Question 1

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Identify each item Give an explanation or description of the item Answer the questions who, what, where, and when
Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
the anti-globalization movement

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Question 2

During President Clinton's tenure in office

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A)   Congress failed to reduce federal spending
B)   the United States economy was mired in recession
C)   tax revenues declined
D)   the federal deficit was erasedE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 3

With regard to the Iraq war, policymakers in the Bush administration

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A)   wanted a United Nations peacekeeping force to stabilize Iraq after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein
B)   insisted that responsibility for postwar Iraq be put in the hands of the State Department
C)   paid very close attention to studies done by the State Department concerning possible problems that might be encountered in postwar Iraq
D)   seemed not to have planned for the postwar periodE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

In December 1998, the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Clinton on two counts, including

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A)   depriving Americans of their constitutional right of free speech
B)   manipulation of the media for the purpose of defrauding the public
C)   perjury in his testimony before the grand jury
D)   abuse of powerE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 5

Which of the following is true of the average wages for American workers from 1973 to the mid-1990s?

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A)   They rose at the highest rate in the nation's history
B)   They declined steadily
C)   They steadily rose and caused a significant increase in the size of the middle class
D)   They declined at a higher rate than during the Great Depression of the 1930sE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

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Identify each item Give an explanation or description of the item Answer the questions who, what, where, and when
Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
President Bill Clinton

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Question 7

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Identify each item Give an explanation or description of the item Answer the questions who, what, where, and when
Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
UN Resolution 1441

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Question 8

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Identify each item Give an explanation or description of the item Answer the questions who, what, where, and when
Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
partisan political wars of the 1990s

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Question 9

During the Clinton years, the American economy featured

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A)   its highest unemployment rate in thirty years
B)   an increase in the incomes of both the nation's richest people and the nation's poorest people
C)   a rapidly declining stock market
D)   an ever-narrowing gap between the incomes of the rich and the poorE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

Which of the following was a reason for Clinton's victory in the 1996 presidential election?

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A)   He put forward a plan to overhaul the nation's health-care system
B)   He took a strong stand against gun-control legislation
C)   The proposals of his Republican opponent seemed reactionary to the electorate
D)   He successfully invoked "family values," a centerpiece of the Republican campaignE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 11

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Identify each item Give an explanation or description of the item Answer the questions who, what, where, and when
Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
the surge in Afghanistan

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Question 12

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Identify each item Give an explanation or description of the item Answer the questions who, what, where, and when
Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
niche markets

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Question 13

Which of the following is true of Al Qaeda during the decade following 9/11?

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A)   It became clear that by the end of the first decade of the twenty-first century that Al Qaeda's home base was in Iran
B)   By the end of the first decade of the twenty-first century, the United States and its allies had largely destroyed Al Qaeda' s terror network and create a safer, more stable world order
C)   Operating through small cells of terrorists and using the interconnectivity present in a globalized world, Al Qaeda became a truly transnational threat
D)   With the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, Al Qaeda was rendered headless and powerlessE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 14

In the aftermath of 9/11, many governments allied to the United States objected when the Bush administration

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A)   announced that it would hold accountable any nation from which an attack on American soil, American facilities, or American citizens was mounted, and that the United States would respond immediately and militarily to any such attack
B)   adopted the most restrictive immigration policy in the nation's history
C)   asserted that the United States would not wait for security threats to become real, but would instead employ preemptive action to defend the nation
D)   asserted that America would use its military power solely for the physical protection of the United States and US citizensE) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 15

Explain the Bush administration's policy of preemptive action, and discuss the domestic and international debate generated by the adoption of this policy

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Question 16

Examine the attitudes and events that led to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton, and assess the outcome of his trial in the Senate

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Question 17

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Identify each item Give an explanation or description of the item Answer the questions who, what, where, and when
Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
the Whitewater investigation

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Question 18

Which of the following is true of the Family and Medical Leave Act?

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A)   It required employers to either grant workers paid family or medical leave or add an additional two weeks to the vacation time extended to workers
B)   It required employers to grant a three-day work week to workers with a documented family or medical emergency
C)   It required employers to grant workers up to fifty-two weeks of unpaid family or medical leave
D)   It required employers to grant workers time off to care for ailing relatives or newborn childrenE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

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Identify each item Give an explanation or description of the item Answer the questions who, what, where, and when
Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
banks and credit providers deemed "too big to fail"

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Question 20

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Identify each item Give an explanation or description of the item Answer the questions who, what, where, and when
Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
the rise in the unemployment rate

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