Obama DOL

One reason the 2008 presidential election was historically significant is that it was the first time -

• traditionally Republican states voted Democratic

• voters used computerized ballots

• an African American won the presidency

• a Southern won the vice-presidency

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2B

Barack Obama described his 2008 election victory in this manner because the election as the first in which -

• a minority candidate was elected president

• naturalized immigrants had access to multilingual ballots

• federal courts ordered voter recounts to stop

• religious beliefs played a significant role in the presidential campaign

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2B

What was the primary goal of the 2009 Affordable Care Act?

• To eliminate state medical programs

• To expand access to health insurance

• To nationalize medical care for the elderly

• To ease restrictions on healthcare providers

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11B

Which situation demonstrates one way that U.S. culture has spread to other parts of the world?

• A young boy in Great Britain watches anime.

• A teenage girl buys a hip-hop CD in China.

• A businesswoman eats at a sushi restaurant in Canada

• A college athlete in Brazil trains for the Olympics

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24C

One way the development of the Internet has improved the quality of life in the United States is by -

• decreasing the influence of advertising on consumers

• increasing the ease of obtaining information

• improving privacy protections for individuals

• increasing the reliability of available information

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27A