Question 1

The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

Accepted Answer

A)  admitted immediate family members of legal residents into the United States. 
B)  instituted quotas that favored Europeans over all other ethnic groups. 
C)  favored Russian and Central European immigrants seeking to escape communism. 
D)  required that prospective immigrants hire lawyers to negotiate with the United States. 
A)  admitted immediate family members of legal residents into the United States. 
B)  instituted quotas that favored Europeans over all other ethnic groups. 
C)  favored Russian and Central European immigrants seeking to escape communism. 
D)  required that prospective immigrants hire lawyers to negotiate with the United States.

Question 2

Which pair of presidents pursued very similar economic policies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ronald Reagan-George W.Bush 
B)  Bill Clinton-Jimmy Carter 
C)  Jimmy Carter-Barack Obama 
D)  Bill Clinton-Ronald Reagan 
A)  Ronald Reagan-George W.Bush 
B)  Bill Clinton-Jimmy Carter 
C)  Jimmy Carter-Barack Obama 
D)  Bill Clinton-Ronald Reagan

Question 3

How many people died as a result of the September 11,2001,Al Qaeda attacks?

Accepted Answer

A)  230 
B)  2,900 
C)  6,300 
D)  10,000 
A)  230 
B)  2,900 
C)  6,300 
D)  10,000

Question 4

Midway through George W.Bush's second term in office,the national debt was

Accepted Answer

A)  $100 billion. 
B)  $500 billion. 
C)  $1 trillion. 
D)  $8 trillion. 
A)  $100 billion. 
B)  $500 billion. 
C)  $1 trillion. 
D)  $8 trillion.

Question 5

What were the battle lines in the culture wars of the 1980s and 1990s? Why were those struggles so intense,and what do they tell us about American politics?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
- Contenti

Question 6

What was the number of illegal immigrants in the United States in 2000,according to the U.S.Census Bureau?

Accepted Answer

A)  2 million 
B)  7 million 
C)  15 million 
D)  25 million 
A)  2 million 
B)  7 million 
C)  15 million 
D)  25 million

Question 7

Bill Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (1996)in response to public concern about

Accepted Answer

A)  poverty. 
B)  dependence on welfare. 
C)  immigration. 
D)  health costs. 
A)  poverty. 
B)  dependence on welfare. 
C)  immigration. 
D)  health costs.

Question 8

What was the U.S.Congress trying to achieve when it passed the USA PATRIOT Act in 2001?

Accepted Answer

A)  New civil liberties protections for American citizens 
B)  New civil liberties protections for American-born Muslims 
C)  Increased revenue to fund the war on terrorism domestically and internationally 
D)  The suspension of certain civil liberties protections 
A)  New civil liberties protections for American citizens 
B)  New civil liberties protections for American-born Muslims 
C)  Increased revenue to fund the war on terrorism domestically and internationally 
D)  The suspension of certain civil liberties protections

Question 9

Globalization advanced in the 1990s due to corporations' quest for new markets and their

Accepted Answer

A)  need for raw materials. 
B)  search for cheaper sources of labor. 
C)  effort to borrow money at lower interest rates. 
D)  desire to improve the quality of life in the developing world. 
A)  need for raw materials. 
B)  search for cheaper sources of labor. 
C)  effort to borrow money at lower interest rates. 
D)  desire to improve the quality of life in the developing world.

Question 10

Answer the following  questions :
-Group of Eight (G8)

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 11

Answer the following  questions :
-USA PATRIOT 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

What comparisons can you make between the Iran-Contra scandal of Ronald Reagan's administration and the impeachment crisis of Bill Clinton's?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
- Summary

Question 13

Answer the following  questions :
-World Wide Web

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 14

Post-Cold War globalization differed from earlier forms of globalization because

Accepted Answer

A)  for the first time,American multinational corporations set up factories in foreign countries. 
B)  it led to record European and Asian immigration to the United States. 
C)  many nations were no longer in need of protection against communism,so they raised tariffs on American products. 
D)  global financial markets integrated to an unprecedented degree,thus allowing capital to flow between them. 
A)  for the first time,American multinational corporations set up factories in foreign countries. 
B)  it led to record European and Asian immigration to the United States. 
C)  many nations were no longer in need of protection against communism,so they raised tariffs on American products. 
D)  global financial markets integrated to an unprecedented degree,thus allowing capital to flow between them.

Question 15

Read the following excerpt before answering the next question. I spent a lot of time working on globalization when I was president,coming to terms with the fundamental fact of interdependence that goes far beyond economics: open borders,easy travel,easy immigration,free flow of money as well as people,products,and services.I tried to figure out how to maximize the dynamism of global interdependence and still broaden its impact in terms of economics and opportunity.The one thing that I am quite sure of is that interdependence is not a choice,it's not a policy,it is the inevitable condition of our time.So,divorce is not an option....
Therefore,the mission of the moment clearly is to build up the positive and reduce the negative forces of global interdependence in a way that enables us to keep score in the right way.Are people going to be better off,will our children have a better chance,will we be more united than divided?
Former President Bill Clinton,speech at Guildhall,London,2006
The speech above was most likely written in response to the

Accepted Answer

A)  spread of computer technology and the Internet. 
B)  debates about national identity brought about by demographic changes in the United States. 
C)  policy debates over free-trade agreements. 
D)  increasing economic inequality in the United States. 
A)  spread of computer technology and the Internet. 
B)  debates about national identity brought about by demographic changes in the United States. 
C)  policy debates over free-trade agreements. 
D)  increasing economic inequality in the United States.

Question 16

Read the following excerpt before answering the next question. I spent a lot of time working on globalization when I was president,coming to terms with the fundamental fact of interdependence that goes far beyond economics: open borders,easy travel,easy immigration,free flow of money as well as people,products,and services.I tried to figure out how to maximize the dynamism of global interdependence and still broaden its impact in terms of economics and opportunity.The one thing that I am quite sure of is that interdependence is not a choice,it's not a policy,it is the inevitable condition of our time.So,divorce is not an option....
Therefore,the mission of the moment clearly is to build up the positive and reduce the negative forces of global interdependence in a way that enables us to keep score in the right way.Are people going to be better off,will our children have a better chance,will we be more united than divided?
Former President Bill Clinton,speech at Guildhall,London,2006
Which of the following would be most likely to support the ideas articulated in the excerpt?

Accepted Answer

A)  Union members and individuals in the middle class 
B)  New migrants to the southern and western United States 
C)  Groups concerned with U.S.dependence on fossil fuels 
D)  Conservative proponents of deregulation 
A)  Union members and individuals in the middle class 
B)  New migrants to the southern and western United States 
C)  Groups concerned with U.S.dependence on fossil fuels 
D)  Conservative proponents of deregulation

Question 17

Answer the following  questions :
-culture war

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 18

Which nation quadrupled its gross domestic product between 2000 and 2008?

Accepted Answer

A)  The United States 
B)  Russia 
C)  Germany 
D)  China 
A)  The United States 
B)  Russia 
C)  Germany 
D)  China

Question 19

Answer the following  questions :
-Webster v.Reproductive Health Services

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 20

Which of the following states presented contested election returns that generated an intense political controversy in the 2000 presidential race?

Accepted Answer

A)  Alabama 
B)  Florida 
C)  Georgia 
D)  Texas 
A)  Alabama 
B)  Florida 
C)  Georgia 
D)  Texas

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

The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

Which pair of presidents pursued very similar economic policies?

How many people died as a result of the September 11,2001,Al Qaeda attacks?

Midway through George W.Bush's second term in office,the national debt was

What were the battle lines in the culture wars of the 1980s and 1990s? Why were those struggles so intense,and what do they tell us about American politics?

What was the number of illegal immigrants in the United States in 2000,according to the U.S.Census Bureau?

Bill Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (1996)in response to public concern about

What was the U.S.Congress trying to achieve when it passed the USA PATRIOT Act in 2001?

Globalization advanced in the 1990s due to corporations' quest for new markets and their

Answer the following questions : -Group of Eight (G8)

Answer the following questions : -USA PATRIOT Act

What comparisons can you make between the Iran-Contra scandal of Ronald Reagan's administration and the impeachment crisis of Bill Clinton's?

Answer the following questions : -World Wide Web

Post-Cold War globalization differed from earlier forms of globalization because

Answer the following questions : -culture war

Which nation quadrupled its gross domestic product between 2000 and 2008?

Answer the following questions : -Webster v.Reproductive Health Services

Which of the following states presented contested election returns that generated an intense political controversy in the 2000 presidential race?

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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