2000 to present

What stopped the 2000 election recount which gave Bush the victory?

• The Campaign Recount law passed by Congress

• The Supreme Court's decision in Bush v Gore

• President clinton suspending election after November 8th

• An FBI Investigation showing mass voter fraud.

What does the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) do?

• Help students gain equal education

• Help the economy

• provide welfare reform

• Give people health insurance access

Which group was responsible for September 11th (9/11)?

• Hamas
• Hezbollah
• KKK
• al-Qaeda

President George Bush Jr. sent troops to Afghanistan after-

• the hostage crisis in Iran

• the terrorist attacks on 9/11

• communist revolutions in central america

• an oil embargo on the U.S by OPEC

President Obama passed this to improve economic conditions during a recession in 2009

• NAFTA

• American Recovery & Reinvesment Act

• Affordable Healthcare Act

• Patriot Act

President Obama nominated the First Hispanic Female to the Supreme Court Justice

• Sonia Sotomayor

• Sandra Day O'Connor

• Ruth Bader Ginsburg

• Condoleezza Rice

Created to prevent acts of terrorism against the U.S. after 9/11

• Patriot Act

• OPEC

• NAFTA

• Moral Majority

Which agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security provides the screening of passengers on commercial airplane flights?

• Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

• National Security Agency (NSA)

• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

What was the US government's immediate response to the September 11, 2001 attacks

• The US declared war on Afghanistan

• The War on Terror began and Afghanistan was invaded

• The US withdrew forced from bases in the Middle East

• A UN coalition invaded Iraq to overthrow Saddam Hussein

What powers did the government gain from the PATRIOT making it a controversial law.

• It gained the power to imprison American citizens without due process rights

• To gave the President war powers similar to the War Powers Act

• It gave the government power to conduct surveillance without warrants

• It gave the Congress the power to oversee military courts