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vus.14 WARD SOL Review Modern America

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world, to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools, and for other purposes.

This excerpt describes the purpose of the –

a)

PATRIOT Act

b)

Strategic Defensive Initiative

c)

United Nations Participation Act

d)

Interstate Commerce Commission

2.

What president normalized relations with Vietnam?

a)

Ford

b)

Carter

c)

Reagan

d)

Clinton

3.

In recent years, advances in technology have changed employers’ expectations for job applicants so that most U.S. employers now

a)

by attracting more medical professionals to rural areas

b)

By creating more blue-collar jobs in rural areas

c)

By providing better access to information

d)

By lowering the cost of housing

4.

Over the last three decades, the American workforce has had to acquire and improve skills in –

a)

Computer technology

b)

Automobile repair

c)

Heavy machinery

d)

Medical equipment

5.

Televised news -> ??? -> better informed rural population


Which innovation best completes this diagram?

a)

radio

b)

newspaper

c)

satellite dish

d)

compact disc

6.

President Bush met with his national security advisers and with leading members of Congress. He also telephoned the leaders of Great Britain, Canada, France, Germany, China, and Russia as the first steps toward building an international coalition against terrorism. — State Department records, September 12, 2001


What type of this action is described by this quotation?

a)

independence investigations

b)

diplomatic relations

c)

economic sanctions

d)

strategic attacks

7.

This president and his policies influenced the Conservative Revolution affecting US politics into the 21st century?

a)

Reagan

b)

Bush 41

c)

Clinton

d)

Bush 43

8.

This president transferred a number of responsibilities from the federal government to the states

a)

Reagan

b)

Bush 41

c)

Obama

d)

Clinton

9.

This President was in office during the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism?

a)

Reagan

b)

Bush 41

c)

Clinton

d)

Bush 43

10.

This president led the calls for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?

a)

Reagan

b)

Bush 41

c)

Clinton

d)

Obama

11.

This president was elected as a "Centrist Democrat" leading a "Third Way" in American politics?

a)

Bush 41

b)

Bush 43

c)

Clinton

d)

Obama

12.

This President led the US War on Terror (wars in Iraq and Afghanistan)?

a)

Bush 43

b)

Clinton

c)

Obama

d)

Trump

13.

This president signed the No Child Left Behind Act reforming American education

a)

Bush 41

b)

Clinton

c)

Bush 43

d)

Obama

14.

9/11 happened early in the presidency of this US President?

a)

George W. Bush

b)

Barack Obama

c)

Joe Biden

d)

Donald Trump

15.

This president pushed through the Affordable Care Act?

a)

Bush 41

b)

Clinton

c)

Bush 43

d)

Obama

16.

This man was declared to be the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks?

a)

Osama Bin Laden

b)

Sadaam Hussein

c)

Vladimir Putin

d)

Adolf Hitler

17.

The 9/11 attacks were four coordinated attacks on what two US sites?

a)

Capitol Building and Pentagon

b)

Pentagon and World Trade Center

c)

World Trade Center and White House

d)

Pentagon and USS Cole

18.

These two presidents issued "bailouts" for large American corporations during the Great Recession of 2008?

a)

Obama and Trump

b)

Bush 43 and Obama

c)

Biden and Trump

d)

Clinton and Bush 43

19.

This act gave the NSA unprecedented spying powers on American citizens?

a)

COVID-19 Bailout Bill

b)

Agenda 22

c)

PATRIOT Act

d)

No Child Left Behind

20.

Which of the following in not an example of terrorism?

a)

USS Cole Attack

b)

9/11

c)

Pearl Harbor Attacks

d)

Boston Marathon Bombing