History in our lives 23-24

Barack Obama was the first —

• Native Hawaiian president elected.

• African American president elected.

• foreign-born president elected.

• Native American president elected.

What did the Berlin Wall seperate?

• Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia

• Hungary and Romania

• North and South Germany

• East and West Germany

What is the correct response made by the US after the terrorist attacks on 9/11?

• Imposed economic sanctions on Israel

• Provided humanitarian support to Iran

• Conducted military operations in Afghanistan

• Declared war against Pakistan

"Clinton Offers Economic Aid to

Russia"

"U.S. Sends Peacekeeping Troops to

Bosnia"

"U.S. Airlifts Food and Medicine to

Somalia"

These headlines illustrate that U.S. foreign policy during the 1990s stressed —

• global involvement.

• neutrality.

• collective security.

• containment.

Why did the US fight in the Persian Gulf War?

• Iraq needed help resisting a communist revolution.

• Iraq supplied weapons to Al-Qaeda terrorists

• Iraq invaded and occupied Kuwait

• Iraq financed the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

Defending American citizens and US interests at home and abroad was the overall goal of what?

• War on Terror

• Decreasing the authority of world affairs

• generating support for terrorist organizations

• undermining the Soviet Union

Why did President Bush 41 commit troops to the Persian Gulf War?

• contain the spread of communism in the Middle East.

• maintain the flow of trade through the Suez Canal.

• fulfill military obligations as a member of the United Nations.

• assure the flow of Middle East oil to the United States and its allies.

How did President

George W. Bush address threats of terrorism to United States?

• by initiating the program No Child Left Behind

• Creating the office of Homeland Security

• By committing the country to the Kyoto Protocol

• By adding a Secretary of Intelligence to the Cabinet

What was Ralph Nader's effect on the election in Florida?

• He contested the recounting of election ballots in federal court.

• His presence as a third-party candidate discouraged voter turnout.

• He persuaded state officials to abandon the punch-card method of voting.

• His candidacy drew crucial votes away from the other candidates.

Ross Perot received nearly 20% of votes in the 1992 election as a third party taking votes away from which other political party?

• Republicans

• Democrats