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WorksheetsUnit 5 - New Millennium
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 14mins
Which was one effect of reducing the size and cost of computers?
They were easily operated by everyone.
Many ordinary people could buy and use them.
Computer companies lost money.
Software and operating systems became much more complicated.
Which development opened the Internet to popular usage?
World Wide Web
Yahoo
Arpanet
Which business practice of the 1990s changed U.S. production?
Outsourcing
reverse assembly lines
a series of special tariff agreements
hiring contractors rather than employees
Which treaty removed trade barriers between the U.S., Canada, Mexico?
American Economic Cooperation Treaty
U.S. Free Trade Initiative
Enterprise for American Economic Action
North American Free Trade Agreement
In which foreign crisis did President Clinton commit U.S. troops to lead a multinational force to restore a democratically elected president and eventually send former President Carter to negotiate?
Haiti
Rwanda
Somalia
Bosnia
What nationality were the terrorists that blew up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City?
Saudi Arabian
American
Sudanese
Syrian
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision not to allow a vote recount in Florida led to _________________ winning the 2000 presidential election.
Al Gore
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Which was a domestic policy initiative of the George W. Bush administration?
signing a bill making faith-based initiatives illegal
No Child Left Behind Act
federal funding for stem-cell research
major tax increases
Who was responsible for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the U.S.?
Muammar Gaddafi
Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols
Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda
Saddam Hussein
How did the United States respond to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks?
Congress passed a selective service bill to draft men into the military.
It persuaded the Afghan government to locate the terrorists and extradite them to the United States.
It asked the Russians for assistance in locating the terrorists.
It took military action in Afghanistan, where the terrorists responsible were believed to be hiding.
The main constitutional issue regarding Bush's claims to executive privilege was that his interpretations of executive privilege ___________.
reduced the power of the judicial branch
posed a threat to the impeachment process
endangered the principle of separation of church and state
endangered the principle of the separation of powers
Which was an argument for the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003?
With an impending OPEC oil embargo, the United States needed to secure access to oil.
Intelligence reports indicated Iraq was seeking to acquire or make weapons of mass destruction.
U.S. allies supported the United States acting unilaterally to fight terrorism.
Bush believed that Saddam Hussein should turn over power to the Shi'ites.
Which best describes the initial progress of the war in Iraq?
Coalition soldiers met little resistance, and the war's mission had been achieved in six weeks.
Iraq surrendered within two weeks, and Saddam Hussein turned power over to coalition forces.
Coalition soldiers met heavy resistance at first, and the war dragged on for six months.
Iraqi forces turned back invading coalition troops and kept on the offensive for six weeks.
What happened at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay that raised concerns around the world about U.S. actions?
There were reports of mistreatment of prisoners, including acts of torture.
The U.S. military held Iraqi and Afghani prisoners of war during there during the duration of the war.
Secret plans for a significant air attack on both Iraq and Afghanistan leaked out.
Why was the federal government criticized in the wake of Hurricane Katrina?
FEMA did not respond quickly enough after the storm had passed through the region.
National Guard troops did not do enough to evacuate poor residents of New Orleans.
Congress did not enact any legislation to help survivors of the hurricane.
President Bush went on vacation to Hawaii two days after the storm hit.
Which issues most concerned voters during the 2008 presidential campaign?
the advanced age of the candidates and energy policy
illegal immigration
the war in Iraq and failing U.S. economy
health care
Which was most significant in the 2008 presidential election?
It was the first presidential election in which a woman won.
A veteran of one of America's wars was a candidate in the election.
It was the first presidential election in which an African American won a majority party's nomination for president.
What challenge facing the U.S. in the post-9/11 era concerns President Obama?
the unwillingness of countries to share surveillance data in the war against terror
the obstacle of obtaining congressional approval to engage in preemptive wars
the difficulty in balancing national security with the protection of civil liberties
the international objections to U.S. development of advanced cyber-warfare capabilities
Which of the following is NOT a challenge faced the U.S. since the September 11, 2001 attacks?
Protecting against possible attacks in the U.S.
Competing in the space race
Countering the use of terrorism
Responding to instability in the Middle East
