Question 1

The 2000 election results were decided

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A)  after a national recount showed that George W. Bush had won a narrow victory. 
B)  when Al Gore dropped his efforts to have further recounts in Florida. 
C)  after the Republican secretary of state of Florida certified Bush as the winner. 
D)  when the Supreme Court ended all efforts to recount the votes in Florida. 
E)  after the House of Representatives voted to choose George W. Bush as the winner. 
A)  after a national recount showed that George W. Bush had won a narrow victory. 
B)  when Al Gore dropped his efforts to have further recounts in Florida. 
C)  after the Republican secretary of state of Florida certified Bush as the winner. 
D)  when the Supreme Court ended all efforts to recount the votes in Florida. 
E)  after the House of Representatives voted to choose George W. Bush as the winner.

Question 2

Other than Katrina,what else accounted for the political woes faced by the Bush administration in its second term? How might they have ameliorated or even avoided these political problems?

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In addition to Hurricane Katrina, the Bu

Question 3

The term "terrorism" was first used in

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A)  Palestine during the 1940s. 
B)  Germany in the 1870s. 
C)  Ireland in the 1960s. 
D)  France in the 1790s. 
E)  America in the 1860s. 
A)  Palestine during the 1940s. 
B)  Germany in the 1870s. 
C)  Ireland in the 1960s. 
D)  France in the 1790s. 
E)  America in the 1860s.

Question 4

Public support for the Iraq War remained steady in the years after the initial March 2003 invasion.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The World Wide Web,which helped establish an orderly system for both the distribution and retrieval of electronic information on the Internet,was introduced by British scientist

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A)  Francis Crick. 
B)  J.C. R. Licklider. 
C)  Bill Gates. 
D)  Colin MacLeod. 
E)  Tim Berners-Lee. 
A)  Francis Crick. 
B)  J.C. R. Licklider. 
C)  Bill Gates. 
D)  Colin MacLeod. 
E)  Tim Berners-Lee.

Question 6

Which of the following is true of DNA?

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A)  The structure of DNA is unique in every individual. 
B)  DNA can be used to identify individuals through their blood, semen, skin, or hair. 
C)  DNA can be used in criminal investigations. 
D)  DNA can both be used to identify individuals through their blood, semen, skin, or hair; and can be used in criminal investigations. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  The structure of DNA is unique in every individual. 
B)  DNA can be used to identify individuals through their blood, semen, skin, or hair. 
C)  DNA can be used in criminal investigations. 
D)  DNA can both be used to identify individuals through their blood, semen, skin, or hair; and can be used in criminal investigations. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 7

In the 1990s and 2000s,opponents of globalization on the left charged the nation was

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A)  using its military to advance its economic interests. 
B)  allowing itself to be swayed by the interests of other nations. 
C)  ceding too much power to international organizations. 
D)  wrongly getting involved in places like Somalia and the Balkans. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  using its military to advance its economic interests. 
B)  allowing itself to be swayed by the interests of other nations. 
C)  ceding too much power to international organizations. 
D)  wrongly getting involved in places like Somalia and the Balkans. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 8

In the 1996 election,

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A)  the Reform Party emerged as a powerful third political party. 
B)  President Bill Clinton failed to receive 50 percent of the popular vote. 
C)  Democrats regained control of the House but not the Senate. 
D)  Bob Dole placed third in the race. 
E)  President Clinton barely eked out a victory in the electoral vote. 
A)  the Reform Party emerged as a powerful third political party. 
B)  President Bill Clinton failed to receive 50 percent of the popular vote. 
C)  Democrats regained control of the House but not the Senate. 
D)  Bob Dole placed third in the race. 
E)  President Clinton barely eked out a victory in the electoral vote.

Question 9

Other than tax cuts,one of President George W.Bush's most significant domestic accomplishments was the

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A)  Iraq War. 
B)  appointment of a more conservative Supreme Court. 
C)  rejection of the Kyoto Protocol. 
D)  passage of the "No Child Left Behind" Act. 
E)  banning of stem-cell research. 
A)  Iraq War. 
B)  appointment of a more conservative Supreme Court. 
C)  rejection of the Kyoto Protocol. 
D)  passage of the "No Child Left Behind" Act. 
E)  banning of stem-cell research.

Question 10

Which of the following was among the failures of President Obama's first two years in office that led to disappointment among many Democrats?

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A)  failure to close the prison at Guantanamo 
B)  failure to pass a significant financial reform bill 
C)  failure to pass a health-care reform bill 
D)  failure to cooperate with Republican leaders 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  failure to close the prison at Guantanamo 
B)  failure to pass a significant financial reform bill 
C)  failure to pass a health-care reform bill 
D)  failure to cooperate with Republican leaders 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 11

Between 1994 and 2000,economic growth in the United States

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A)  was at times very substantial. 
B)  experienced its longest continual peacetime rise in the nation's history. 
C)  recorded growth in every quarter of every year. 
D)  both was at times very substantial, and recorded growth in every quarter of every year. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  was at times very substantial. 
B)  experienced its longest continual peacetime rise in the nation's history. 
C)  recorded growth in every quarter of every year. 
D)  both was at times very substantial, and recorded growth in every quarter of every year. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 12

In the Supreme Court case of Bush v.Gore,the Court voted 5-4 to confirm Bush as president.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

What accounted for the Republican resurgence in 1994? How did President Clinton respond to this and how successful was his response?

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The Republican resurgence in 1994 was la

Question 14

Discuss America's relationship with terrorism before and after the September 2001 attacks.In what ways had the nation confronted terrorism before then? How were the September 2001 attacks distinctive?

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Before the September 2001 attacks, Ameri

Question 15

In 2001,regarding an international treaty signed in Kyoto,Japan,to reduce emissions in the atmosphere,President George W.Bush

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A)  wanted stronger controls on greenhouse emissions than the treaty provided for. 
B)  refused to participate in the agreement. 
C)  sent the treaty to Congress but was defeated by Republican opposition. 
D)  reluctantly agreed to abide by the treaty. 
E)  wholeheartedly endorsed the treaty. 
A)  wanted stronger controls on greenhouse emissions than the treaty provided for. 
B)  refused to participate in the agreement. 
C)  sent the treaty to Congress but was defeated by Republican opposition. 
D)  reluctantly agreed to abide by the treaty. 
E)  wholeheartedly endorsed the treaty.

Question 16

The most impassioned opposition to globalization in the West

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A)  favored free-trade agreements. 
B)  claimed it was an economic threat. 
C)  argued it was turning American workers into poorly-paid "slave laborers." 
D)  asserted it weakened the profitability of large corporations. 
E)  argued it gave too much freedom to individuals and communities abroad. 
A)  favored free-trade agreements. 
B)  claimed it was an economic threat. 
C)  argued it was turning American workers into poorly-paid "slave laborers." 
D)  asserted it weakened the profitability of large corporations. 
E)  argued it gave too much freedom to individuals and communities abroad.

Question 17

Part of the Bush administration's public case for invading Iraq in 2003 involved removing "weapons of mass destruction" from Saddam Hussein's arsenal.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Briefly explain the series of financial problems that beset the U.S.beginning in mid-2007.What triggered the problems and what has been the outcome?

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The series of financial problems that be

Question 19

With help from Republicans in Congress,George W.Bush won passage of the largest tax cut in American history.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Though its influence began to decline in the first decade of the twenty-first century,"globalization" of the economy had been the driving force in the great prosperity of the 1950s and 1960s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 32: The Age of Globalization

The 2000 election results were decided

Other than Katrina,what else accounted for the political woes faced by the Bush administration in its second term? How might they have ameliorated or even avoided these political problems?

The term "terrorism" was first used in

Public support for the Iraq War remained steady in the years after the initial March 2003 invasion.

The World Wide Web,which helped establish an orderly system for both the distribution and retrieval of electronic information on the Internet,was introduced by British scientist

Which of the following is true of DNA?

In the 1990s and 2000s,opponents of globalization on the left charged the nation was

In the 1996 election,

Other than tax cuts,one of President George W.Bush's most significant domestic accomplishments was the

Which of the following was among the failures of President Obama's first two years in office that led to disappointment among many Democrats?

Between 1994 and 2000,economic growth in the United States

In the Supreme Court case of Bush v.Gore,the Court voted 5-4 to confirm Bush as president.

What accounted for the Republican resurgence in 1994? How did President Clinton respond to this and how successful was his response?

Discuss America's relationship with terrorism before and after the September 2001 attacks.In what ways had the nation confronted terrorism before then? How were the September 2001 attacks distinctive?

In 2001,regarding an international treaty signed in Kyoto,Japan,to reduce emissions in the atmosphere,President George W.Bush

The most impassioned opposition to globalization in the West

Part of the Bush administration's public case for invading Iraq in 2003 involved removing "weapons of mass destruction" from Saddam Hussein's arsenal.

Briefly explain the series of financial problems that beset the U.S.beginning in mid-2007.What triggered the problems and what has been the outcome?

With help from Republicans in Congress,George W.Bush won passage of the largest tax cut in American history.

Though its influence began to decline in the first decade of the twenty-first century,"globalization" of the economy had been the driving force in the great prosperity of the 1950s and 1960s.

The Collision of Cultures

Transplantations and Borderlands

Society and Culture in Provincial America

The Empire in Transition

The American Revolution

The Constitution and the New Republic

The Jeffersonian Era

Varieties of American Nationalism

Jacksonian America

America’s Economic Revolution

Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

Antebellum Culture and Reform

The Impending Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction and the New South

The Conquest of the Far West

Industrial Supremacy

The Age of the City

From Crisis to Empire

The Progressives

America and the Great War

The “New Era”

The Great Depression

The New Deal

The Global Crisis, 1921–1941

America in a World at War

The Cold War

The Affluent Society

Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Ordeal of Liberalism

The Crisis of Authority

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