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Multiple Choice Chapter 30 Self-Quiz 2
Schaller, 3e_MC 30.2
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Former Arkansas governor Bill Clinton won the presidential election of 1992 with the promise to
soak the rich.
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bear any burden, pay any price, for freedom.
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eliminate the national debt.
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revive the fortunes of the middle class.
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The 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act required
employers to hire disabled workers at certain ratios.
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colleges and universities to give scholarships to disabled people.
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states to allow the blind to obtain drivers' licenses.
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businesses and institutions make accommodations for the disabled.
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Anita Hill's charges of sexual harassment against Clarence Thomas referred to their mutual work
at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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at the National Restaurant Association.
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in the governor's mansion in Arkansas.
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at the United Nations in New York.
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The first leader of Russia after the end of the Soviet Union in December of 1991 was
Mikhail Gorbachev.
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Boris Yeltsin.
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Vladimir Putin.
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Dmitry Medvedev.
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Which of the following events further eroded support for President George H.W. Bush in 1992?
Operation Desert Storm
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the end of the Soviet Union
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the savings and loans crisis
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the burst of the internet bubble
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The economic growth of the 1990s was first and foremost the product of
the end of the Soviet Union.
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a surge in worker productivity.
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cheap oil from Iraq and Kuwait.
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a reduction in the federal deficit.
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What is the NASDAQ?
a stock index consisting of high tech stocks
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a trading floor in uptown Manhattan
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the federal regulators of the stock market
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a high tech company patenting telecommunications devices
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In 1999, the economy received a further boost from the
Clinton tax cuts for the middle-class.
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welfare reforms of the Clinton administration.
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the healthcare reform pushed through by the Clinton administration.
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the repeal of parts of the Glass-Steagall Act.
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NAFTA was negotiated by
George W. Bush.
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Bill Clinton.
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Ronald Reagan.
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George H. W. Bush.
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What was President Bill Clinton's position on globalization?
He feared its consequences for American labor unions.
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He ardently supported it and expected it to increase wealth.
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He worried that the U.S. would not gain in the trend.
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He worried that poorer nations would grow poorer still.
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Who bombed the Federal Building in Oklahoma City in 1996?
Al Qaida
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the Taliban
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anti-government white supremacists
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communist radicals
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Who gave Kenneth Starr the idea to investigate Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Leinsky?
the lawyers of Paula Jones
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the first lady, Hillary Clinton
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Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich
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George W. Bush
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What took place at Srebrenica in the summer of 1995?
Serb forces massacred 4,000 Muslim men and boys.
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Bill Clinton and Slobodan Milosevic negotiated a cease fire.
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An American helicopter was shot down and the crew killed.
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NATO forced Serbs to recognize the independent nation of Kosovo.
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The 2000 presidential election hinged on which state?
Ohio
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Florida
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Pennsylvania
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Colorado
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What did the Florida election debacle of 2000 reveal?
the need for deregulating election laws at the state level
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the dangers of voter fraud in swing states
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the way in which Americans have transcended their history of discrimination at the voting booth
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the shoddy practices and procedures of vote counting at the state level
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