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CHAPTER 27: From Triumph to Tragedy, 1989-2001   MULTIPLE CHOICE        1

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CHAPTER 27: From Triumph to Tragedy, 1989-2001

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

     1.   What were the student protesters who occupied Tiananmen Square in Beijing in June 1989 demanding?

a.

Fair wages and better working conditions.

b.

Suspension of martial law imposed earlier that year.

c.

An end to communism in China.

d.

Freedom for Taiwan.

e.

Greater democracy.

 

 

 

     2.   By the end of 1991, Soviet attempts at economic reform had created chaos, and the:

a.

Soviet military staged a successful coup.

b.

Soviet Union dissolved, ending the Cold War.

c.

United States had to intervene with financial aid.

d.

Soviets sought U.S. assistance.

e.

Soviets turned to the United Nations for help.

 

 

 

     3.   President George H. W. Bush’s first major foreign policy action was:

a.

a call for the continuation of the Cold War with the Soviets.

b.

the overthrow of Panamanian leader General Manuel Noriega.

c.

the invasion of Kuwait.

d.

attendance at an economic summit in Geneva, Switzerland.

 

 

 

     4.   Operation Desert Storm:

a.

quickly drove the Iraqi army out of Kuwait.

b.

ousted Saddam Hussein from power.

c.

lacked a clear strategic political goal.

d.

was criticized by the United Nations.

e.

quickly drove the Iraqi army out of Iran.

 

 

 

     5.   Who in George H.W. Bush’s administration disagreed strongly with the Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney about the future of national security after the Cold War?

a.

Vice President Donald Rumsfeld.

b.

George W. Bush, the son of the president.

c.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Colin Powell.

d.

A young senator from Illinois, Barack Obama.

e.

President Bush himself.

 

 

 

     6.   In 1992, Bill Clinton secured the Democratic nomination for president because he:

a.

promised to expand welfare.

b.

pledged to continue the policies of President Bush in the Middle East.

c.

combined social liberalism with elements of conservatism.

d.

promised to restrict access to abortion.

e.

did not support gay rights.

 

 

 

     7.   Which of the following BEST explains George H.W. Bush’s loss in the 1992 presidential election?

a.

Bush seemed out of touch with wealthy Republican campaign donors.

b.

America was in a recession in 1992.

c.

Pat Buchanan’s angry anti-gay and anti-feminist speech at the Republican convention turned off some moderate Republican voters.

d.

Third-party candidate Ross Perot became a viable option for some voters.

e.

B and D

 

 

 

     8.   The third-party candidate Ross Perot:

a.

received few votes in the 1992 presidential election.

b.

criticized only President Bush’s foreign policy.

c.

ran as a Progressive Party candidate.

d.

received the least votes for a third-party candidate since Theodore Roosevelt.

e.

received the most votes for a third-party candidate since Theodore Roosevelt.

 

 

 

     9.   NAFTA:

a.

created a free-trade zone for the United States, Mexico, and Canada.

b.

created a free-trade zone for the United States, Great Britain, and Canada.

c.

was hailed by organized labor and environmental groups.

d.

raised tariffs significantly against imports from South America.

e.

created a free-trade zone for the United States, Japan, and Western Europe.

 

 

 

   10.   Health-care reform during Clinton’s first term:

a.

was not a major issue for the president.

b.

was opposed by drug companies, insurance companies, and doctors.

c.

was championed by First Lady Hillary Clinton, who succeeded in getting Congress to back her universal coverage plan.

d.

became a policy priority for congressional Republicans who opposed the Clinton plan.

 

 

 

   11.   The “Freedom Revolution” was:

a.

the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe.

b.

the Republican victory at the 1994 congressional elections.

c.

the end of apartheid in South Africa.

d.

the mass organization of middle-class African-American men in Washington, D.C.

e.

what Democrats called Bill Clinton’s victory in 1992.

 

 

 

   12.   What was the Contract with America?

a.

A press term for the Clinton re-election strategy.

b.

Clinton’s 256-page proposal to overhaul the nation’s welfare system.

c.

A 1994 Republican plan to steeply cut federal education, medical, and environmental programs.

d.

A speech delivered by Clinton that promised to continue to work on health-care reform.

 

 

   13.   How did President Clinton respond to the Republican victory in the 1994 congressional elections?

a.

He grew increasingly radical in his opposition to Republicans.

b.

He brought Republicans into his cabinet in order to build a more bipartisan government.

c.

He campaigned against radical Republicans and moved toward the center.

d.

He increasingly embraced the position of the Democratic left.

e.

He intensified his alliance with Democrats in the Senate.

 

 

 

   14.   President Bill Clinton:

a.

abolished child poverty.

b.

terminated the food stamp program.

c.

ended public housing programs.

d.

replaced welfare with state grants.

e.

initiated diplomatic ties with China.

 

 

 

   15.   Bill Clinton was easily reelected in 1996 because he:

a.

promised to restore the welfare state.

b.

pledged to increase the Aid to Families with Dependent Children.

c.

vowed to get a national health insurance bill through Congress.

d.

supported abolishing affirmative action.

e.

embraced popular Republican policies.

 

 

 

   16.   Bill Clinton’s foreign policy centered on:

a.

elevating human rights to a central place in international relations.

b.

defeating the few pockets of communism left in the world.

c.

taking a hard line against economic competitors like Mexico and Canada.

d.

building what he called a New World Order.

e.

preemptive strikes to weed out dictatorial leaders that posed a threat to American security.

 

 

 

   17.   During the Balkan crisis, President Clinton:

a.

refused to commit U.S. troops.

b.

blocked UN attempts to assist in the region.

c.

provided minimal economic aid, but refused to send troops.

d.

supported NATO’s efforts by deploying American planes and ground troops.

e.

advocated the reunification of Yugoslavia.

 

 

 

   18.   Globalization:

a.

had little to do with the collapse of communism.

b.

was symbolized by corporations such as Microsoft and organizations like the WTO.

c.

is closely associated with the 1990s, although it was not a new phenomenon.

d.

promoted the free flow of goods and services across borders, but only with a strict regulatory apparatus in place.

e.

B and C

 

 

 

   19.   Which of the following technologies had the least influential effect on American life?

a.

Computer games.

d.

Video cassettes.

b.

Cell phones.

e.

Microchips.

c.

Computers.

 

 

 

 

   20.   Which of the following statements about the Internet is FALSE?

a.

The Internet expanded the flow of information more radically than any invention since the printing press.

b.

The Internet began as a high-speed military communications network.

c.

The Internet was always intended to be owned and operated by private telecommunications companies.

d.

The Internet was available to those with personal computers.

e.

The Internet seemed the beginning of a new democratic and public means of communication in “cyberspace.”

 

 

 

   21.   “Dot coms”:

a.

were high-tech companies that attracted many investors in the 1990s.

b.

were companies that economic journalists repeatedly warned investors against.

c.

were never warmly embraced by stockbrokers in the 1990s.

d.

helped stabilize the fluctuating 1990s stock market.

 

 

 

   22.   What was the fate of the chief officers of Enron?

a.

They were never tried before a court of law.

b.

They left the country for a Caribbean island.

c.

They were ordered to pay billions of dollars to compensate investors.

d.

They were convicted of multiple counts of fraud.

e.

They were sentenced to life in prison.

 

 

 

   23.   Countless corporate scandals and stock frauds stemmed directly from the 1999 repeal of which New Deal measure?

a.

The Glass-Steagall Act.

b.

The Federal Communications Act.

c.

The Securities and Exchange Act.

d.

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

e.

The Bank Holiday Act.

 

 

 

   24.   How could many of the security frauds of the late 1990s and early 2000s have been prevented?

a.

With a less litigious Security and Exchange Commission.

b.

With a return to the Gold Standard.

c.

With fewer interventions by labor unions.

d.

With an emphasis on bonds rather than stock markets.

e.

With the extension of the Glass-Steagall Act.

 

 

 

   25.   Which of the following is NOT true of Wal-Mart?

a.

By 2010, it was the largest employer in Mexico.

b.

By the early twenty-first century, it was the second-largest corporate employer in America (after Apple).

c.

Paid most of its 1.6 million non-unionized workers slightly less than minimum wage.

d.

Was a global giant discount retail chain.

e.

Aggressively opposed collective bargaining.

 

 

 

   26.   During the last two decades of the twentieth century:

a.

The poor and the middle-class became worse off, while the rich became significantly richer.

b.

There was a significant rise in real income among working-class Americans.

c.

Americans saved more and invested less.

d.

America entered a profound recession, the likes of which not been seen since the 1930s.

 

 

 

   27.   What did Islamic fundamentalism in the Middle East and evangelical Christianity in the United States have in common at the beginning of the twenty-first century?

a.

Both religious movements attracted overwhelmingly white men.

b.

Both religious trends were only possible because of the Internet.

c.

Both aided in the radical redistribution of wealth from top to bottom.

d.

Both attracted followers partly because of the global spread of mass entertainment.

e.

Both were strongly anti-capitalist in their theology.

 

 

 

   28.   Because of the 1965 changes in immigration laws, thirty-five years later the immigrant population in the United States:

a.

had declined significantly.

b.

increasingly came from Asia and Latin America.

c.

increasingly came from eastern Europe.

d.

had stayed about the same.

e.

centered in rural areas.

 

 

 

   29.   Increasingly visible during the 1990s, Asian-Americans:

a.

were hailed by white Americans as a “model minority.”

b.

all earned high incomes.

c.

tended to send their children to work rather than to school.

d.

began returning to their countries of origin.

e.

were still forbidden by law to marry non-Asians.

 

 

 

   30.   Which of the following factors did NOT drive increasing immigration from Mexico in the 1990s?

a.

Poverty in Mexico.

b.

Superior public services in the United States.

c.

Proximity to the United States.

d.

High birthrates in Mexico.

e.

Jobs in the United States.

 

 

   31.   School segregation:

a.

increased in the 1990s, due to new racial mandates overseen by local school districts.

b.

declined significantly in the 1990s, thanks to changing racial attitudes.

c.

increased in the 1990s, as a result of housing patterns.

d.

declined because of two key Supreme Court rulings.

 

 

 

   32.   How could the trend of mass imprisonment in the late twentieth century have been avoided?

a.

Schools could have offered more civic lessons.

b.

Hospitals should have kept a closer eye on the mentally ill.

c.

State legislators could have refused to criminalize drug use.

d.

Northeastern states should not have abolished the death penalty.

e.

States could have applied the death penalty more liberally.

 

 

 

   33.   In the 1990s, the prison population:

a.

declined because there was little new prison construction.

b.

experienced shorter sentences and more rehabilitation programs than before.

c.

increased because crime rates increased in the 1990s.

d.

increased as state governments increased penalties for crimes and decreased parole.

e.

declined because states refused to fund the “prison-industrial complex.”

 

 

 

   34.   Rodney King’s:

a.

beating by white police officers was caught on videotape.

b.

handgun was taken from the glove compartment of his car.

c.

four assailants were acquitted, setting off riots in the city of Los Angeles.

d.

routine traffic stop resulted in a citation and caused no further incident.

e.

A and C

 

 

   35.   By the year 2000, the AIDS epidemic:

a.

affected only homosexuals and transgender Americans.

b.

affected only drug users and hemophiliacs.

c.

was spreading less rapidly among gay Americans.

d.

brought an end to the gay rights movement.

e.

had been brought under control around the world.

 

 

 

   36.   What is a visible sign of Native American quasi-sovereignty?

a.

Casinos.

d.

Increase in professional jobs.

b.

Reservations.

e.

Political participation.

c.

Citizenship.

 

 

 

 

   37.   Proposition 187, approved by California voters in 1994:

a.

denied illegal immigrants and their children access to welfare and education.

b.

expanded the “prison-industrial complex” with a tough three-strikes law.

c.

reinstated the bracero program and solved many of its immigration problems.

d.

banned bilingual education and abolished the segregation of immigrant school children.

e.

banned affirmative action in education, employment, and government.

 

 

 

   38.   During the 1990s, twenty-three states passed laws:

a.

legalizing gay marriage.

b.

limiting the rights of gay, lesbian, and bisexual Americans.

c.

banning all abortions except for medical emergencies.

d.

making English the official language.

e.

raising the drinking age to twenty-one.

 

 

 

   39.   The term “pay gap” refers to the difference in:

a.

pay differences between workers and CEOs.

b.

pay rates for skilled and unskilled workers.

c.

pay rates between men and women.

d.

pay gaps between new hires and senior employees.

e.

the difference between gross income and take-home pay.

 

   40.   Casey v. Planned Parenthood of Pennsylvania:

a.

upheld the view that those who used violence against abortion clinics had to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

b.

ruled that a woman had to inform her husband before getting an abortion.

c.

overturned Roe v. Wade.

d.

repudiated the centuries-old claim that a husband had a legal claim to control the body of his wife.

e.

was a triumph for supporters of the pro-life position.

 

 

   41.   Militia groups arose in America during the 1990s:

a.

to protest the increasing influence of the Christian Coalition.

b.

and engaged in acts of domestic terrorism.

c.

but were quickly eliminated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

d.

but posed no immediate threat to the nation.

e.

and were based primarily in the Northeast.

 

 

   42.   The 1995 truck bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City was organized by:

a.

militant African-American separatists.

b.

a left-wing paramilitary group.

c.

a far-right private militia group.

d.

Islamic fundamentalists.

e.

Osama bin Laden.

 

 

 

   43.   Why was the bitter political partisanship in Washington, D.C., in the 1990s so unexpected?

a.

Republicans had denounced Reagan’s new conservatism and returned to the more moderate brand of Gerald Ford and Nelson Rockefeller.

b.

The tensions in foreign affairs had reinforced a sense of national solidarity in both major parties.

c.

The economic crisis of the decade had convinced Republicans and Democrats that they needed to join forces for an effective political response.

d.

The new president, Bill Clinton, was moving clearly toward the political center.

e.

Bill Clinton had been able to attract millions of Republican voters in 1992.

 

 

   44.   In 1998, Congress brought impeachment charges against President Clinton because he:

a.

had an extramarital affair with a White House staff member.

b.

authorized a break-in at the Republican national headquarters.

c.

extorted money from oil companies in exchange for government contracts.

d.

ordered troops into Somalia without congressional approval.

e.

lied about his extramarital affair before the grand jury.

 

 

 

   45.   Bush v. Gore ordered:

a.

victory to be given to Bush.

b.

the recount in Florida to finish within one week.

c.

Florida to vote again in a separate election.

d.

Florida to halt its recount.

e.

Florida to audit its balloting machines.

 

 

   46.   The 2000 presidential race between George W. Bush and Al Gore was:

a.

finally decided by the Supreme Court.

b.

decided by the Florida Attorney General.

c.

in question because of voter fraud in Florida.

d.

a landslide victory for Bush.

e.

finally decided by the U.S. Senate.

 

 

 

   47.   What made the United States Supreme Court case of Bush v. Gore in 2000 so unusual?

a.

It was decided in a 5 to 4 vote.

b.

The case had far-reaching implications.

c.

The public interpreted the justices’ disagreements as political in nature.

d.

It involved two former vice presidents.

e.

This case was not meant to be a precedent.

 

 

   48.   What general political trend coincided with a significant increase in private and corporate spending in political campaigns at the turn of the twenty-first century?

a.

An increase in voter participation.

b.

An increase in party membership.

c.

An increase in newspaper subscriptions.

d.

A withdrawal of people from the public sphere.

e.

An increasing interest in anti-monopoly legislation.

 

 

   49.   In response to the September 11 attacks, the Bush administration:

a.

banned all Muslims from further entry into the United States.

b.

blamed the shadowy terrorist organization known as Al Qaeda.

c.

blamed the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of mastermind Osama bin Laden.

d.

declared a war on terror.

e.

A and B

 

 

 

MATCHING

 

TEST 1

 

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.

 

a.

Contract with America

b.

Panama dictator

c.

Supreme Court justice

d.

Enron

e.

attorney general

f.

triangulation

g.

Christian Coalition

h.

1992 independent presidential candidate

i.

Clinton impeachment

j.

Iraqi dictator

k.

health care

l.

Green Party

 

 

     1.   Ralph Nader

 

     2.   Pat Robertson

 

     3.   Ross Perot

 

     4.   Bill Clinton

 

     5.   Manuel Noriega

 

     6.   Hillary Clinton

 

     7.   Saddam Hussein

 

     8.   Newt Gingrich

 

     9.   Janet Reno

 

   10.   Ruth Bader Ginsburg

 

   11.   Kenneth Lay

 

   12.   Monica Lewinsky

TEST 2

 

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.

 

a.

Israel and Palestinian agreement

b.

dismantled by Clinton

c.

awareness of American diversity

d.

Rwanda

e.

banking regulation repealed in 1999

f.

largest corporate employer in 2000

g.

Foxwoods Casino

h.

Chinese demonstration for democracy

i.

cash payment for low-income workers

j.

fall of communism in Eastern Europe

k.

free-trade zone

l.

Kuwaiti freedom

 

 

   13.   Glass-Stegall Act

 

   14.   “freedom revolution”

 

   15.   Operation Desert Storm

 

   16.   Oslo Accords

 

   17.   Velvet Revolution

 

   18.   Tiananmen Square

 

   19.   NAFTA

 

   20.   multiculturalism

 

   21.   welfare

 

   22.   Wal-Mart

 

   23.   Pequot tribe

 

   24.   genocide

TRUE/FALSE

 

     1.   George H. W. Bush identified the Gulf War as the first step in the struggle to create a world based on democracy and global free trade.

 

     2.   Ross Perot challenged Bill Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination.

 

     3.   Bill Clinton won the support of labor in proposing NAFTA.

 

     4.   Doctors, health insurance companies, and drug companies supported the comprehensive health-care plan that was presented by the Clinton administration.

 

     5.   President Clinton succeeded in one of his primary goals by eliminating welfare, a hotly contested issue for twenty years or more, from political debate.

 

     6.   During the Clinton years, human rights emerged as justification for interventions in matters once considered to be the internal affairs of sovereign nations.

 

     7.   During the 1990s, Microsoft head Bill Gates, owned as much wealth as the bottom 40 percent of the American population put together.

 

     8.   Between 1970 and 2000, twice as many Africans immigrated to the United States as had entered during the entire period of the Atlantic slave trade.

 

     9.   By the end of the century, school desegregation in America was complete, with high schools across the country enjoying interracial student bodies.

 

   10.   Asian-Americans, compared to other Americans, had an extremely high rate of imprisonment by the end of the century as illegal immigration accelerated.

 

   11.   Despite the growth of Native American organizations and casinos, the Native American population remains stagnant according to the Census Bureau.

 

   12.   In 1992, the Supreme Court reaffirmed a woman’s right to terminate a pregnancy with the ruling in Casey v. Planned Parenthood of Pennsylvania.

 

   13.   At the radical fringe of conservatism, the belief that the federal government posed a threat to American freedom led to the creation of private militias that armed themselves to fend off oppressive authority.

 

   14.   The most remarkable aspect of the 2000 election was the even division of the country it revealed.

 

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