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Which of the following is true about the political affiliation of most Latino immigrants?

Most voted Democratic.

In foreign policy, Reagan

initiated the largest military buildup in American history.

Which of the following statements is true about Senator Bernie Sanders?

He restored the word "socialism" to the political vocabulary.

What statement best describes ISIS?

It was a self-proclaimed Islamic State that conducted campaigns of exceptional brutality.

By the end of 1991, Soviet attempts at economic reform had

turned into chaos

How did Mikhail Gorbachev react when pro-democracy movements started across eastern Europe?

He made it clear that the Soviet Union would not intervene.

In 1975, the Vietnam War ended

with the Paris peace agreement.

What is true of working women in the early twenty-first century?

A large percentage of women worked in fields such as retail sales and caring for children and the elderly.

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

finally decided by the Supreme Court

As a result of Watergate, what happened to Richard Nixon?

He resigned as president

Who did public opinion mostly blame for the government shutdown in 1995?

the Republicans

What did the decision of Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission do?

allowed corporations to make political contributions

The Rehabilitation Act of 1973

prohibited discrimination on the basis of disability in any program or agency related to the federal government.

On what grounds did Khizr Khan, a Pakistani immigrant whose son died in the Iraq War, confront Trump?

Trump disrespected minorities.

What was characteristic economically of the last two decades of the twentieth century?

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

In which election year did a presidential candidate first claim he or she would "make America great again"?

1980

What was a result of the burst of the "dot com" bubble?

Stock market prices declined for three straight years.

President Carter's foreign policy emphasized

human rights as a diplomatic priority

By the year 2000, the AIDS epidemic

was spreading less rapidly among gay Americans.

In addition to deregulation, what contributed to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010?

globalization

Opponents of the Equal Rights Amendment, such as Phyllis Schlafly, argued that the passage of the ERA would

take away a woman's right to be a housewife.

The Mexican American group Los Tigres del Norte wrote the song "La Jaula de oro," in which they mention being trapped within a cage of gold. What is the cage of gold a metaphor for?

their situation in the United States where they are unable to visit their home country

President Carter's foreign policy emphasized

human rights as a diplomatic priority.

The borderlands of the Southwest

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

In his eulogy for the shooting victims at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, to what larger trend did Barack Obama connect the tragic events?

a long history of violence aimed at churches as a means of oppression

The Camp David Accords brokered a peace between what two countries?

Egypt and Israel

What resulted from the Pentagon Papers' release?

The Supreme Court reached a landmark freedom-of-the-press decision.

What did the Great Recession reveal?

the lack of a social safety net in America compared to Europe

"Dot coms"

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

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

Voters were fed up with both the president and Congress because of the partisanship and legislative gridlock in Washington.

What did the Supreme Court rulings in San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez and Milliken v. Bradley suggest?

The Court was willing to abandon the idea of overturning local control of schools.

Which statement is true of President Bush's second term in office?

The percentage of Americans living in poverty had increased

Which of the following groups was mostly at a disadvantage because of state laws disfranchising persons with felony convictions?

black men

During his first year in office, President Obama

barred the use of torture.

In the 2015 Supreme Court ruling Obergefell v. Hodges, gay Americans gained the right to

marry.

What statement is true of the years between 1970 and 2010?

More than twice as many Africans immigrated to the United States as had entered during the entire period of the Atlantic slave trade.

Which of the following formed part of the conservative agenda?

a strong critique of the welfare state

What are "subprime" mortgages?

risky loans made to home buyers who could not meet their monthly payments

What twenty-first-century development did both Obama and Trump use effectively in their presidential campaigns?

the Internet and social media

How did trickle-down economics claim to increase government tax revenues?

by curbing inflation and lowering tax rates

In 2008, what bank did the Bush administration allow to fail?

Lehman Brothers

How were the two candidates on the Republican Party ticket in 2012 different from those who ran in years past?

Neither was a traditional Protestant.

In which election year did a presidential candidate first claim he or she would "make America great again"?

1980

In the early 2010s, many workers at corporations including McDonald's and Walmart

were assigned to "flexible" schedules that did not allow planning for child care and other obligations

The pro-immigration demonstrations of 2006

drew hundreds of thousands of protesters

By the year 2000, the AIDS epidemic

was spreading less rapidly among gay Americans

What did President Obama do in his second term that involved dealing with a historic enemy of the United States?

He moved to establish diplomatic relations with Cuba.

Because of the 1965 changes in immigration laws, what happened to the immigrant population in the United States by 2000?

It increasingly came from Asia and Latin America

Unlike any previous president, Reagan held what job before his time in office?

union leader

What was March for Our Lives?

a protest organized by high school students to demand gun control

In which election year did a presidential candidate first claim he or she would "make America great again"?

1980

Which of the following statements about health-care reform during Clinton's first term is true?

It was championed by First Lady Hillary Clinton but failed due to staunch opposition.

The outcome of the 2000 presidential election was ultimately determined by the voting results in which one of the following states?

Florida

During the 1970s, conservatives

insisted on more local control and resisted the power of the federal government.

What did Nevada politician Richard E. Blakemore view as the cause of the Sagebrush Rebellion?

conflict between environmental protection and demand for energy

In 2020, how many nations had American troops deployed within their borders?

150

Why did African Americans suffer most severely from the recession?

Blacks tended to own few if any stocks, so they did not benefit when the stock market recovered many of its recession losses.

How did the Internet radically change the global flow of information?

It allowed for the worldwide circulation of ideas from anyone with access to a computer.

Which of the following statements describes the Black Lives Matter movement?

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

What did the busing issue illustrate about America in the 1970s?

the existence of white hostility toward a strong and powerful government who they believed was taking away their "rights" and "freedoms"

How did Phyllis Schlafly and her supporters invoke the principle of freedom in the battle over the ERA?

They argued it was the "free enterprise system" that truly liberated American women, because home appliances freed them from time-consuming labor.

Operation Enduring Freedom was launched in October 2001

against Afghanistan, because the nation was harboring Osama bin Laden.

What did Nelson Mandela do as the president of South Africa?

He ended state-sponsored racial inequality.

After Nixon's 1972 visit to China

the Beijing government took China's place at the UN.

What was one area where multiculturalism had a strong influence, bringing about dramatic change in the 1990s?

higher education

What allowed Donald Trump to be chosen as the Republican presidential candidate?

Other candidates within the party believed he had no chance at winning the nomination.

Which of the following assessments of the Carter administration in 1980 is accurate?

Carter's approval ratings in 1980 had fallen lower than Nixon's at the time of his resignation.

In the early 2010s, many workers at corporations including McDonald's and Walmart

were assigned to "flexible" schedules that did not allow planning for child care and other obligations.

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

their casinos

On which of the following issues did Trump focus during the midterm 2018 campaign?

immigrants and crime

How did federal courts react to Trump's ban on travel to the United States from Muslim-majority countries?

They declared it unconstitutional because it violated religious freedom.

President Bill Clinton

abolished the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program.

What were the results of the U.S. invasion of neutral Cambodia in 1970?

The invasion destabilized the nation and ushered in a murderous regime.

The third-party candidate Ross Perot

showed there was great dissatisfaction with the major parties.

Why did the gay and lesbian movement become a major concern for members of the political right after the late 1960s?

Thousands of new civil rights movements encouraged gays and lesbians to "come out."

Between 1990 and 2008, how did companies contribute to U.S. job growth?

Companies took manufacturing to other countries where labor was cheaper, causing the loss of American jobs.

How did some Americans view the public health measures taken to deal with the Covid-19 virus?

as an infringement on individual liberty

The effect of the lowering in value of the U.S. dollar during Richard Nixon's first term was

negative, because the world economy became unstable.

How did the Covid-19 pandemic affect minority communities in the United States?

Minorities were disproportionately impacted because of poverty and inconsistent access to health care.

Nixon's Family Assistance Plan

provided assistance to poor families who met the stipulated criteria.

Casey v. Planned Parenthood of Pennsylvania

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

Which statement is true of President Bush's second term in office?

The percentage of Americans living in poverty had increased.

In the early 2010s, many workers at corporations including McDonald's and Walmart

were assigned to "flexible" schedules that did not allow planning for child care and other obligations.

Which of the following groups voted overwhelmingly for Trump?

residents of rural areas and small towns

How did Obama use "human rights" as a political weapon?

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.

The Reagan Revolution

included cuts to government programs.

President Carter's foreign policy emphasized

human rights as a diplomatic priority.

Nixon's Family Assistance Plan

provided assistance to poor families who met the stipulated criteria.

The effect of the lowering in value of the U.S. dollar during Richard Nixon's first term was

negative, because the world economy became unstable.

Democrats nominated Senator George McGovern for president in 1972. McGovern only won in Massachusetts. What did the results of the elections suggest?

that certain sectors of society no longer swore loyalty to the Democratic Party

What was the "Freedom Revolution"?

the Republican victory in the 1994 congressional elections

In which election year did a presidential candidate first claim he or she would "make America great again"?

1980

At the end of the twentieth century, the Christian Coalition

was a major force in Republican Party politics.

What made Bush's 2002 "National Security Strategy" fundamentally different from previous American policy?

It advocated the use of preemptive war.

During the 1970s, the Sexual Revolution

started to form part of the social mainstream.

How were the two candidates on the Republican Party ticket in 2012 different from those who ran in years past

Neither was a traditional Protestant.

What was the first post-Cold War international crisis?

the Gulf War

Which statement is true of President Bush's second term in office?

The percentage of Americans living in poverty had increased.

Operation Desert Storm

forced the Iraqi army out of Kuwait.

What does the term "pay gap" refer to?

pay rates between men and women