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CHAPTER 28: A New Century and New Crises   MULTIPLE CHOICE        1

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CHAPTER 28: A New Century and New Crises

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

     1.   What made Barack Obama’s presidential campaign “the first political campaign of the twenty-first century”?

a.

Its widespread use of the Internet to raise money and communicate directly with voters.

b.

Its use of televised debates.

c.

Its use of television advertisements.

d.

Its use of direct calling.

e.

Its use of direct mailings.

 

 

 

     2.   During his first year in office, George W. Bush:

a.

raised tax rates for wealthy Americans.

b.

sponsored legislation to protect the environment.

c.

supported the accelerated reduction of nuclear weapons.

d.

had the full support of Congress, which had a commanding Republican majority.

e.

persuaded Congress to enact the largest tax cut in American history.

 

 

 

     3.   The Kyoto Protocol of 1997:

a.

was an apology to Japan for the dropping of the atomic bombs.

b.

addressed the issue of global warming and was rejected by President Bush.

c.

addressed the issue of global warming and was supported by President Bush.

d.

was a trade agreement between Japan and the United States.

e.

was a declaration of war guilt by the Japanese.

 

 

     4.   According to President George W. Bush’s message to the American people in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks, what would have kept terrorists from attacking the United States?

a.

Better education.

d.

A true Christian faith.

b.

Better economic opportunities.

e.

A love of freedom.

c.

A love of country.

 

 

 

 

     5.   Which of the following statements about Saddam Hussein turned out to be true?

a.

He possessed a mobile chemical weapons laboratory.

b.

He had hidden weapons of mass destruction in his many palaces.

c.

He was a horrible tyrant who ruled Iraq ruthlessly.

d.

He was hiding in his palace as a safe haven from the war.

e.

He was seeking to acquire uranium in Africa to build nuclear weapons.

 

 

     6.   Had President George W. Bush kept his focus on the issue that most concerned the foreign policy “realists” in his administration, he would have:

a.

continued the pursuit of Al Qaeda, which was maintaining its capabilities.

b.

kept the world’s attention on North Korea.

c.

prepared a liberation of the Darfur region in western Sudan.

d.

invaded Iran.

e.

continued his fight for an independent Tibet.

 

 

 

     7.   Why was the Iraq War compared to Vietnam?

a.

Both had begun as nation-building projects.

b.

Both featured free elections overseen by American officials that resulted in stable governments.

c.

Both featured American policymakers with little knowledge of the country to which they sent troops.

d.

Both the Vietnamese and Iraqi people welcomed American troops as liberators.

e.

A and C

 

     8.   What did the Patriot Act empower law enforcement agencies to do?

a.

Convict U.S. citizens without trial.

b.

Wiretap and spy on citizens without their knowledge.

c.

Detain family members to secure the surrender of a suspect.

d.

Employ physical torture to extract evidence from suspected gang members.

e.

Prevent defendants from learning the charges brought against them.

 

     9.   After the September 11 attacks, who authorized the National Security Agency (NSA) to listen to domestic telephone conversations without a court warrant?

a.

Defense Secretary Rumsfeld.

d.

President Bush.

b.

State Secretary Powell.

e.

Central Intelligence Director Tenet.

c.

National Security Advisor Rice.

 

 

 

 

   10.   How did revelations about the U.S. military prison in Abu Ghraib, Iraq, change the position of the United States in the world?

a.

Aware of American capabilities, terrorists began to proceed more cautiously.

b.

Understanding that American forces took human rights less seriously overseas, Al Qaeda began to focus its activities in the developing world.

c.

The incident undermined the reputation of the United States as a nation that adhered to standards of civilized behavior and the rule of law.

d.

Realizing that the United States was overwhelmed by the task at hand, previously neutral European nations decided to assist the United States with the occupation of Iraq.

e.

International observers started to pay more attention to American prison practices and strengthened their criticism of mass imprisonment within the United States.

 

 

   11.   What did President George W. Bush’s frequent references to freedom and liberty in his second inaugural address indicate?

a.

He was more determined than ever to impose American democracy on the Middle East.

b.

He was willing to expand his foreign policy focus from Iraq to North Korea.

c.

He had decided to push for the repeal of the USA Patriot Act.

d.

He wanted to restore support for the Iraq war with a focus on liberation, not terror.

e.

He was the nation’s staunchest defender of civil liberties for gays and lesbians.

 

   12.   Why was the lack of preparedness of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the Hurricane Katrina disaster so damaging for the administration of George W. Bush?

a.

As a native of Louisiana, he was expected to display particular care for New Orleans.

b.

There was nothing unusual about this particular hurricane, but the city and state had not done anything to prepare the city’s population.

c.

President Bush had vociferously denied that hurricanes of this size could ever reach the United States.

d.

President Bush had been the head of FEMA during his father’s presidency.

e.

The Bush administration had prided itself on its unique focus for homeland security.

 

 

   13.   The borderlands of the Southwest:

a.

had only rarely been a source of tension for Americans since the passage of Hart-Cellar Act.

b.

emerged as an area of renewed anxiety for some Americans in the wake of the September 11 attacks.

c.

only infrequently enjoyed close cultural and community connections to Mexico.

d.

seemed less of a national security threat than the borderlands of the Pacific Northwest.

 

 

 

   14.   Which of the following is NOT true of the Bush and Obama administrations’ efforts to police the southwest border?

a.

They publicly supported protests against illegal immigration.

b.

They paid private militias through the Department of Homeland Security to provide extra enforcement at border crossings.

c.

They sent more U.S. Border Patrol agents to the southwest borderlands.

d.

They deported more undocumented immigrants.

e.

A and B

 

 

   15.   The economic impact of undocumented immigrants in the United States:

a.

is a settled question among economists.

b.

has not yet been a subject of study, so no data exists.

c.

appears to push down wages for those at the bottom of the economic ladder.

d.

is negligible in terms of consumer spending and additional tax revenue.

 

 

 

   16.   What was the response to the 2006 House of Representatives bill that criminalized offering assistance to illegal immigrants?

a.

Silence from the mainstream media.

b.

Mass protests staged by legal and illegal immigrants nationwide.

c.

“Self-deportation” en masse.

d.

Mass arrests of people distributing water to immigrants in Texas.

 

 

 

   17.   In a Supreme Court decision in 2003, the right to use affirmative action in college admissions was:

a.

found unconstitutional.

b.

reaffirmed.

c.

supported by President Bush.

d.

declared unnecessary in the twenty-first century.

e.

left intentionally vague.

 

   18.   What was the result of Lawrence v. Texas?

a.

The Supreme Court overturned the law on a procedural technicality.

b.

The Supreme Court declared the criminalization of homosexual acts unconstitutional.

c.

The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of state “religious liberty” laws.

d.

The Supreme Court paved the way for Obergefell v. Hodges twelve years later.

e.

B and D

 

   19.   Conservative Supreme Court justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the majority in the Lawrence v. Texas and Obergefell v. Hodges rulings:

a.

described the Constitution as a document bound by the “original intent” of the nation’s founding fathers.

b.

suggested constitutional interpretation must normally rest on a narrow reading of the text.

c.

reaffirmed the liberal view of the Constitution as a “living document,” whose protections expand as society changes.

d.

offered no explanation for the Court’s upholding of state laws banning same-sex marriages.

 

 

 

   20.   What setback did the Bush administration suffer in its war on terror in 2008?

a.

The House voted for the immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq.

b.

The press disclosed the secret family ties between the Bush family and the Saudi-Arabian monarchy.

c.

The Senate began its investigations on the corruption and abuses of Vice President Dick Cheney’s former company, Halliburton.

d.

The United States Supreme Court ruled that the Guantanamo Bay detainees could invoke rights under the U.S. Constitution.

e.

U.S. troops had to withdraw from Iraq.

 

 

   21.   Why did more American women hold paying jobs in mid-2009 than men?

a.

A significant proportion of American men were serving with the armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.

b.

The boom in the service and retail sectors of the economy at the time had significantly pushed employment among women.

c.

The much larger proportion of women among immigrants tipped the balance.

d.

Men were more likely to lose their jobs during the great recession.

e.

Employers were increasingly discriminating against white men.

 

 

 

   22.   All of the following contributed to the banking crisis of 2008 EXCEPT:

a.

The Federal Reserve Bank had kept interest rates at unprecedentedly low levels.

b.

Banks and other lending institutions issued “subprime” mortgages.

c.

Wall Street bankers developed complex ways of repackaging and selling “subprime” mortgages to investors.

d.

The Federal Reserve Bank and other regulatory agencies slowed the speculative frenzy.

e.

Public and private policies favored economic speculation and get-rich-quick schemes.

 

 

   23.   Why did Goldman Sachs have to pay a fine of half a billion dollars in 2010?

a.

It had underwritten most of the subprime mortgages during the real estate boom.

b.

It had failed to document its business structure to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

c.

It had knowingly sold toxic mortgage-based securities and then bet on their failure.

d.

It had illegally financed the presidential campaign of Democratic President Obama.

e.

It had failed to reform its management and business practice in the wake of the mortgage crisis.

 

 

 

   24.   Why did the number of Americans receiving food stamps rise after 2008?

a.

President Obama had eased eligibility requirements.

b.

The Midwestern farm lobby had pushed for an expansion of the program.

c.

The number of needy Americans skyrocketed with the recession.

d.

Americans had become increasingly comfortable with handouts.

e.

Illegal immigrants had become eligible for food stamps in 2009.

 

 

 

   25.   The outcome of the presidential election of 2008 would have been less decisive if:

a.

the Democratic candidate, Barack Obama, wasn’t African-American.

b.

the Republican candidate, John McCain, had not been so old.

c.

Sarah Palin had been selected as vice president on John McCain’s ticket.

d.

voter turnout had not been so low.

e.

President Bush’s popularity had not suffered from the recession and the war on terror.

 

 

 

   26.   In the 2008 election, when Barack Obama “redrew the nation’s political map”:

a.

he only won in Democratic strongholds.

b.

he did extremely well in cities.

c.

he only won in the North and West.

d.

he won in states that had been reliably Republican for years as well as in Democratic strongholds.

e.

he won 53 percent of the popular vote and a large majority in the Electoral College.

 

 

 

   27.   All of the following statements about President Obama’s inaugural address are true EXCEPT:

a.

he promised a foreign policy based on diplomacy rather than on unilateral force.

b.

his address harked back to the Revolutionary-era ideal of putting the common good before individual self-interest.

c.

he blamed a culture of “greed and irresponsibility” for helping to bring on the economic crisis.

d.

he spoke about freedom repeatedly.

e.

he spoke of the need to combat income inequality and lack of access to health care.

 

 

 

   28.   What did congressional Republicans denounce as a “government takeover” in March of 2010?

a.

A financial reform bill that required the breakup of big banks.

b.

Western state officials assuming control of national parks within their borders.

c.

A sweeping health-care bill that required all Americans to purchase health insurance.

d.

An Executive Order that mandated an expansion of Medicare and Medicaid in twenty three states.

 

 

 

   29.   “Obamacare”:

a.

included a provision for government-run health insurance called “the public option.”

b.

was bitterly opposed by congressional Republicans because most favored a “single-payer” plan.

c.

survived two challenges to its constitutionality.

d.

was partially repealed in 2013 in order to avert a government shutdown.

 

 

   30.   What important piece of legislation tried to target the origins of the great recession in 2010?

a.

“Obamacare.”

b.

TARP—the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

c.

The bailout of the nation’s automakers.

d.

The bank regulation reform law.

e.

The No-Child-Left-Behind Act.

 

 

   31.   The problem of inequality in America after 2010:

a.

finally lost momentum with the economic recovery.

b.

rose as union power declined.

c.

grew due to rising unemployment and stagnant home sales.

d.

was a result of corporations such as McDonald’s and Wal-Mart paying its workers low wages that hovered around or below minimum-wage.

e.

B and D

 

 

 

   32.   Which of the following statements about the Occupy movement is FALSE?

a.

It resembled 1930s sit-down strikes.

b.

It eventually died out and failed to inspire any other similar movements.

c.

It ensured the phrase, “the one percent,” would enter America’s political vocabulary.

d.

It began as a grassroots protest against Wall Street malfeasance and growing inequality in America.

e.

It tapped into a widespread feeling of alienation, especially among the young.

 

 

   33.   How did the 2013 Supreme Court ruling invalidate the heart of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

a.

The entire act was declared unconstitutional, since evidence of racial bias in southern election law no longer met the Court’s burden of proof standard.

b.

The southern states cited in the original law no longer needed approval from the Justice Department before changing their election laws.

c.

The Court threw out the law’s original provision providing federal protection for African-American voters at the polls in four southern states.

d.

Limitations were removed from the range of acceptable voter identification required for same-day registration at the polls.

 

 

 

   34.   Which of the following statements about the Black Lives Matter movement is NOT accurate?

a.

It focused on narrow platform policy, rather than a broad claim to black humanity.

b.

Members demanded that police practices be changed and officers using excessive force be held accountable.

c.

Public reaction to the movement was mixed and racially-divided.

d.

It emerged in response to the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police and other authorities.

e.

It made extensive use of current technology and social media to organize.

 

 

 

   35.   President Barack Obama surprised both his supporters and his opponents with:

a.

his conduct in the war on terror from Guantanamo Bay to Libya.

b.

his nominations to the Supreme Court.

c.

his lack of special legislation to address the plight of African-Americans.

d.

“Obamacare.”

e.

revelations about his affair with a White House intern.

 

 

 

   36.   What did President Obama do in his second term that involved historic enemies of the United States?

a.

He apologized to the governments of Colombia and Honduras for the use of unauthorized military force in the war on drugs.

b.

He moved to establish diplomatic relations with Cuba.

c.

His administration helped broker a nuclear energy agreement with Iran.

d.

He supported a military coup in Egypt that ended badly for the United States.

e.

A and B

 

 

   37.   How did Obama use “human rights” as a political weapon?

a.

He threatened to withdraw aid from Israel if it did not end its occupation of the West Bank.

b.

He temporarily moved the American Fifth Fleet out of its base in Bahrain, until the government agreed to stop jailing peaceful political dissenters.

c.

He condemned China, but said virtually nothing about human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia and other nations that were U.S. allies in the war on terror.

d.

He accused congressional Republicans of aiding the rise of ISIS at their refusal to fund additional ground troops in Iraq.

 

 

 

   38.   The claims of conservative Tea Party activists in 2010 included:

a.

President Obama was born in Africa, not the United States.

b.

President Obama secretly worked to prevent a new healthcare law.

c.

President Obama had not won the 2008 election with a majority vote.

d.

the President wanted to repeal the Fourteenth Amendment birthright to citizenship.

e.

Democratic Senators were gerrymandering their districts to secure their seats.

 

 

 

   39.   Which of the following was a liability for President Obama as he entered his reelection campaign of 2012?

a.

He had authorized a constitutionally questionable raid that killed Osama Bin Laden.

b.

The United States Supreme Court had struck down most of the Affordable Healthcare Act.

c.

He had failed to provide an authentic Hawaiian birth certificate to prove the legitimacy of his presidency.

d.

Unemployment remained high even though the recession was officially over.

e.

Americans disapproved of the troop withdrawal from Iraq late in 2011.

 

 

MATCHING

 

TEST 1

 

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

 

a.

sponsored a bill banning the use of torture

b.

Bush’s Secretary of State

c.

House majority leader

d.

Obama appointee to the Supreme Court

e.

inability to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency effectively

f.

Democratic presidential candidate in 2008

g.

compassionate conservative

h.

chief political adviser

i.

attorney general

j.

chief justice of the Supreme Court

k.

Republican activist and lobbyist

l.

elected president in 2008

 

 

     1.   George W. Bush

 

     2.   Hillary Clinton

 

     3.   Karl Rove

 

     4.   John Ashcroft

 

     5.   Barack Obama

 

     6.   Colin Powell

 

     7.   John McCain

 

     8.   Nancy Pelosi

 

     9.   Jack Abramoff

 

   10.   Michael Brown

 

   11.   Sonia Sotomayor

 

   12.   John Roberts

 

TEST 2

 

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

 

a.

global warming

b.

significantly reduced workforce

c.

rules of war and treatment of prisoners

d.

terrorist group

e.

Afghanistan

f.

U.S. prison in Iraq

g.

Cuba

h.

2008 financial crisis

i.

housing bubble

j.

revealed the deep poverty in America

k.

declared the Geneva Conventions the law of the land

l.

preemptive strike

 

 

   13.   Bush Doctrine

 

   14.   Al Qaeda

 

   15.   Kyoto Treaty

 

   16.   General Motors

 

   17.   “toxic assets”

 

   18.   Taliban

 

   19.   Guantánamo Bay detention camp

 

   20.   Hamdan v. Rumsfeld

 

   21.   Geneva Conventions

 

   22.   Abu Ghraib

 

   23.   Hurricane Katrina

 

   24.   subprime mortgage

 

TRUE/FALSE

 

     1.   After the September 11 attacks, Americans experienced a new feeling of common social purpose.

 

     2.   Worldwide reaction to Bush’s “axis of evil” declaration and the National Security Strategy was mostly positive.

 

     3.   Soon after Americans held Baghdad, insurgents and sectarian fighting between Sunni and Shiite brought the country toward civil war.

 

     4.   By 2007, polls showed that a large majority of Americans considered the invasion of Iraq a mistake.

 

     5.   The Patriot Act is a remarkably short and concise document.

 

     6.   Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry served in the first Gulf War.

 

     7.   Despite the fact that there were 20 million new voters in the presidential election of 2004, only three states changed their electoral votes compared to 2000.

 

 

     8.   Illegal immigrants coming to the United States push down wages at the bottom of the economic ladder, but spend money and pay taxes.

 

     9.   Lawrence v. Texas upheld affirmative action.

 

   10.   Boumediene v. Bush was a victory for George W. Bush.

 

   11.   The 2008 financial crisis was unrelated to subprime mortgages.

 

   12.   The health-care reform bill did not prevent insurance companies from denying coverage to people with existing illnesses.

 

   13.   Edward Snowden’s release of National Security Agency documents revealed the United States had spied on the private communications of foreign leaders, including the German chancellor and French president.

 

 

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