Question 1

After the 2001 recession, the Federal Reserve Board attempted to stimulate the economy by

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A)  Raising taxes to encourage more Americans to save money. 
B)  Lowering the value of the U.S. dollar compared to foreign currencies. 
C)  Cutting interest rates to encourage more investments. 
D)  Encouraging lower tariffs to stimulate more trade. 
E)  Lobbying Congress to increase spending while reducing taxes.

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. 
Jack Murtha

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Question 3

What made the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission so controversial?

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A)  It capped the amount of money any entity or individual could contribute to election campaigns. 
B)  It allowed corporations and other groups to spend unlimited funds to influence elections. 
C)  It required candidates to indicate that they support political advertising on television done on their behalf. 
D)  It strengthened the McCain-Feingold campaign-finance law. 
E)  None of these choices

Question 4

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. 
Hamas

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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. 
Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda

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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. 
Hurricane Katrina

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Question 7

What is the significance of Abu Ghraib?

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A)  It was the first U.S. victory in the war in Iraq. 
B)  It revealed a pattern of abuse against prisoners of war, approved by the Bush administration. 
C)  It was the location of Osama bin Laden's secret hideout in Afghanistan. 
D)  It was the location where American prisoners of war were kept in Iraq. 
E)  It was the prison where Senator John McCain was tortured during the Vietnam war.

Question 8

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. 
Abu Ghraib Prison

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Question 9

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. 
Dick Cheney

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Question 10

The domestic antiterrorism campaign of the administration of George W. Bush amounted to

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A)  A significant expansion of the federal government's power in relation to civil liberties. 
B)  A form of "new federalism," in which more responsibilities were turned over to the states. 
C)  An excuse to deny minorities their human rights. 
D)  A failure. 
E)  A sure-fire route to reelection for Dick Cheney.

Question 11

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. 
North Korea

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Question 12

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. 
Department of Homeland Security

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Question 13

Which of the following was an action taken by the George W. Bush administration?

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A)  It refused to implement proposed EPA measures to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. 
B)  It rejected calls for stricter emissions standards. 
C)  It repudiated the Kyoto protocol. 
D)  All of these choices 
E)  None of these choices

Question 14

What was the Tea Party?

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A)  It was a movement that sought to privatize Medicare and Social Security. 
B)  It was a movement opposed to taxes, big government, and many of Obama's initiatives. 
C)  It was a group led by Donald Trump. 
D)  It was a political organization advocating the end of outsourcing and the guarantee of jobs for Americans. 
E)  None of these choices

Question 15

Who was the leader of al Qaeda until he was killed in 2011?

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A)  Ayman Al-Zawahiri 
B)  Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah 
C)  Osama bin Laden 
D)  Fazul Abdullah Mohammed 
E)  Mohammed Ali Hamadei

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. 
Federal Reserve Board

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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. 
Yucca Mountain storage site

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Question 18

Evaluate American foreign policy in the 21^st century aside from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. What were the other important foreign policy issues? How did the Bush administration attempt to address them? Was the administration effective? Explain.

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Question 19

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. 
George W. Bush

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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. 
MoveOn.org

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

After the 2001 recession, the Federal Reserve Board attempted to stimulate the economy by

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. Jack Murtha

What made the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission so controversial?

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. Hamas

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. Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda

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. Hurricane Katrina

What is the significance of Abu Ghraib?

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. Abu Ghraib Prison

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. Dick Cheney

The domestic antiterrorism campaign of the administration of George W. Bush amounted to

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. North Korea

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. Department of Homeland Security

Which of the following was an action taken by the George W. Bush administration?

What was the Tea Party?

Who was the leader of al Qaeda until he was killed in 2011?

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. Federal Reserve Board

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. Yucca Mountain storage site

Evaluate American foreign policy in the 21st century aside from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. What were the other important foreign policy issues? How did the Bush administration attempt to address them? Was the administration effective? Explain.

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. George W. Bush

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. MoveOn.org

Evaluate American foreign policy in the 21^st century aside from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. What were the other important foreign policy issues? How did the Bush administration attempt to address them? Was the administration effective? Explain.