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Chapters 30- Flashcards

1
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Who won the election of 1980?

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Ronald Reagan

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What was Reagan known as for his speaking ability?

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the “Great Communicator”

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What was the largest political action group that supported Reagan?

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Moral Majority

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Who became the oldest President ever to be elected President of the US?

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Ronald Reagan

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Who attempted to assassinate Reagan in 1981?

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John Hinckley, Jr.

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Who was the first President since Eisenhower to serve two full four-year terms?

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Reagan

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Who was the British Prime Minister who led a new conservative government?

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Margaret Thatcher

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Name two leading conservatives of the Reagan era?

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William F. Buckley, Jr., and Russell Kirk

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What black economist believed that careless welfare programs hurt ethnic minorities by destroying the family and the work ethic in the inner cities?

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Thomas Sowell

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10
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What concepts did Reaganomics emphasize?

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A balanced budget, a stable money supply, and less government regulation of trade and business

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Whose popularity with the American people convinced Congress to enact the largest tax cut in American history–25% over a three-year period?

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Reagan

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What policy under Reagan called for state and local governments to assume more responsibility for government programs, decreasing the power of the national government?

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New Federalism

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What amendment to the Constitution did the feminist movement push through Congress in 1982? Who led the opposition to the amendment?

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Equal Rights Amendment (ERA); Phyllis Schlafly

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14
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Who became the first woman justice to serve on the high court?

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Sandra Day O’Connor

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15
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What Secretary of Education under Reagan argued strongly for the return of morality and discipline in the classroom?

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William J. Bennett

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16
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When did the value of American stocks drop by $550 billion?

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Black Monday (Oct 19, 1987)

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17
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What was the longest period of continuous economic growth since WWII?

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The Reagan years

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18
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What was the first space shuttle?

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Columbia (1981)

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19
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What caused the space shuttle program to slow down for several years?

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the explosion of the Challenger in 1986

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What was Reagan’s belief that Communist aggressors must be stopped before they can attack and enslave a country?

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Reagan Doctrine

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21
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Who led the Solidarity in Poland?

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Lech Walesa

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22
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What is military rule?

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martial law

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23
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Who planned to take over Grenada and use it as a military base to invade the mainland of South America?

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Fidel Castro

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24
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When were US troops sent to liberate Grenada?

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1983

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What weapon supplied by the CIA to freedom fighters in Afghanistan virtually destroyed the Soviet’s fleet of combat helicopters?

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Stinger missiles

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26
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What Libyan dictator sponsored international terrorism?

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Colonel Muammar Al Qaddafi

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27
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Whose authoritarian government in the Philippines collapsed?

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Ferdinand Marcos

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28
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What American colonel was involved in the Iran-Contra hearings?

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Colonel Oliver North

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29
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What Soviet leader signed the Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty in 1987 with Reagan?

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Mikhail Gorbachev

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30
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What was the American’s system of space-age weaponry designed to destroy enemy missile warheads in flight?

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Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)

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31
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What two policies were adopted by the Soviet Union as an attempt to rebuild its economic and political system on a democratic, free enterprise model and pursue world peace?

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perestroika (“restructuring”) and glasnost (“openness”)

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32
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Who was elected President in 1988?

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George H. W. Bush

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33
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Where did the Communists crush a rebellion in 1989 among university students in China?

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Tiananmen Square

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34
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What unpopular dictator smuggled illegal drugs into the US and was captured by American forces in Panama?

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Manuel Noriega

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35
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What Communist leader was released from prison in South Africa in 1989?

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Nelson Mandela

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36
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What was the term for SA’s policy of racial segregation?

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apartheid

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37
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In what year were East and West Germany reunited?

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1990

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38
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In what treaty, signed in 1991, did the US and the Soviet Union agree to a limited troop withdrawal from Europe and to destroy some of their nuclear weapons?

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Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START)

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39
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Name the president of the Russian Republic who resigned from the Communist party.

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Boris Yeltsin

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40
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In what year did the Soviet Union collapse?

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1991

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41
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After Gorbachev’s resignation as president of the Soviet Union in 1991, eleven of the former Soviet Republics banded together to form what?

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Commonwealth of Independent States

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42
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What Iraqi dictator invaded Kuwait in 1990?

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Saddam Hussein

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43
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What was the name of the operation in 1991 during the Persian Gulf War?

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Operation Desert Storm

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44
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Who did G. H. W. Bush place in command of Operation Desert Storm?

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General Colin Powell

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45
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Who was appointed to lead the troops into combat during Operation Desert Storm?

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General Norman Schwarzkopf

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46
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What was the shortest war America has ever fought?

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The Persian Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm (1991)

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47
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What conservative did President Bush appoint to the Supreme Court in 1991?

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Clarence Thomas

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48
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What two men campaigned against President Bush in 1992?

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Bill Clinton and Ross Perot

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49
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How did the liberal media influence the election of 1992?

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“climate of crisis”

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50
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Who won the election of 1992?

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Bill Clinton

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51
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What first lady promised to be as influential as Eleanor Roosevelt?

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Hillary Rodham Clinton

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52
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What independent candidate split the conservative vote in the election of 1992?

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Ross Perot

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53
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What plan did Hillary Clinton personally lead the effort to implement?

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socialized medicine; national health care plan

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54
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In what affair were Bill Clinton’s questionable actions investigated?

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Whitewater affair

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55
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How were the 1994 congressional elections significant?

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For the first time since the 1950s, the Republicans gained a majority in both Houses of Congress.

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56
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Who became the Speaker of the House in 1994? What was his signed promised to the American people?

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Newt Gingrich; “Contract with America”

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57
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In what incident did the federal law enforcement officials abuse their powers?

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The besieging of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, TX

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58
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Where did Muslim terrorists plant a bomb in NYC in 1993?

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World Trade Center

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59
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Who was convicted and executed for planting a bomb outside a federal building in Oklahoma City in 1995?

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Timothy McVeigh

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60
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Where did Muslim terrorists strike in 1996 when a bomb planted in a fuel truck exploded outside an apartment complex?

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Saudi Arabia

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61
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What trade agreement was signed by the US, Canada, and Mexico in 1993?

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North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (1993)

62
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What treaty created the World Trade Organization to coordinate international trade policy?

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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)

63
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What Somali warlord did US troops devise a plan to capture?

A

Mohammed Farah Aidid

64
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Who became the first black president of South Africa?

A

Nelson Mandela

65
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What did Clinton continue to grant China?

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Most Favored Nation (MFN) trading status

66
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Who agreed to “freeze” North Korea’s nuclear program in exchange for technology and diplomatic and economic relations with the US?

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Kim Jung-Il

67
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What is protection from a repressive government called?

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political asylum

68
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Whom did Clinton help obtain funding to maintain his power over the Cuban people?

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Fidel Castro

69
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What organization was granted greater autonomy in the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank?

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Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)

70
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For what did Clinton encourage Russia to cooperate with the NATO allies?

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“partnership for peace”

71
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Where were US troops placed under UN commanders as part of a UN world army for the first time in history?

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Bosnia

72
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What Serbian president was brought to the bargaining table where a US envoy managed to arrange a limited cease-fire to be followed by a series of peace conferences?

A

Slobodan Milosevic

73
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What was the largest gathering of world dignitaries in history?

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the 50th anniversary of the UN

74
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What was the name of the incident in evolving financial contributions from China in return for military secrets?

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“China-gate”

75
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What country allowed UN inspectors to search for biological weapons and then ordered the inspectors out in 1997?

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Iraq

76
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Where did the Clinton family fly to meet with the Communist leaders in 2000?

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Vietnam

77
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What agency did the Eisenhower Administration create in response to the Soviet launch of Sputnik I?

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Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)

78
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Who invented the World Wide Web?

A

Tim Berners-Lee

79
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What system greatly aided in telecommunications?

A

Global Positioning System (GPS)

80
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What did many describe the new era of technology as?

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Information Age

81
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What made it possible to build smaller computers?

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microchips

82
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What new science produced machines that could handle hazardous chemicals and assemble, lift, and package products?

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robotics

83
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What type of chips are used everyday in tracking devices?

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Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)

84
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What is the massive effort to identify all of the approximately 30,000 genes in Human DNA?

A

Human Genome Project

85
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What forms of gambling were used in many states to raise money for state governments?

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state lotteries and casino gambling

86
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What is the idea that man is naturally good and thus has no sin nature?

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secular psychology; secular humanism

87
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What is the largest immigrant group in the US?

A

Hispanics

88
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What is the second largest group of immigrants in the US?

A

Asian Americans

89
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Who have a higher percentage of advanced degrees than any other ethnic group in America?

A

Asian Americans

90
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Who became the first Japanese American to serve in the U.S. Congress?

A

Daniel Ken Inouye

91
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Who became the first Japanese American woman to serve in Congress?

A

Patsy Takemoto Mink

92
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Which black American did Bush appoint to the US Supreme Court in the 1990s?

A

Justice Clarence Thomas

93
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What Native American won a seat in the US Senate in 1992?

A

Ben Nighthorse Campbell

94
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What is the desire to return minority peoples to their tribal toots and religions, a pre-Christian status?

A

multiculturalism

95
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Where and on what date did Harris and Klebold stage one of the worst school shooting assaults in history?

A

Columbine High School; April 20, 1999

96
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Who was the Democratic candidate in the 2000 election?

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Al Gore

97
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Who won the election of 2000?

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George W. Bush

98
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What is excess paper from a punched hole that is still attached to the ballot?

A

hanging chad

99
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Where and on what date did terrorists carry out the deadliest attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor?

A

World Trade Center; September 11, 2001

100
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Who was responsible for the attacks on 9-11? What organization did he lead?

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Osama bin Laden; al Qaeda

101
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What was the largest reorganization to take place in the federal government in 50 years? Who was the first leader of this organization?

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United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS); Tom Ridge

102
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What act in reaction to the 9-11 attacks did people fear would threaten their liberties?

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USA PATRIOT Act

103
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What organization was America’s first target during Operation Enduring Freedom, her war against terrorism? In what country was this target located?

A

Taliban; Afghanistan

104
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Who led the capture of hundreds of al Qaeda terrorists in Afghanistan?

A

General Tommy Franks

105
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In what country was Saddam Hussein dictator and were weapons of mass destruction being stockpiled?

A

Iraq

106
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What operation was intended to invade Iraq and remove Hussein from power?

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Operation Iraqi Freedom

107
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Who was the British Prime Minister that closely allied himself with President G. W. Bush?

A

Tony Blair

108
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Who was the Democratic candidate in the election of 2004?

A

John Kerry

109
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What were the two key issues in the 2004 Presidential election?

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(1) conflict in Iraq and (2) controversy over stem cell research

110
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Who was the “Father of Neoconservatism”?

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Irving Kristol

111
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What is the ultimate goal of neoconservatism?

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“one-world order”

112
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Who did President G. W. Bush nominate to replace Sandra Day O’Connor?

A

Judge Samuel Alito

113
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Who became Chief Justice after William Rehnquist?

A

John G. Roberts

114
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Who became Chief Justice after William Rehnquist?

A

John G. Roberts

115
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Who replaced Colin Powell as Secretary of State?

A

Condoleezza Rice

116
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What is lending to buyers whose credit records are not stable or credible?

A

subprime lending

117
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What education plan did G. W. Bush implement?

A

No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) (2002)

118
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What did President Bush create that some Americans called an infringement of “separation of church and state”?

A

White House Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives

119
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What pro-life act did Bush sign in 2003?

A

Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003

120
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What pro-life act did Bush sign in 2003?

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Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003

121
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What topic is associated with Bush’s first veto?

A

embryonic stem cell research

122
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What is the study of the moral implications and applications of biological research?

A

Bioethics

123
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What is the most controversial area in bioethics?

A

Cloning

124
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What is an organism that has grown out of an exact genetic copy of another living organism’s genetic code?

A

Clone

125
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Who organized the Moral Majority?

A

Jerry Falwell

126
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What was formed in the 1990s as an organization devoted to providing information and the means for Christians to have a greater voice in politics?

A

Christian Coalition

127
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Who is the most respected and listened to individual of the Christian Right? (His radio program is Focus on the Family).

A

Dr. James Dobson

128
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What movement had its modern beginnings with the Philosophical Library’s publishing of The Mystery of Life’s Origin?

A

Intelligent Design (ID)

129
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What court case said that even if evolution and creation were taught together, creationism would be unconstitutional?

A

Edwards vs. Aguillard

130
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What is the idea that all parts of an organism have to be present from their origin?

A

irreducible complexity

131
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What is the idea that the mathematical probability of evolution is zero?

A

specified complexity

132
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What case decided that ID is a form of creationism?

A

Kitzmiller vs. Dover Area School District

133
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What was the fastest growing educational trend in the US by the late 1990s?

A

homeschooling

134
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What storm became the costliest storm in history? What city received the most damage?

A

Hurricane Katrina; New Orleans

135
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What space shuttle exploded upon re-entry in 2003?

A

Columbia

136
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What legislative debate arose as a result of school violence?

A

gun control

137
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What act calls for states to automate their lists of any criminals or mentally ill persons along with any mental health records on these people?

A

National Instant Criminal Background Check System Information Amendment Act

138
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What became the first state to legalize “civil unions” between homosexuals?

A

Vermont

139
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What court case struck down the Texas law that had criminalized homosexuality?

A

Lawrence vs. Texas

140
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Whose name is usually coupled with euthanasia?

A

Jack Kevorkian

141
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What judge was removed from his position after an issue with a Ten Commandments monument?

A

Roy Moore

142
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What doctrine presented the idea of declaring war on threatening countries before they have a chance to harm America?

A

Bush Doctrine

143
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What Islamic movement carried out terrorist attacks against Israel from southern Lebanon?

A

Hezbollah

144
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What two leaders did Condoleezza Rice meet with to attempt peace between Israel and Palestine?

A

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyan

145
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What Communist nation’s leaders admitted to breaking the pledge it had made in 1944 to freeze all nuclear development?

A

North Korea

146
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What Iranian president initiated another controversy in September of 2007 when he spoke at Columbia University and refused to answer when asked if he desired to have Israel destroyed?

A

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

147
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What country’s economic growth has given it more strength to exercise political power on the world scene?

A

China

148
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What country had its first free election in 50 years in 2005?

A

Iraq

149
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What is the most complex scientific project ever to be attempted by the cooperative efforts of the international community and is the first permanent human outpost in space?

A

International Space Station (ISS)

150
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How many countries does the ISS project involve?

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16 different countries

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