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History Week 29 Into the Millenium

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Democratic nominee for President who won the popular vote in 2000 but

conceded after Supreme Court voted against him in a recount controversy

a)

George W. Bush

b)

Saddam Hussein

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Osama Bin Laden

e)

Al Gore

2.

US president whose domestic policy focused on Compassionate Conservatism

& foreign policy was dominated by the War on Terror

a)

George W. Bush

b)

Saddam Hussein

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Osama Bin Laden

e)

Al Gore

3.

founder of al-Qaeda

a)

George W. Bush

b)

Saddam Hussein

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Osama Bin Laden

e)

Al Gore

4.

first African-American and non-white president to hold office

a)

George W. Bush

b)

Saddam Hussein

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Osama Bin Laden

e)

Al Gore

5.

legislation that sought to provide federally funded social services through local

religious institutions

a)

Homeland Security Act

b)

Patriot Act

c)

Coalition of the Willing

d)

Faith-based Initiatives

e)

War on Terror

6.

term coined by President George W. Bush in reference to the international

military campaign against terrorists and regimes supporting them

a)

Homeland Security Act

b)

Patriot Act

c)

Coalition of the Willing

d)

Faith-based Initiatives

e)

War on Terror

7.

cabinet department of the federal government, created in response to the 9/11

attacks with the primary responsibility of protecting the US from terrorism

a)

Homeland Security

b)

Patriot Act

c)

Coalition of the Willing

d)

Faith-based Initiatives

e)

War on Terror

8.

legislation signed into law by President G. W. Bush in 2001 that made it easier

for law enforcement officials to track and convict suspected terrorists

a)

Homeland Security

b)

Patriot Act

c)

Coalition of the Willing

d)

Faith-based Initiatives

e)

War on Terror

9.

countries that supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq to disarm Saddam

Hussein's Weapons of Mass Destruction

a)

Homeland Security

b)

Patriot Act

c)

Coalition of the Willing

d)

Faith-based Initiatives

e)

War on Terror

10.

the costliest natural disaster and the fifth deadliest hurricane in US history

a)

Galveston

b)

Katrina

c)

Maria

d)

Okeechobee

11.

international terrorist network responsible for the terrorist attacks on the US

on September 11, 2001

a)

Black September

b)

ISIS

c)

al-Qaeda

d)

Taliban

12.

group of students trained in Islam and terrorist tactics who took control of

Afghanistan, providing a haven & training camps for radical Muslim terrorists

a)

Black September

b)

ISIS

c)

al-Qaeda

d)

Taliban

13.

What year did the New Millennium begin?

4 lines
14.

What dominated American politics the year the new Millenium began?

4 lines