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Hist 14 Test
Hist 14 Test
The new US defense policy that was announced in 2002 expressed that the US would take all
necessary measures to combat terrorist in the Middle East and if someone didn’t agree with that,
then they too were an enemy of the US. The US implemented the idea of preventive war by
eliminating the existing regimes. The factor that contributed to this most was the attacks of 9/11.
After that, America felt it necessary to respond to terrorism in the most active way possible.
2) Multiple Choice
In 1989, communist regimes toppled in each of the
following countries EXCEPT
D. North Korea.
The only significant piece of social legislation to be
enacted in the first Bush administration was the
Americans with
D.
Disabilities Act.
After the breakup of the Soviet Union, the new leader of Russia was
B. Boris Yeltsin.
Which of the following was NOT a result of the
Persian Gulf War?
the imprisonment of
B.
Saddam Hussein
Which of the following states in NOT in the Sun
Belt?
E. Kentucky
What important shift occurred in American society during the
1980s?
A. The birth rate increased dramatically.
________ was the fastest growing ethnic group at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
D. Hispanic Americans
The 1990 economic recession was unique in that
C. many white-collar workers lost their jobs.
A presidential hopeful who predicted a "giant sucking sound" as
American jobs went south to Mexico under NAFTA was
C. H. Ross Perot.
President Clinton's greatest achievement in domestic affairs was
approval of the North American Free Trade
B.
Agreement.
Which of the following was NOT a scandal of the Clinton years?
C. Iran-Contra
Bill Clinton was impeached for
A. perjury and obstruction of justice.
The outcome of the 2000 presidential election hung on legal battles over the vote count in
C. Florida.
Osama bin Laden is most closely associated with
C. al Qaeda.
In 2002, President Bush called Iraq, Iran, and North Korea
B. the axis of evil.
Issues facing the nation in the early twenty-first century include
E. all of the above.