Multiple Choice Chapter 31 Self-Quiz 2

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. Who was the director of the CIA at the time of the September 11 attacks?

Donald Rumsfeld correct incorrect

Edgar Hoover correct incorrect

Leon Panetta correct incorrect

George Tenet correct incorrect

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. How did Congress vote on George W. Bush's request for permission to attack Iraq to compel its disarmament?

Both houses approved on narrow partisan margins. correct incorrect

The Senate rejected the request, but the House approved with an overwhelming majority. correct incorrect

Both houses gave the president permission with two-third majorities. correct incorrect

Both houses rejected the permission, only to grant it after all in March 2003. correct incorrect

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. The US takeover in Iraq resulted in

an immediate turn to democracy and stability. correct incorrect

the slow growth of democratic institutions. correct incorrect

chaos and civil war. correct incorrect

the rule of a new cadre of strongmen supported by the US. correct incorrect

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. Who was George W. Bush's model for his presidency?

George H. W. Bush correct incorrect

Ronald Reagan correct incorrect

George Washington correct incorrect

Abraham Lincoln correct incorrect

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. Who was Democratic candidate for the presidency in the 2004 election?

Hillary Clinton correct incorrect

Al Gore correct incorrect

John Kerry correct incorrect

Ted Kennedy correct incorrect

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. Which of the following statements best summarizes the political fallout of the Schiavo case in 2005?

The drama tarnished liberal Democrats. correct incorrect

The long struggle over Schiavo's death tarnished conservative activists. correct incorrect

Most Americans welcomed the intervention of politicians in the case. correct incorrect

The silence of George W. Bush on the issue appalled most Americans. correct incorrect

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. In educational reform, conservatives during the Bush administration favored

charter schools. correct incorrect

busing. correct incorrect

expanding public education. correct incorrect

the abolition of the Department of Education. correct incorrect

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. How many people died in Hurricane Katrina in 2005?

almost 200 correct incorrect

over 1,800 correct incorrect

approximately 5,000 correct incorrect

roughly 10,000 correct incorrect

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. At the end of the Clinton years, the American economy featured a historically low unemployment rate of

6 percent. correct incorrect

1 percent. correct incorrect

7.5 percent. correct incorrect

3.5 percent. correct incorrect

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. What was Thomas Friedman's book The World is Flat about?

The struggle of evangelicals against science. correct incorrect

The decline of the airline industry. correct incorrect

The promises of globalization. correct incorrect

The end of the Cold War. correct incorrect

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. The collapse of which of the following banks triggered the mortgage crisis and economic recession of 2008?

Lehman Brothers correct incorrect

Bear Stearns correct incorrect

Fannie Mae correct incorrect

Bank of America correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is true about Barack Obama?

He never held elected office before running for president. correct incorrect

He was the son of a black Kenyan father and a white mother from Kansas. correct incorrect

He had to prove his birth in Hawaii to retain his citizenship. correct incorrect

When he began campaigning for the Democratic nomination for president, he immediately won strong support correct incorrect

from African Americans. correct incorrect

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. The Fiscal Cliff refers to

the growing budget deficits of the early 2000s. correct incorrect

a potential default on federal debt. correct incorrect

an increasing imbalance in trade. correct incorrect

tax hikes on lower and middle class Americans. correct incorrect

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. How did President Barack Obama change course in the war in Afghanistan in 2010?

He reduced troop deployments there. correct incorrect

He allowed general elections. correct incorrect

He replaced the provisional administrative authority there. correct incorrect

He increased troop numbers there by 30,000. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following pieces of legislation did NOT come to pass during Barack Obama's presidency?

financial regulatory reform correct incorrect

health care reform correct incorrect

the abolition of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" correct incorrect

legislation on climate change correct incorrect