Final Exam - Contemporary Studies Review

This was Barack Obama's Signature Legislation

• The Affordable Care Act
• The Brady Bill
• The Americans with Disabilities Act
• The War with Iraq Act

The US experienced a recession in 2007 partly caused by

• subprime mortgage loans
• the dot com bubble
• the great depression
• taxes

In 2008, this man became the first African American president.

• Barack Obama
• George W. Bush
• John Cena
• LeBron James

When the banking industry was failing, congress approved a

• bailout
• failout
• pardon
• slam

This act allowed the US government to spy on American citizens that were suspected terrorists

• the PATRIOT act
• The 9/11 Act
• The American Wiretapping Act
• The Overlord Act

In 2003, the United States went to war with

• Iraq
• Iran
• One of those Koreas
• Qatar

On 9/11/2001…

• Terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center
• The Oklahoma City Bomber
• The Iraq War
• D-Day

Before the year 2000, people thought that this would disrupt computer systems around the world

• the Y2K bug
• Nuclear War
• Terrorism
• Vaccines

Clinton was __________ for perjury

• impeached
• convicted
• removed from office
• indicted

Under Clinton, the United States joined

• The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
• The United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA)
• The United States Mexico Canada Accords (USMCA)
• The North-South America Agreement (NSAA)