The Republican presidential candidate in the 2000 election was

• Al Gore

• Barack Obama

• Joe Biden

• George W. Bush

George W. Bush won the 2000 presidential election against Al Gore because the U.S. Supreme Court refused Al Gore's appeal for recounting of votes in Florida.

• True

• False

What was the No Child Left Behind law?

• a law that gave every student the right to free school meals

• a law that ensured all students had rights

• a law that required all states to test all students in English and math each year from the third grade to the eighth grade

What event occurred on September 11, 2001?

• U.S. presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore

• a terrorist attack in which a group of Islamic extremists hijacked 4 planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon

• The beginning of the war on Afghanistan

• The Great Society was created

President Bush feared that Iraqi dictator ________________ might provide biological, chemical, or even nuclear weapons to Islamic terrorists like Osama bin Laden.

• Saddam Hussein

• Al-Qaeda

• the Taliban

• Isis

The attacks on Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, and Saddam Hussein took place in

• Asia

• Europe

• The Middle East

• Latin America

Following the attacks on 9/11, President George W. Bush declared a Global War on

• Free speech

• Islamic people

• Religion

• Terror

The hurricane that hit New Orleans in 2005 and led to the evacuation and flooding of 80% of New Orleans and other parts of the Gulf Coast was called

• Hurricane Sandy

• Hurricane Edgar

• Hurricane Manny

• Hurricane Katrina

The first African American president of the United States was

• Thurgood Marshall

• Barack Obama

• Martin Luther King

• Malcom X

The presidential candidate competing against Barack Obama in the 2008 election was

• Sarah Palin

• Hillary Clinton

• Donald Trump

• John McCain