Review Post-Instruction

Throughout its history, the US has had to confront serious challenges.

Identify which of the challenges is NOT faced by the US since the September 11, 2001 attacks?

• Responding to instability in the Middle East

• Preventing the spread of communism

• countering the use of terrorism

• Balancing national security and civil liberties

In recent years, print advertisements for some U.S. fast-food chains have featured text written in multiple languages.

One reason for this trend has been an increase in

• segregation of ethnic groups.

• immigration to the United States.

• urbanization and suburbanization.

• emigratoin from the United States.

Developments in international affairs in the late 1980s had enormous consequences for the US.

Identify the two developments that relate to this time period.

• The Cold War escalates during this time period

• Communist governments in Eastern Europe collapse

• The power and control of the Soviet Union increases during this period

• Mass demonstrations supporting democratic reforms take place in Soviet Republics

Which event directly contributed to the end of the Cold War?

• Several communist - based government collapsed across Eastern Europe.

• The US assisted the anti-communist government of South Vietnam.

• President Nixon visited the People's Republic of China to reopen diplomatic relations.

• Senator McCarthy led investigations to uncover communist actors working in Hollywood films

Select the two ways the US responded to the communist governments collapsing across Eastern Europe.

• The US closed military bases throughout Asia.

• The US supported wage reforms in Chinese industries.

• The US provided economic assistance to new governments.

• The US endorsed educational reforms in newly form democracies.

• The US passed stricter labor union regulations in the TV and film industry.

How did the US respond to the events of September 11,2001?

• by increasing the size of its nuclear weapons stockpile

• by ending its economic partnerships with former Soviet countries

• by adopting isolationist policies to insulate itself against further aggression

• by pursing military action in countries that were accused of supporting terrorists

Since 1990, the US has experienced changes to its economy. Identify the consequences for Technologies such as the personal computer, Internet and mobile phones become common.

• The US experiences a shift from a manufacturing to a service economy

• Transnational business organizations become common

• Global communication improves

Since 1990, the US has experienced changes to its economy. Identify the consequences for Competition from overseas producers leads to increasing trade deficits.

• The US experiences a shift from a manufacturing to a service economy

• Transnational business organizations become common

• Global communication improves

Since 1990, the US has experienced changes to its economy. Identify the consequences for Producers increasingly import parts from their factories in other countries.

• The US experiences a shift from a manufacturing to a service economy

• Transnational business organizations become common

• Global communication improves

The USA PATRIOT Act was passed in response to which event?

• the invasion of Iraq on March 20, 2003

• the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001

• the stock market crash of September 29, 2008

• the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15, 2013