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Chapter 27
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| "What policy did Clinton create for homosexuals in the military | Dont ask dont tell |
| "What scandal involved Clintons Arkansas land deal | The Whitewater scandal |
| "What legislation required background checks for handgun purchases | The Brady Bill |
| "What law required large companies to give unpaid family medical leave | The Family and Medical Leave Act |
| "What law allowed voter registration at the DMV | The Motor Voter Act |
| "What trade agreement created free trade with Mexico and Canada | NAFTA |
| "Who led Clintons failed health care reform effort | Hillary Rodham Clinton |
| "Why did Clintons health care plan fail | Congress never voted on it |
| "Who was the Republican Speaker of the House during Clintons presidency | Newt Gingrich |
| "What happened when Clinton and Congress fought over the budget | The government shut down |
| "What law defined marriage as between one man and one woman | The Defense of Marriage Act or DOMA |
| "What law limited welfare benefits to five years and required work | The Welfare Reform Act of nineteen ninety six |
| "Who did Republicans nominate in the nineteen ninety six election | Bob Dole |
| "Who won the nineteen ninety six election | Bill Clinton |
| "What foreign crisis did Clinton intervene in in Haiti | Restoring Jean Bertrand Aristide to power |
| "What peace agreement ended the Bosnian conflict | The Dayton Accords |
| "What conflict led to NATO bombing in nineteen ninety nine | The Kosovo crisis |
| "What scandal led to Clintons impeachment | The Lewinsky scandal |
| "What two charges did the Senate consider against Clinton | Perjury and obstruction of justice |
| "Was Clinton removed from office | No he was acquitted |
| "Who did Democrats nominate in the two thousand election | Al Gore |
| "Who did Republicans nominate in the two thousand election | George W Bush |
| "What was Bushs campaign theme | Compassionate conservatism |
| "What state decided the two thousand election | Florida |
| "What Supreme Court case ended the recount | Bush v Gore |
| "What happened on September eleven two thousand one | Terrorists hijacked four planes and attacked the US |
| "What buildings were hit on 9 11 | The World Trade Center and the Pentagon |
| "Where did the fourth plane crash | Pennsylvania |
| "What terrorist group carried out the attacks | Al Qaeda |
| "Who led Al Qaeda | Osama bin Laden |
| "What group controlled Afghanistan and sheltered Al Qaeda | The Taliban |
| "What office did Bush create to protect the US from terrorism | The Office of Homeland Security |
| "What were the rumors about Saddam Hussein in two thousand two | He was developing weapons of mass destruction |
| "What did the US demand Iraq do in two thousand two | Surrender WMDs and allow inspectors |
| "What was the coalition of the willing | Nations that invaded Iraq with the US |
| "When was Saddam Hussein captured | Two thousand three |
| "When was Saddam Hussein executed | Two thousand six |
| "Who did Republicans nominate in two thousand four | George W Bush |
| "Who did Democrats nominate in two thousand four | John Kerry |
| "What label hurt John Kerry during the campaign | Flip flopper |
| "What natural disaster devastated the Gulf Coast in two thousand five | Hurricane Katrina |
| "What agency was criticized for a slow response | FEMA |
| "Who did Democrats nominate in two thousand eight | Barack Obama |
| "Who was Obamas running mate | Joe Biden |
| "Who did Republicans nominate in two thousand eight | John McCain |
| "Who was McCains running mate | Sarah Palin |
| "Who became the first African American president | Barack Obama |
| "What major health care law did Obama pass | The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or Obamacare |
| "What did Obamacare require | All Americans must have health insurance or pay a fine |
| "Where was Osama bin Laden found and killed | Pakistan |
| "What movement began in Tunisia and spread across the Middle East | The Arab Spring |
| "What economic crisis did Obama inherit | The Great Recession |
| "What law provided eight hundred billion dollars in stimulus spending | The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act |
| "What controversy involved lost weapons sold to criminals | Fast and Furious |
| "What agency was accused of targeting conservative groups | The IRS |
| "What scandal involved the deaths of four Americans in Libya | The Benghazi attack |
| "Who were Obamas Supreme Court appointments | Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan |
| "Who was the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice | Sonia Sotomayor |
| "What policy allowed gay service members to serve openly | Repeal of Dont Ask Dont Tell |
| "What conservative movement rose in two thousand ten | The Tea Party |
| "What happened in the two thousand ten midterms | Republicans won the House |
| "What extremist group rose after the Iraq withdrawal | ISIS |
| "Who did Obama defeat in the two thousand twelve election | Mitt Romney |
| "What was Obamas two thousand twelve campaign slogan | Forward |
| "What controversy hurt Hillary Clintons two thousand sixteen campaign | Her private email server |
| "Who won the Republican nomination in two thousand sixteen | Donald Trump |
| "What was Trumps campaign theme | Make America Great Again |
| "Who won the two thousand sixteen election | Donald Trump |