Multiple Choice Chapter 31 Self-Quiz 2

. Who was the director of the CIA at the time of the September 11 attacks?

Donald Rumsfeld

Edgar Hoover

Leon Panetta

George Tenet

. How did Congress vote on George W. Bush's request for permission to attack Iraq to compel its disarmament?

Both houses approved on narrow partisan margins.

The Senate rejected the request, but the House approved with an overwhelming majority.

Both houses gave the president permission with two-third majorities.

Both houses rejected the permission, only to grant it after all in March 2003.

. The US takeover in Iraq resulted in

an immediate turn to democracy and stability.

the slow growth of democratic institutions.

chaos and civil war.

the rule of a new cadre of strongmen supported by the US.

. Who was George W. Bush's model for his presidency?

George H. W. Bush

Ronald Reagan

George Washington

Abraham Lincoln

. Who was Democratic candidate for the presidency in the 2004 election?

Hillary Clinton

Al Gore

John Kerry

Ted Kennedy

. Which of the following statements best summarizes the political fallout of the Schiavo case in 2005?

The drama tarnished liberal Democrats.

The long struggle over Schiavo's death tarnished conservative activists.

Most Americans welcomed the intervention of politicians in the case.

The silence of George W. Bush on the issue appalled most Americans.

. In educational reform, conservatives during the Bush administration favored

charter schools.

busing.

expanding public education.

the abolition of the Department of Education.

. How many people died in Hurricane Katrina in 2005?

almost 200

over 1,800

approximately 5,000

roughly 10,000

. At the end of the Clinton years, the American economy featured a historically low unemployment rate of

6 percent.

1 percent.

7.5 percent.

3.5 percent.

. What was Thomas Friedman's book The World is Flat about?

The struggle of evangelicals against science.

The decline of the airline industry.

The promises of globalization.

The end of the Cold War.

. The collapse of which of the following banks triggered the mortgage crisis and economic recession of 2008?

Lehman Brothers

Bear Stearns

Fannie Mae

Bank of America

. Which of the following is true about Barack Obama?

He never held elected office before running for president.

He was the son of a black Kenyan father and a white mother from Kansas.

He had to prove his birth in Hawaii to retain his citizenship.

When he began campaigning for the Democratic nomination for president, he immediately won strong support

from African Americans.

. The Fiscal Cliff refers to

the growing budget deficits of the early 2000s.

a potential default on federal debt.

an increasing imbalance in trade.

tax hikes on lower and middle class Americans.

. How did President Barack Obama change course in the war in Afghanistan in 2010?

He reduced troop deployments there.

He allowed general elections.

He replaced the provisional administrative authority there.

He increased troop numbers there by 30,000.

. Which of the following pieces of legislation did NOT come to pass during Barack Obama's presidency?

financial regulatory reform

health care reform

the abolition of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

legislation on climate change

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