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38 Cards in this Set
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The 1991 Americans with Disabilities Act
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required that private businesses be accessible to people with disabilities.
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George H. W. Bush ultimately abandoned his no-new-taxes pledge because he
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had inherited a huge budget deficit from the Reagan administration.
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The United States intervened in the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait because
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it needed to maintain access to Middle Eastern oil resources.
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How did the Soviet Union respond to the American condemnation of Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait?
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It joined in condemning Hussein and cut off arms shipments to Iraq.
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Which organization authorized the use of force against Iraq if it did not withdraw from Kuwait by January 15, 1991?
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The United Nations
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Iraqi president Saddam Hussein announced the withdrawal of his troops from Kuwait in the first Gulf War as a result of
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crippling air bombardment and the beginning of an all-out ground assault on Iraqi troops.
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Which of the following characterizes Operation Desert Storm of 1991?
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It was a war that President George H. W. Bush waged with the consent of Congress and widespread American support.
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One result of the changes Mikhail Gorbachev encouraged in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s was
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East Germany's opening its border with West Germany.
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What consequence did the breakup of the Soviet Union have for Mikhail Gorbachev?
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He had nothing left to govern, and resigned.
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Which of the following describes 1992 presidential candidate Bill Clinton and his running mate, Al Gore?
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They identified as “New Democrats” who wanted to rid the party of its liberal image.
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Which piece of legislation enabled workers in larger companies to take time off for the birth or adoption of a child, for the care of aging parents, and for family emergencies?
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Family and Medical Leave Act
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Bill Clinton's ambitious plan for health care reform failed early in his presidency because
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liberals and conservatives both opposed it.
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The Congressional elections of 1994 resulted in
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Republican majorities in the House and Senate.
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Opposition from which group led President Clinton to back away from his campaign promise to lift the ban on homosexuals in the military?
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Conservatives
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The welfare reform measures passed during the Clinton presidency
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authorized a two-year limit on welfare payments and set a lifetime limit of five years on payments.
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The House of Representatives voted to impeach President Clinton in 1998 on the grounds of
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perjury and obstruction of justice.
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Most Americans opposed the impeachment of President Clinton because they
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separated the president's private actions from his public duties.
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For unskilled and semiskilled workers in the United States, the economic boom of the 1990s meant
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fewer opportunities and lower wages.
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Why did President Clinton order missile attacks on sites in Afghanistan in the summer of 1998?
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He suspected they were the sites of terrorist training camps.
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In a meeting at the White House in September 1993, Yasir Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin
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agreed to Palestinian recognition of Israel and Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and Jericho.
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At the end of the twentieth century, globalization
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was facilitated by new communications technology that linked almost all parts of the world.
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President Clinton's trade policies rested on his belief that the economic health of the United States depended on
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the free flow of products and capital across national borders.
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At the end of the twentieth century, the fastest-growing immigrant groups in the United States were Latinos and
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Asians.
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To stop the flow of illegal immigrants coming into the United States in the late twentieth century, Congress passed
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the Immigration Reform and Control Act.
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What characteristic made the majority of post-1965 immigrants to the United States much like their nineteenth-century predecessors?
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The majority of immigrants were unskilled and poor.
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In the presidential election of 2000,
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George W. Bush won the electoral college vote.
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What finally decided the outcome of the 2000 presidential race between Al Gore and George W. Bush?
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A ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court
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The purpose of the two tax bills that President George W. Bush signed after taking office in 2001 was to
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cut taxes significantly.
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President George W. Bush's No Child Left Behind Act
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lacked adequate funding for implementation.
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What motivated Al Qaeda's attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001?
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Al Qaeda's wish to rid the Middle East of Western influences
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The purpose of the USA Patriot Act of 2001 was to
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suspend certain civil liberties protections.
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Which of the following represents President George W. Bush's policies of unilateralism and preemption?
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Bush's resolution to invade Iraq in March 2003
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After the March 2003 invasion of Iraq,
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George Bush and his advisers were unprepared for the subsequent social and political chaos in Iraq.
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What was the outcome of the presidential election of 2004?
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George W. Bush beat John Kerry by a slim margin in both the electoral college and the popular vote.
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The Democratic presidential primaries in 2008 came down to a tight race between
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Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Which piece of legislation represented the largest expansion of government since the Great Society?
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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The conservative grassroots movement that articulated the opinions and rage of many mostly older and white voters in 2008 and beyond was called
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the Tea Party.
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The Clinton administration ended its eight-year term in office with
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a federal budget surplus and the longest economic boom in history.
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