Question 1

In his first year in office,President Clinton won a tax increase on the wealthy and tax credits for the working poor.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The origin of the Internet was a group of college student computer "hackers" spread across the country.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

In January 2002,President Bush spoke of an "axis of evil" that included Iraq,Iran,and North Korea.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

In its first year in office,the Bush administration

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A)  worked hard to build coalitions across party lines.
B)  passed the largest tax cut in American history.
C)  liberalized scientific restrictions on stem-cell research.
D)  reduced federal budget deficits considerably.
E)  primarily relied on Republican moderates for support.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 5

Describe the key differences among the post-Cold War foreign policies of the administrations of George H.W.Bush,Clinton,and George W.Bush.

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Question 6

The first system to provide for the orderly sharing of information on the Internet was called the World Wide Web,and it was invented by British scientist ________.

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The answer of The first system to provide for the...

Question 7

Hurricane Katrina represented a turning point in President Bush's political fortunes,and was a major catastrophe in its own right.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

George W.Bush spent his first term governing as a moderate and trying to build coalitions across party lines.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

With help from Republicans in Congress,George W.Bush won passage of the largest tax cut in American history.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The Human Genome Project

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A)  originally hoped to identify all the specific genes in humans by 2015.
B)  was opposed by the Bush administration on ethical grounds.
C)  was created during the Clinton administration.
D)  set out to identify all of the more than 100,000 human genes.
E)  was funded solely by private sources.F) B) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 11

Characterize the controversies in the 2000 presidential election.Do you agree or disagree with the manner in which the final result was determined? Why?

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The controversies in the 2000 presidenti...

Question 12

Briefly explain the series of financial problems that beset the U.S.beginning in mid-2007.What triggered the problems and what has been the outcome?

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The series of financial problems that be...

Question 13

In 1998,the federal budget

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A)  set a record for deficit spending.
B)  was one-third smaller than it had been six years earlier.
C)  saw its first surplus in thirty years.
D)  had paid off the national debt.
E)  had cut military spending in half from its Cold War peak.F) B) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 14

In the Supreme Court case of Bush v.Gore,the Court voted 5-4,dividing sharply along party and ideological lines.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

In 2008,Barack Obama won the election,defeating Republican nominee ________.

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The answer of In 2008,Barack Obama won the election,defeating Republican...

Question 16

The growth of the financial crisis of 2008 was fueled in large part by

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A)  the war in Iraq.
B)  a downturn in the housing market.
C)  the export of U.S.jobs overseas.
D)  President Bush's tax cut.
E)  the burst of the "tech bubble."F) B) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 17

In the 2004 election,George W.Bush

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A)  again lost the popular vote,but won the electoral vote.
B)  won the popular vote because of a steep decrease in Democratic voters.
C)  narrowly won both the popular and electoral vote.
D)  lost the popular vote by a large margin,but won enough large states' electoral votes to win the election.
E)  hardily won because the electorate was united behind him.F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 18

Bill Clinton was the first Democrat to win two terms as president since

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A)  Lyndon Johnson.
B)  Harry Truman.
C)  Woodrow Wilson.
D)  Grover Cleveland.
E)  Franklin Roosevelt.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 19

Part of the Bush administration's public case for invading Iraq in 2003 involved removing "weapons of mass destruction" from Saddam Hussein's arsenal.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Beginning in the late 1980s,drug use declined significantly among middle-class people,but declined much more slowly among poor people.

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A) True 
 B)False

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