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HIST1302 Final Test
Ch. 25, 26, 27, 28
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ralph Nader | "Unsafe At Any Speed"; Green Party |
| Pat Robertson | The Christian Coalition |
| Ross Perot | 3rd party candidate Election 91; 19% of pop vote |
| Bill Clinton | gov. AR; "It's the Economy, Stupid."; Whitewater |
| Manuel Noriega | Pannama General tried in FL |
| Hillary Clinton | led panel on health care reform |
| Saddam Hussein | Iraqi dictator |
| Newt Gingrich | "Contract with America"; conservative from GA |
| Janet Reno | first female Attorney General |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | pro choice in Supreme Court |
| Charles Murray | "The Bell Curve"- innate intellectual inferiority of non-white |
| Monica Lewinsky | affair w/ Bill; White House intern |
| The concept of the 1990s was said to be... | globalization |
| The velvet revolution was... | peaceful and swift downfall of communism |
| After Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, GHW Bush sent American troops to... | Saudi Arabia |
| Who did Clinton appoint to head the panel on health care reform? | Hillary Clinton |
| Bill Clinton's foreign policy centered on... | human rights |
| What spurred the new economy? | The Computer Revolution |
| By 2000, the unemplyment rate was... | <4% |
| Which country received permanent favored trade status under the Clinton administration? | China |
| What was the fate of the chief officers of Enron? | convicted of fruad; Lay died |
| Who made a contract with America? | Newt Gingrich |
| By the start of the 21st century, the largest minority group in the US was... | latinos |
| George W Bush | TX gov; conservative |
| John Kerry | senator from MA; lost to Bush 2004 |
| Karl Rove | Bush's chief politival advisor; wanted to spread Repub. message |
| John Ashcroft | Bush's Attorney General; warned against criticism of govt |
| Alberto Gonzales | White House counsel turned Attorney General; said Geneva accords obsolete |
| Colin Powell | Secretary of State; critical of war |
| John McCain | senator from AZ; anti-torture policy in Defense Appropriations Act |
| Nancy Pelosi | first female Speaker of the House |
| Jack Abramoff | Republican lobbyist; guilty of defrauding and bribing |
| Michael Brown | head of FEMA; inexperienced |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Justice; for affirmative action in schools |
| John Roberts | Chief Justice that replaced William Rehnquist |
| The Patriot Act... | gave unprecedented powers to law enforcement agencies that violated liberties |
| 2 landmark Supreme Court cases in 2003 dealt with... | affirmative action and gay rights |
| The Kyoto Protocol of 97 dealt with... | global warming |
| Who was America's only ally in the initial phase of the Iraq War? | Great Britain |
| Who was left behind in the flood of new orleans? | poor African Americans |
| The Republican Congress response to Hurrican Katrina was... | cut funding to Medicaid, food stamps, and rebuilding rather than raise taxes |
| Which city saw the highest growth of immigrants from 1990 to 2005? | Nashville, TN |
| Hamdan vs. Rumsfield ruled that... | Geneva Convention rules could not be broken on account of terrorism |
| In 2003, Senator Robert Byrd of W. Va warned the Senate about... | consequences of preemptive war in Iraq |
| Operation Enduring Freedom was launched in Oct 2001 aginst... | Taliban in Afghanistan |
| In waging Operation Iraqi freedom, the US had the full support of... | Great Britain |
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