U.S. History and Society Quiz

What did the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) achieve?

• Introduced tariffs on all goods

• Stopped all trade with Asia

• (NAFTA) removed trade barriers, increased competition, decreased product prices

• Increased product prices

Who developed software for personal computers?

• Steve Jobs

• Mark Zuckerberg

• Elon Musk

• Bill Gates

What was a direct result of the September 11, 2001 attacks?

• Start of the Gulf War

• End of the Cold War

• attack on the World Trade Center; resulted in U.S. War on Terror and the invasion of Afghanistan

• Creation of the European Union

What significant event happened during the 2008 presidential election?

• The first African American president was elected

• Online voting was introduced

• The voting age was lowered to 16

• The first woman was elected president

Entrepreneurs

• create new products (internet & iPhone) and ideas that change daily life and culture (online shopping)

• easy access to information; resulted in increased manufacturing efficiency (robots), work efficiency and, telecommunications; advancements caused by competition

• (NAFTA) removed trade barriers, increased competition, decreased product prices

• government agency created to protect the environment; Earth Day

Patriot Act

• passed to prevent further acts of terrorism; complaints that right to privacy was ignored

• - U.S. was an ally of Israel and helped negotiate peace treaty with Egypt (Arab)

• - decreased voting age to 18; citizens believed if old enough to be drafted into war, then should have right to vote

• provided health care for people 65 and older

2000 presidential election

• - Supreme Court used 10th Amendment to overturn some New Deal programs stating it infringed on states’ powers

• Supreme Court ended recount in Florida; Bush wins; third-party drew votes from Bush and Gore

• Nixon attempted to cover up information; led to growing cynicism and loss of trust toward the government

• - federal government took on a new, larger role to help the welfare of Americans; protected the economy; provided jobs and mortgage loans

Hurricane Katrina

• population growth results in air and water pollution; need for additional housing and farmland disrupts natural ecosystems

• non-violent protest aimed to improve political rights and economic opportunities for minorities; resulted in new legislation

• New Orleans flooded as a result of its low elevation and the failure of its levees

• - government agencies could no longer discriminate in their employment practices

Computers & internet

• population growth results in air and water pollution; need for additional housing and farmland disrupts natural ecosystems

• made manufacturing more efficient; light bulb led to more hours of work = more production

• easy access to information; resulted in increased manufacturing efficiency (robots), work efficiency and, telecommunications; advancements caused by competition

• efficient production made goods affordable: automobile, household items; Henry Ford

Alternative energy

• Reagan illegally sold weapons to Iran in exchange for hostages; sent money to Contras in Nicaragua

• - ended poll taxes and literacy tests set up by Jim Crow laws; supported 15th Amendment–African American men could vote; resulted in increased voting by minorities

• limited a president to serve only two terms; passed in response to FDR serving four terms

• oil reserves decrease; need for clean, renewable energy increases; wind turbines, solar panels, hybrid cars