vus.14 WARD SOL Review Modern America

To deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world, to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools, and for other purposes.

This excerpt describes the purpose of the –

• PATRIOT Act

• Strategic Defensive Initiative

• United Nations Participation Act

• Interstate Commerce Commission

What president normalized relations with Vietnam?

• Ford

• Carter

• Reagan

• Clinton

In recent years, advances in technology have changed employers’ expectations for job applicants so that most U.S. employers now

• by attracting more medical professionals to rural areas

• By creating more blue-collar jobs in rural areas

• By providing better access to information

• By lowering the cost of housing

Over the last three decades, the American workforce has had to acquire and improve skills in –

• Computer technology

• Automobile repair

• Heavy machinery

• Medical equipment

Televised news -> ??? -> better informed rural population

Which innovation best completes this diagram?

• radio

• newspaper

• satellite dish

• compact disc

President Bush met with his national security advisers and with leading members of Congress. He also telephoned the leaders of Great Britain, Canada, France, Germany, China, and Russia as the first steps toward building an international coalition against terrorism. — State Department records, September 12, 2001

What type of this action is described by this quotation?

• independence investigations

• diplomatic relations

• economic sanctions

• strategic attacks

This president and his policies influenced the Conservative Revolution affecting US politics into the 21st century?

• Reagan

• Bush 41

• Clinton

• Bush 43

This president transferred a number of responsibilities from the federal government to the states

• Reagan

• Bush 41

• Obama

• Clinton

This President was in office during the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism?

• Reagan

• Bush 41

• Clinton

• Bush 43

This president led the calls for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?

• Reagan

• Bush 41

• Clinton

• Obama