Question 1

The "neoconservative" position on the War in Iraq was

Accepted Answer

A)  To do more research to be certain the country was developing nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. 
B)  That compromise conveyed weakness; it's better to defeat than negotiate with U.S. enemies. 
C)  Concern about the high price-tag of the war. 
D)  That working with the United Nations was the best option in dealing with Iraq. 
E)  That military intervention should be avoided at all costs. 
A)  To do more research to be certain the country was developing nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. 
B)  That compromise conveyed weakness; it's better to defeat than negotiate with U.S. enemies. 
C)  Concern about the high price-tag of the war. 
D)  That working with the United Nations was the best option in dealing with Iraq. 
E)  That military intervention should be avoided at all costs.

Question 2

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Globalization

Accepted Answer

Globalization refers to the process by w

Question 3

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
September 11, 2001

Accepted Answer

September 11, 2001, also known as 9/11,

Question 4

Which controversial issue galvanized the country in 2004 and became an important issue in key states in the 2004 presidential election?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gays in the military 
B)  Embryonic stem-cell research 
C)  Same-sex marriage 
D)  Prayer in public schools 
E)  Equal rights for women 
A)  Gays in the military 
B)  Embryonic stem-cell research 
C)  Same-sex marriage 
D)  Prayer in public schools 
E)  Equal rights for women

Question 5

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Sarah Palin

Accepted Answer

Sarah Palin is an American politician, c

Question 6

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
John Roberts, Samuel Alito

Accepted Answer

John Roberts and Samuel Alito are both j

Question 7

Which of the following does not summarize the significance of Barack Obama's election as president in 2008?

Accepted Answer

A)  He won a resounding victory, with 53 percent of the popular vote and a solid electoral-college majority. 
B)  He was America's first African American president. 
C)  He was elected with majorities in both houses of Congress. 
D)  His campaign focused on the future and ignored the mistakes of the previous administration. 
E)  He had wide support from voters who were under age twenty-four. 
A)  He won a resounding victory, with 53 percent of the popular vote and a solid electoral-college majority. 
B)  He was America's first African American president. 
C)  He was elected with majorities in both houses of Congress. 
D)  His campaign focused on the future and ignored the mistakes of the previous administration. 
E)  He had wide support from voters who were under age twenty-four.

Question 8

How did Barack Obama address the economic recession that began in 2008 and led to massive unemployment?

Accepted Answer

A)  He signed a $787 billion economic stimulus package that included funds for infrastructure projects. 
B)  He pushed banks to foreclose on faulty mortgages and refine their lending practices. 
C)  He urged Wall Street to offer higher compensation packages to executives who make wise investments that could aid the nation's economy. 
D)  He rejected a bailout for the ailing auto industry and instead urged car companies to shore up their business plans. 
E)  He vetoed the Dodd-Frank law. 
A)  He signed a $787 billion economic stimulus package that included funds for infrastructure projects. 
B)  He pushed banks to foreclose on faulty mortgages and refine their lending practices. 
C)  He urged Wall Street to offer higher compensation packages to executives who make wise investments that could aid the nation's economy. 
D)  He rejected a bailout for the ailing auto industry and instead urged car companies to shore up their business plans. 
E)  He vetoed the Dodd-Frank law.

Question 9

What domestic challenges confronted the nation in Bush's second term and beyond?

Accepted Answer

During Bush's second term and beyond, th

Question 10

What were the main provisions of the "No Child Left Behind" education program?

Accepted Answer

A)  It provided for the National Education Association to develop standardized learning outcomes for each subject in each grade. 
B)  It appropriated money to give bonuses to teachers and schools when their students reached certain performance goals. 
C)  It offered students in lower-performing schools to transfer to private schools at the public's expense. 
D)  It called for standardized national tests and penalties for schools that fell short of specific goals. 
E)  It ended national testing standards and encouraged states to establish their own. 
A)  It provided for the National Education Association to develop standardized learning outcomes for each subject in each grade. 
B)  It appropriated money to give bonuses to teachers and schools when their students reached certain performance goals. 
C)  It offered students in lower-performing schools to transfer to private schools at the public's expense. 
D)  It called for standardized national tests and penalties for schools that fell short of specific goals. 
E)  It ended national testing standards and encouraged states to establish their own.

Question 11

To encourage economic growth President George H. W. Bush proposed

Accepted Answer

A)  Increasing defense spending by 25 percent. 
B)  Cutting taxes by $1.6 trillion dollars over ten years. 
C)  Reducing spending on Medicare. 
D)  Raising tariffs to would make American companies more competitive. 
E)  Capping increases in defense spending at 3 percent per year and on domestic programs at 4 percent per year. 
A)  Increasing defense spending by 25 percent. 
B)  Cutting taxes by $1.6 trillion dollars over ten years. 
C)  Reducing spending on Medicare. 
D)  Raising tariffs to would make American companies more competitive. 
E)  Capping increases in defense spending at 3 percent per year and on domestic programs at 4 percent per year.

Question 12

Discuss the situation of the United States in the international economy at during the first decade of the 21st century. Why did the nation experience a widening balance of trade deficit, and what was the role of China in that economic equation?

Accepted Answer

During the first decade of the 21st cent

Question 13

President George W. Bush tried to reform Medicare by

Accepted Answer

A)  Reducing coverage for Americans making over $100,000 annually. 
B)  Adding a prescription-drug benefit. 
C)  Increasing the payouts to participating doctors. 
D)  Turning over management of Medicare to a National Health Board. 
E)  Ordering the initial age of eligibility for Medicare be increased to 67. 
A)  Reducing coverage for Americans making over $100,000 annually. 
B)  Adding a prescription-drug benefit. 
C)  Increasing the payouts to participating doctors. 
D)  Turning over management of Medicare to a National Health Board. 
E)  Ordering the initial age of eligibility for Medicare be increased to 67.

Question 14

What roles did Condoleezza Rice serve in the administration of George W. Bush?

Accepted Answer

A)  Secretary of Defense and Vice President 
B)  Secretary of the Treasury and Special Advisor to the President 
C)  National security advisor and Secretary of State 
D)  Secretary of the Army and Secretary of Defense 
E)  Attorney general and White House Counsel 
A)  Secretary of Defense and Vice President 
B)  Secretary of the Treasury and Special Advisor to the President 
C)  National security advisor and Secretary of State 
D)  Secretary of the Army and Secretary of Defense 
E)  Attorney general and White House Counsel

Question 15

Which of the following was part of President George W. Bush's solution for ending America's dependence on imported oil?

Accepted Answer

A)  New electric power plants 
B)  Expanded coal production 
C)  More nuclear power plants 
D)  All of these choices 
E)  None of these choices 
A)  New electric power plants 
B)  Expanded coal production 
C)  More nuclear power plants 
D)  All of these choices 
E)  None of these choices

Question 16

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Trade deficit

Accepted Answer

A trade deficit occurs when a country's

Question 17

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Sunnis vs. Shi'ites

Accepted Answer

Sunnis and Shi'ites are the two main bra

Question 18

Congress created the Department of Homeland Security in order to

Accepted Answer

A)  Have a single cabinet-level department that would supervise both the FBI and CIA. 
B)  Strengthen the coordination between various agencies and absorb the Federal Emergency Management Agency. 
C)  Give itself more oversight over national security programs. 
D)  Show Americans that Congress had relevance in the fight against terrorism. 
E)  Prove that the federal government was serious about handling natural disasters. 
A)  Have a single cabinet-level department that would supervise both the FBI and CIA. 
B)  Strengthen the coordination between various agencies and absorb the Federal Emergency Management Agency. 
C)  Give itself more oversight over national security programs. 
D)  Show Americans that Congress had relevance in the fight against terrorism. 
E)  Prove that the federal government was serious about handling natural disasters.

Question 19

What demographic and economic trends have most shaped contemporary America?

Accepted Answer

Several demographic and economic trends

Question 20

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Barack Obama

Accepted Answer

Barack Obama is an American politician a

The "neoconservative" position on the War in Iraq was

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Globalization

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. September 11, 2001

Which controversial issue galvanized the country in 2004 and became an important issue in key states in the 2004 presidential election?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Sarah Palin

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. John Roberts, Samuel Alito

Which of the following does not summarize the significance of Barack Obama's election as president in 2008?

How did Barack Obama address the economic recession that began in 2008 and led to massive unemployment?

What domestic challenges confronted the nation in Bush's second term and beyond?

What were the main provisions of the "No Child Left Behind" education program?

To encourage economic growth President George H. W. Bush proposed

Discuss the situation of the United States in the international economy at during the first decade of the 21^st century. Why did the nation experience a widening balance of trade deficit, and what was the role of China in that economic equation?

President George W. Bush tried to reform Medicare by

What roles did Condoleezza Rice serve in the administration of George W. Bush?

Which of the following was part of President George W. Bush's solution for ending America's dependence on imported oil?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Trade deficit

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Sunnis vs. Shi'ites

Congress created the Department of Homeland Security in order to

What demographic and economic trends have most shaped contemporary America?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Barack Obama

Reconstruction and Resistance

The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West

The Rise of Industrial America

Immigration, Urbanization, and Everyday Life

Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age

The Progressive Era

Global Involvements and World War I

Coping With Change

The Great Depression and the New Deal

Americans and a World in Crisis

The Cold War Abroad and at Home

America at Midcentury

Liberalism, Civil Rights, and War in Vietnam

A Time of Upheaval

A Conservative Revival and the End of the Cold War

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Exam 31: A Changing Nation: Homefront Crises and New Global Realities

The "neoconservative" position on the War in Iraq was

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Globalization

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. September 11, 2001

Which controversial issue galvanized the country in 2004 and became an important issue in key states in the 2004 presidential election?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Sarah Palin

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. John Roberts, Samuel Alito

Which of the following does not summarize the significance of Barack Obama's election as president in 2008?

How did Barack Obama address the economic recession that began in 2008 and led to massive unemployment?

What domestic challenges confronted the nation in Bush's second term and beyond?

What were the main provisions of the "No Child Left Behind" education program?

To encourage economic growth President George H. W. Bush proposed

Discuss the situation of the United States in the international economy at during the first decade of the 21st century. Why did the nation experience a widening balance of trade deficit, and what was the role of China in that economic equation?

President George W. Bush tried to reform Medicare by

What roles did Condoleezza Rice serve in the administration of George W. Bush?

Which of the following was part of President George W. Bush's solution for ending America's dependence on imported oil?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Trade deficit

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Sunnis vs. Shi'ites

Congress created the Department of Homeland Security in order to

What demographic and economic trends have most shaped contemporary America?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Barack Obama

Reconstruction and Resistance

The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West

The Rise of Industrial America

Immigration, Urbanization, and Everyday Life

Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age

The Progressive Era

Global Involvements and World War I

Coping With Change

The Great Depression and the New Deal

Americans and a World in Crisis

The Cold War Abroad and at Home

America at Midcentury

Liberalism, Civil Rights, and War in Vietnam

A Time of Upheaval

A Conservative Revival and the End of the Cold War

Filters

Discuss the situation of the United States in the international economy at during the first decade of the 21^st century. Why did the nation experience a widening balance of trade deficit, and what was the role of China in that economic equation?