New Millenium Review

How was the 2000 Presidential election decided?

• Gore won by a landslide
• Bush won after the Supreme Court ruled against the recount in Florida
• Gore was able to get the Florida Supreme Court to rule in his favor
• Bush won in a landslide

What did President Bush do to revitalize the economy?

• Nothing
• He raised taxes, and had the Federal Reserve Board raise interest rates
• cut taxes, and had the Federal Reserve Board drop interest rates
• He encouraged the government to buy stock in technologies

How many flights were hijacked on September 11, 2001?

• 4
• 2
• 8
• 0

Who claimed responsibility for the attacks on 9/11?

• Nobody
• George W. Bush
• Saddam Hussein and Iraq
• Osama Bin Laden and Al-Queda

How did President George W. Bush respond to the attacks on 9/11?

• He wrote a sternly worded letter
• He vowed a War On Terror that included the formation of the TSA, Department of Homeland Security, and the USA Patriot Act of 2001
• He did nothing
• He declared war on Syria

Why did the United States invade Iraq in 2003?

• They were after oil
• George W. Bush had a personal vendetta against Saddam Hussein
• They believed Saddam Hussein was hiding Weapons of Mass Destruction
• The United States wanted to bully Iraq to show them they were in charge

When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, what was the problem that caused the majority of the damage?

• rising water breached the levees that protected the city
• an earlier storm had flooded New Orleans
• the storm occurred during high tide
• people did not see the hurricane coming

How did President Bush attempt to prevent banks from failing in 2008?

• the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act
• He left the problem for the next President
• He pressured banks to loan out more money
• He asked for a loan from China

In 2008 Barack Obama won the Presidency against?

• Donald Trump
• Ross Perot
• John McCain
• Sarah Palin

Why was the election of Barack Obama historic?

• He won despite losing the popular vote
• He was the first African American to be elected President of the U.S.
• It wasn’t historic at all
• his opponent conceded early in his campaign