Multiple Choice Chapter 30 Self-Quiz 2

. Former Arkansas governor Bill Clinton won the presidential election of 1992 with the promise to

soak the rich.

bear any burden, pay any price, for freedom.

eliminate the national debt.

revive the fortunes of the middle class.

. The 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act required

employers to hire disabled workers at certain ratios.

colleges and universities to give scholarships to disabled people.

states to allow the blind to obtain drivers' licenses.

businesses and institutions make accommodations for the disabled.

. Anita Hill's charges of sexual harassment against Clarence Thomas referred to their mutual work

at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

at the National Restaurant Association.

in the governor's mansion in Arkansas.

at the United Nations in New York.

. The first leader of Russia after the end of the Soviet Union in December of 1991 was

Mikhail Gorbachev.

Boris Yeltsin.

Vladimir Putin.

Dmitry Medvedev.

. Which of the following events further eroded support for President George H.W. Bush in 1992?

Operation Desert Storm

the end of the Soviet Union

the savings and loans crisis

the burst of the internet bubble

. The economic growth of the 1990s was first and foremost the product of

the end of the Soviet Union.

a surge in worker productivity.

cheap oil from Iraq and Kuwait.

a reduction in the federal deficit.

. What is the NASDAQ?

a stock index consisting of high tech stocks

a trading floor in uptown Manhattan

the federal regulators of the stock market

a high tech company patenting telecommunications devices

. In 1999, the economy received a further boost from the

Clinton tax cuts for the middle-class.

welfare reforms of the Clinton administration.

the healthcare reform pushed through by the Clinton administration.

the repeal of parts of the Glass-Steagall Act.

. NAFTA was negotiated by

George W. Bush.

Bill Clinton.

Ronald Reagan.

George H. W. Bush.

. What was President Bill Clinton's position on globalization?

He feared its consequences for American labor unions.

He ardently supported it and expected it to increase wealth.

He worried that the U.S. would not gain in the trend.

He worried that poorer nations would grow poorer still.

. Who bombed the Federal Building in Oklahoma City in 1996?

Al Qaida

the Taliban

anti-government white supremacists

communist radicals

. Who gave Kenneth Starr the idea to investigate Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Leinsky?

the lawyers of Paula Jones

the first lady, Hillary Clinton

Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich

George W. Bush

. What took place at Srebrenica in the summer of 1995?

Serb forces massacred 4,000 Muslim men and boys.

Bill Clinton and Slobodan Milosevic negotiated a cease fire.

An American helicopter was shot down and the crew killed.

NATO forced Serbs to recognize the independent nation of Kosovo.

. The 2000 presidential election hinged on which state?

Ohio

Florida

Pennsylvania

Colorado

. What did the Florida election debacle of 2000 reveal?

the need for deregulating election laws at the state level

the dangers of voter fraud in swing states

the way in which Americans have transcended their history of discrimination at the voting booth

the shoddy practices and procedures of vote counting at the state level

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