, 1945-1963

Walking Into Freedom Land: the Civil Rights Movement, 1941-1973

Uncivil Wars:liberal Crisis and Conservative Rebirth, 1961-1972

The Search for Order in an Era of Limits, 1973-1980

Conservative America in the Ascent, 1980-1991

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