Modern America III

Modern America III

The Lone Superpower

Multiple Choice

What symbol of the Cold War did the citizens of Germany destroy in 1989?

• Kremlin

• Berlin Wall

• Soviet Flag in Moscow

• CCCP Radio Station

Multiple Choice

What Middle East event triggered the Gulf War in 1990?

• the attacks on 9/11

• Saddam Hussein building weapons of mass destruction

• taking Americans hostage

• Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait

Multiple Choice

What trade agreement removed trade barriers between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico?

• Keystone Pipeline

• Y2K Agreement

• NAFTA

• Kyoto Protocols

Multiple Choice

What happened when the Republicans led by Newt Gingrich attempted to push through the Contract With American proposing a budget that the president vetoed?

• the government shut down temporally

• the veto was overturned by a 2/3s majority

• President Clinton lost reelection

• Democrats reclaimed control of Congress

Multiple Choice

What event happened in response to the federal government’s use of force at the religious compound in Waco, Texas two years before?

• the shootings a Columbine High School

• the bombing of Kosovo

• the impeachment of Bill Clinton

• the Oklahoma City Bombing

Multiple Select

Which presidents have been impeached?

• Andrew Johnson

• Richard Nixon

• Bill Clinton

• Donald Trump

• Lyndon Johnson

Multiple Choice

Why was Bill Clinton impeached?

• lying under oath

• filling false tax reports

• an affair with an unmarried girl

• embezzling money from the treasury

Multiple Choice

What terrorist organization bombed American embassies in Africa and bombed the U.S.S. Cole?

• Hezbollah

• Hamas

• ISIS

• al Qaeda