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LTNM Study Guide
Launching the New Millenium
Question | Answer |
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Rodney King was severely beaten by police in Los Angeles. | True |
The 2000 presidential election was decided by electoral college votes from the state of | Florida |
The Immigration Act of 1990 | increased the number of immigrants allowed into the United States. |
In the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Congress tried to regulate the internet. | True |
The Chernobyl Disaster | Created a huge cloud of radioactivity that drifted across Europe. |
Recycling | Reuses natural resources and reduces solid waste. |
As president of Yugoslavia, Slobodan Milosevic, | Moved Serbian settlers into Kosovo and provoked NATO to retaliate. |
Republicans who signed the Contract with America asked to be thrown out of office if they broke it | True |
During the 1990's Americans experienced | The longest and largest economic boom in history. |
Experts predicted that the world's population | will grow at a very fast rate during the next 25 years. |
Shannon Lucid was an astronaut who | broke the record for longest number of consecutive days in space for an American. |
At age 77, John Glenn, | served as a payload specialist on a space shuttle mission. |
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was more willing to compromise with the Palestinians than his predecessor Yitzhak Rabin. | False |
Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan, was responsible for an economic depression in the 1990's. | False |
Before being elected president, Bill Clinton was | Arkansas Governer |