The American Yawp Chapter 30

1. George H. W. Bush defeated Michael Dukakis by doing all of the following EXCEPT

a. Promising to continue the conservative work of the Reagan administration

b. Using his son to solidify his relationship with the religious right

c. Appealing to racial resentment among white voters

d. Updating New Deal programs for a new era

d. Updating New Deal programs for a new era

Which of the following best describes global economic trends in the early 1990s?

a. Liberalized economic laws and rising international investment

b. A final resurgence of global communism

c. Spiraling trade wars

d. Massive economic growth inspired by government investment and war

a. Liberalized economic laws and rising international investment

Which of the following instigated the First Gulf War, also known as Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm?

a. This was not a war as Congress never authorized military action

b. Iraq's invasion of Kuwait

c. Soaring gas prices

d. All of the above

b. Iraq's invasion of Kuwait

4. The wave of politicians, called New Democrats, advocated all of the following EXCEPT

a. Free trade

b. Tax cuts

c. Welfare reform

d. The end of mass incarceration

d. The end of mass incarceration

5. Which of the following took place in the 1990s, representing a new trend in immigration?

a. Increased immigration to the American South

b. Declining immigration from Latin America

c. The decline of anti-immigrant sentiment

d. All of the above

a. Increased immigration to the American South

6. Why did President Clinton fail to secure universal healthcare?

a. Resistance from conservatives

b. Attack ads funded by the healthcare industry

c. Hesitancy among Democrats in congress

d. All of the above

d. All of the above

All of the following occurred during the Clinton administration EXCEPT

a. Allowing openly gay men and women to serve in the military

b. Restricting access to welfare benefits

c. Significant economic growth

d. Passage of NAFTA

Allowing openly gay men and women to serve in the military

The 2000 presidential election was decided when

a. The Florida recount concluded that George W. Bush had received 863 more votes

b. The Supreme Court ruled that the automatic recount had to cease immediately

c. Al Gore conceded privately to George W. Bush

d. A recalculation of electoral college votes from Pennsylvania tipped the scale

b. The Supreme Court ruled that the automatic recount had to cease immediately

9. Which of the following best describes the so-called Bush Doctrine?

a. Cutting taxes will increase government revenue

b. The United States should act unilaterally and preemptively to fight terrorism

c. Contact between the executive and legislative branches should occur via the Vice President's office

d. Financial services firms deemed "too big to fail" should be rescued with federal funds

The United States should act unilaterally and preemptively to fight terrorism

10. What was the primary rationale used to justify the Iraq War?

a. The expansion of democracy and alleviation of human rights abuses

b. The defeat of al-Qaeda cells

c. Saddam Hussein's alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction

d. Reduction of global gas prices

c. Saddam Hussein's alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction

11. According to economists at JPMorgan Chase, was the greatest factor in the unprecedented profit margins of the early 2000s?

a. Improved communication systems

b. The exploding cost of medical care

c. Reductions in wages and benefits

d. A more educated workforce

c. Reductions in wages and benefits

12. The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) mimicked policy proposals but all of the following politicians EXCEPT

a. Bill Clinton

b. Newt Gingrich

c. Mitt Romney

d. Richard Nixon

a. Bill Clinton

13. Which of the following best describes the ruling of Citizens United v. FEC?

a. No limits could be placed on political spending by corporations, unions, and nonprofits

b. Judicial oversight does not have authority over partisan gerrymandering

c. Federal officials must verify the citizenship status of all individuals counted in the decennial census

d. The torture that occurred at Guantanamo Bay violated both the U. S. Constitution and international human rights law

a. No limits could be placed on political spending by corporations, unions, and nonprofits

All of the following distinguish millennials from earlier generations EXCEPT

a. More liberal

b. Less likely to have traveled

c. Less religious

d. More burdened by debt

b. Less likely to have traveled

15. In 2012, nearly _______ of all Americans were immigrants or the sons or daughters of immigrants.

a. one half

b. one fourth

c. one fifth

d. one eighth

b. one fourth