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Recent US History 90s to Present Foreign and Domestic Policy

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What created a free-trade zone between Mexico, Canada, and the U.S.?

a)

NAFTA

b)

WTO

c)

ISIS

d)

Patriot Act

2.

Which was a law passed to allow law enforcement to better collect information about terror suspects?

a)

NAFTA

b)

WTO

c)

ISIS

d)

Patriot Act

3.

Which was a hurricane that destroyed large parts of New Orleans and led to much blame being put on FEMA and George W. Bush for a slow response time?

a)

Katrina

b)

Andrew

c)

Powell

d)

Gore

4.

Which was the opponent of George W. Bush in the election of 2000?

a)

Katrina

b)

Andrew

c)

Powell

d)

Gore

5.

Which best describes the process of the world becoming more interconnected and interdependent?

a)

globalization

b)

surreptitious

c)

integration

d)

Pangeaization

6.

Why was Bill Clinton impeached by the House?

a)

perjury

b)

adultery

c)

lying to his wife

d)

stealing state secrets

7.

What did the Affordable Care Act change?

a)

provided free health care to all Americans

b)

made insurance more affordable for all Americans

c)

required all Americans to buy health insurance

d)

led to less food being given to students for school lunches

e)

it didn't pass

8.

What did the Affordable Care Act change?

a)

provided free health care to all Americans

b)

made insurance more affordable for all Americans

c)

40-50 million uninsured Americans became insured

d)

led to less food being given to students for school lunches

e)

it didn't pass

9.

Which group was responsible for the attacks of September 11, 2001?

a)

al Qaeda

b)

Taliban

c)

ISIS

d)

Mujahadeen

10.

Which group was held responsible by the U.S. for providing a safe haven for the group that carried out the attacks on 9/11?

a)

al Qaeda

b)

Taliban

c)

ISIS

d)

Mujahadeen

11.

Which department was created after 9/11?

a)

Homeland Security

b)

CIA

c)

National Security Agency

d)

none of these

12.

In which country (or countries) did the U.S. and NATO intervene due to ethnic conflict and violence or because of national security issues?

a)

Bosnia

b)

Kosovo

c)

Rwanda

d)

Germany

e)

Iraq

13.

Why did al Qaeda launch the terror attacks of 9/11?

a)

to defeat the United States and conquer the world

b)

to fight back against Western influence in Islamic culture

c)

to create a new state of Israel

d)

to remove Soviet influence in Afghanistan

14.

What is one reason that the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003?

a)

to remove the Taliban from power

b)

to capture Osama bin Laden

c)

to rescue captured American prisoners

d)

to remove Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) from their posession

15.

Which best explains the purpose of the No Child Left Behind policy?

a)

a combat strategy of allowing orphaned children to move to the U.S. if their country was at war

b)

to hold schools to higher standards and find out what students know through standardized testing

c)

to rescue children from abusive homes through increased surveillance from the Dept. of Homeland Security

d)

providing free school lunches to students who are from low-income families

16.

Which is a terror group that sought to control large portions of Iraq, Syria, and the Middle East?

a)

NAFTA

b)

WTO

c)

ISIS

d)

Patriot Act