Question 1

In the election of 2000, __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Al Gore won a majority of electoral votes 
B)  George W. Bush won a majority of popular votes 
C)  Al Gore won a majority of popular votes 
D)  Ralph Nader kept Bush and Gore from getting a majority of popular votes 
A)  Al Gore won a majority of electoral votes 
B)  George W. Bush won a majority of popular votes 
C)  Al Gore won a majority of popular votes 
D)  Ralph Nader kept Bush and Gore from getting a majority of popular votes

Question 2

The congressional district representing __________ was designated as the poorest among the 50 states in the two decades after 2000.

Accepted Answer

A)  Beattyville, Kentucky 
B)  Ferguson, Missouri 
C)  the South Bronx, New York 
D)  Detroit, Michigan 
A)  Beattyville, Kentucky 
B)  Ferguson, Missouri 
C)  the South Bronx, New York 
D)  Detroit, Michigan

Question 3

Most Republicans opposed environmental regulations because they believed these regulations __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  threatened the competitive status of the United States in the world economy 
B)  did too little to protect the environment 
C)  jeopardized U.S. national security interests at home and abroad 
D)  promoted regional conflicts over food and water 
A)  threatened the competitive status of the United States in the world economy 
B)  did too little to protect the environment 
C)  jeopardized U.S. national security interests at home and abroad 
D)  promoted regional conflicts over food and water

Question 4

What made the 2000 election different from all other U.S. presidential elections?

Accepted Answer

A)  The outcome was determined by the U.S. Supreme Court. 
B)  The candidate who lost the popular vote won the election. 
C)  The election was decided by the House of Representatives. 
D)  Neither candidate won a majority of the popular vote. 
A)  The outcome was determined by the U.S. Supreme Court. 
B)  The candidate who lost the popular vote won the election. 
C)  The election was decided by the House of Representatives. 
D)  Neither candidate won a majority of the popular vote.

Question 5

How did Barack Obama attempt to reach voters in the 2008 election?

Accepted Answer

A)  He specifically targeted young voters and people of color. 
B)  He attempted to recruit the upper classes with promises of tax breaks for businesses. 
C)  He vilified the Republicans and ran a negative campaign. 
D)  He promised to end the war on terror. 
A)  He specifically targeted young voters and people of color. 
B)  He attempted to recruit the upper classes with promises of tax breaks for businesses. 
C)  He vilified the Republicans and ran a negative campaign. 
D)  He promised to end the war on terror.

Question 6

Which of the following was central to Bernie Sanders's message to voters during the Democratic presidential primaries?

Accepted Answer

A)  economic populism that focused on the nation's growing inequality 
B)  political populism that appealed to voters' racial hatred, economic nationalism, and xenophobia 
C)  international isolationism, with a specific focus on withdrawing from NATO 
D)  partisan politics with the prospect of controlling all three branches of the federal government 
A)  economic populism that focused on the nation's growing inequality 
B)  political populism that appealed to voters' racial hatred, economic nationalism, and xenophobia 
C)  international isolationism, with a specific focus on withdrawing from NATO 
D)  partisan politics with the prospect of controlling all three branches of the federal government

Question 7

What was one vulnerability that critics pointed out in Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential election?

Accepted Answer

A)  She was too close to Wall Street, the banking industry, and big money donors to be a true agent of change. 
B)  She was insensitive to economic needs of African Americans and Hispanics. 
C)  She was ineffective in responding to the verbal insults that Donald Trump hurled at her. 
D)  She lacked political experience. 
A)  She was too close to Wall Street, the banking industry, and big money donors to be a true agent of change. 
B)  She was insensitive to economic needs of African Americans and Hispanics. 
C)  She was ineffective in responding to the verbal insults that Donald Trump hurled at her. 
D)  She lacked political experience.

Question 8

How did America's occupation of Iraq affect ordinary Iraqi citizens?

Accepted Answer

A)  Their conditions worsened as poverty, looting, and chaos ensued. 
B)  They experienced unprecedented law and order in their country. 
C)  They witnessed improved health and sanitation conditions. 
D)  They began to enjoy a certain affluence under democracy. 
A)  Their conditions worsened as poverty, looting, and chaos ensued. 
B)  They experienced unprecedented law and order in their country. 
C)  They witnessed improved health and sanitation conditions. 
D)  They began to enjoy a certain affluence under democracy.

Question 9

In President Bush's 2002 speech, the "axis of evil" included __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Iraq, Iran, and North Korea 
B)  all Muslim nations 
C)  Israel, Russia, and Saudi Arabia 
D)  al-Qaeda, ISIS, and the Taliban 
A)  Iraq, Iran, and North Korea 
B)  all Muslim nations 
C)  Israel, Russia, and Saudi Arabia 
D)  al-Qaeda, ISIS, and the Taliban

Question 10

What was one trend that emerged from the No Child Left Behind Act?

Accepted Answer

A)  Less emphasis was placed on reading and mathematics skills in classroom instruction. 
B)  A greater number of students began to enroll in charter or private schools. 
C)  American public school instructors who taught advanced classes received higher wages because their higher student success rate was linked to standardized test performance. 
D)  Low-performing schools that did not meet the goals of NCLB had first choice in enrolling students within their districts who achieved the highest success rates on standardized tests. 
A)  Less emphasis was placed on reading and mathematics skills in classroom instruction. 
B)  A greater number of students began to enroll in charter or private schools. 
C)  American public school instructors who taught advanced classes received higher wages because their higher student success rate was linked to standardized test performance. 
D)  Low-performing schools that did not meet the goals of NCLB had first choice in enrolling students within their districts who achieved the highest success rates on standardized tests.

Question 11

What was the key feature associated with various presidential candidates of the 2016 presidential campaign?

Accepted Answer

A)  two different populist challenges to the established leadership of both major political parties 
B)  continued use of conventional campaign strategies by the presidential nominees 
C)  minimal media and technology exposure to the candidates 
D)  satisfaction with the economic status quo for working-class Americans 
A)  two different populist challenges to the established leadership of both major political parties 
B)  continued use of conventional campaign strategies by the presidential nominees 
C)  minimal media and technology exposure to the candidates 
D)  satisfaction with the economic status quo for working-class Americans

Question 12

Despite their conservative voting patterns, how did states in the Sun Belt defy the traditional Republican belief that climate change and global warming have no impact on the environment?

Accepted Answer

A)  They achieved some of the highest levels of solar energy use in the country. 
B)  They became the greatest consumers of transportation that did not rely on fossil fuels. 
C)  They closed many hazardous sites, including power plants and factories. 
D)  They passed the most stringent clean-drinking-water laws in the nation. 
A)  They achieved some of the highest levels of solar energy use in the country. 
B)  They became the greatest consumers of transportation that did not rely on fossil fuels. 
C)  They closed many hazardous sites, including power plants and factories. 
D)  They passed the most stringent clean-drinking-water laws in the nation.

Question 13

What role did Osama bin Laden play in the 9/11 attacks?

Accepted Answer

A)  He coordinated the 9/11 attacks. 
B)  He was the absolute dictator of Iraq. 
C)  He negotiated a peaceful resolution between the United States and the al-Qaeda network that was linked to the 9/11 hijackers. 
D)  He was head of the government in Afghanistan, which was controlled by the Taliban, a radical Islamist group. 
A)  He coordinated the 9/11 attacks. 
B)  He was the absolute dictator of Iraq. 
C)  He negotiated a peaceful resolution between the United States and the al-Qaeda network that was linked to the 9/11 hijackers. 
D)  He was head of the government in Afghanistan, which was controlled by the Taliban, a radical Islamist group.

Question 14

Obama's main rival for the 2008 Democratic nomination was __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Joseph Biden 
B)  Joe Lieberman 
C)  Hillary Clinton 
D)  John Kerry 
A)  Joseph Biden 
B)  Joe Lieberman 
C)  Hillary Clinton 
D)  John Kerry

Question 15

Many political analysts and veteran diplomats opposed American involvement in Iraq because they __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  did not think that Britain could keep its promise to be the major partner in the "coalition of the willing" that launched the invasion of Iraq 
B)  doubted that Saddam Hussein had links to al-Qaeda 
C)  feared that Saddam Hussein would retaliate with weapons of mass destruction 
D)  believed this invasion was an extension of American imperialism 
A)  did not think that Britain could keep its promise to be the major partner in the "coalition of the willing" that launched the invasion of Iraq 
B)  doubted that Saddam Hussein had links to al-Qaeda 
C)  feared that Saddam Hussein would retaliate with weapons of mass destruction 
D)  believed this invasion was an extension of American imperialism

Question 16

Which of the following helped propel Donald Trump to political prominence prior to his 2015 announcement that he was running for president?

Accepted Answer

A)  his claim that President Obama was born in Kenya 
B)  his proposal to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border 
C)  his call for banning immigrants and refugees from seven majority Muslim nations 
D)  his sexist and misogynistic remarks and actions toward women 
A)  his claim that President Obama was born in Kenya 
B)  his proposal to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border 
C)  his call for banning immigrants and refugees from seven majority Muslim nations 
D)  his sexist and misogynistic remarks and actions toward women

Question 17

The stereotype of the "model minority" is most commonly applied to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  African Americans 
B)  Asian Americans 
C)  Hispanics 
D)  Multiracial Americans 
A)  African Americans 
B)  Asian Americans 
C)  Hispanics 
D)  Multiracial Americans

Question 18

Not one Republican in Congress supported the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act because __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  they believed this legislation was an unwarranted expansion of federal power into American lives 
B)  they were concerned that the lack of a government-run public option to compete with the insurance industry would not overhaul the delivery of patient care 
C)  the bill failed to cover patients with preexisting conditions 
D)  the bill did not cover a sufficient amount of uninsured Americans 
A)  they believed this legislation was an unwarranted expansion of federal power into American lives 
B)  they were concerned that the lack of a government-run public option to compete with the insurance industry would not overhaul the delivery of patient care 
C)  the bill failed to cover patients with preexisting conditions 
D)  the bill did not cover a sufficient amount of uninsured Americans

Question 19

How was Donald Trump's economic policy most like the one implemented by Ronald Reagan?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were both proponents of supply-side economics, which would benefit the American public as economic growth "trickled down" from the wealthy. 
B)  They both believed that the futures of democracy and the middle class were endangered by plutocracy. 
C)  They both supported legislation that would fund free college tuition at public institutions and universal health care. 
D)  They both favored international deals that opened free trade among the United States and various nations. 
A)  They were both proponents of supply-side economics, which would benefit the American public as economic growth "trickled down" from the wealthy. 
B)  They both believed that the futures of democracy and the middle class were endangered by plutocracy. 
C)  They both supported legislation that would fund free college tuition at public institutions and universal health care. 
D)  They both favored international deals that opened free trade among the United States and various nations.

Question 20

How were the versions of populism that Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders used in the 2016 presidential election to appeal to voters similar to and different from each other?

Accepted Answer

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Exam 31: Inequality in the Global Age

In the election of 2000, __________.

The congressional district representing __________ was designated as the poorest among the 50 states in the two decades after 2000.

Most Republicans opposed environmental regulations because they believed these regulations __________.

What made the 2000 election different from all other U.S. presidential elections?

How did Barack Obama attempt to reach voters in the 2008 election?

Which of the following was central to Bernie Sanders's message to voters during the Democratic presidential primaries?

What was one vulnerability that critics pointed out in Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential election?

How did America's occupation of Iraq affect ordinary Iraqi citizens?

In President Bush's 2002 speech, the "axis of evil" included __________.

What was one trend that emerged from the No Child Left Behind Act?

What was the key feature associated with various presidential candidates of the 2016 presidential campaign?

Despite their conservative voting patterns, how did states in the Sun Belt defy the traditional Republican belief that climate change and global warming have no impact on the environment?

What role did Osama bin Laden play in the 9/11 attacks?

Obama's main rival for the 2008 Democratic nomination was __________.

Many political analysts and veteran diplomats opposed American involvement in Iraq because they __________.

Which of the following helped propel Donald Trump to political prominence prior to his 2015 announcement that he was running for president?

The stereotype of the "model minority" is most commonly applied to __________.

Not one Republican in Congress supported the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act because __________.

How was Donald Trump's economic policy most like the one implemented by Ronald Reagan?

How were the versions of populism that Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders used in the 2016 presidential election to appeal to voters similar to and different from each other?

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When Worlds Collide

Planting Colonies in North America

Slavery and Empire

The Cultures of Colonial North America

From Empire to Independence

The American Revolution

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An Empire for Liberty

The South and Slavery

The Growth of Democracy

Industry and the North

Immigration

The Territorial Expansion of the United States

The Coming Crisis

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Reconstruction

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Democracy and Empire

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The United States in the Era of the Great War

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