Obama

How did Obama attempt to combat the negative impact of the Great Recession?

• In increased interest rates

• he signed a large stimulus package

• He did nothing

• He raised tariffs

Barack Obama removed troops and ended US involvement in what country?

• Kuwait

• Iraq

• Afghanistan

• Iran

What was significant about Obama's appointment of Sonia Sotomayor to the the Supreme Court?

• She was the first woman on Supreme Court

• She was not confirmed to the court

• She was the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice

• She resigned after 2 days

True or False: Obama was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize

• True

• False

Obamacare was significant because it

• Gained support of both Republicans and Democrats in Congress

• Never passed the Senate

• attempted to provide universal healthcare and covered pre-existing conditions

True or False Obama was able to pass the Affordable Care Act without a single Republican vote.

• True

• False

What does Obama's use of the word Shellacking refer to you?

• The defeat of Obamacare

• Republican congressmen refusing to work with him

• The defeats that Democrats suffered in the 2010 midterm elections

• A new coat of paint on the White House

What was the Arab Spring?

• Anti-government protests that broke out throughout Middle Eastern Nations in 2010

• The mild winter the US had in 2010

• The thawing relations between the US and Iran

• The US acceptance of millions of Arab refugees

Which mastermind behind 9/11 was killed under Obama's command.

• Saddam Hussein

• Osama Bin Laden

• Ayatollah Khomeini

• Vladimir Putin

True or False: Obama refused to declare his support for gay marriage in the US

• True

• False