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Question
Why did Progressive reformers think they had much to learn from the Old World?
a. British legislators were far more advanced in their thoughts on racial diversity.
b. The French had built a strong reputation in the field of rehabilitative prison programs.
c. The Italians had introduced a series of laws securing equal rights for women.
d. Germans had pioneered several measures of social legislation.
e. Russian bureaucrats had innovated ecumenical churches that offered welfare programs.
ANS: D TOP: The Politics of Progressivism
DIF: Difficult REF: Full p. 700 | Seagull p. 715
MSC: Analyzing OBJ: 3. Compare and contrast the democratic and antidemocratic impulses in Progressivism.
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Related questions
Q:
In the 1999 Declaration for Global Democracy, who was blamed for worldwide economic problems?
a. corporate interests
b. socialists
c. corrupt governments
d. totalitarian regimes
e. the United States
ANS: A TOP: Voices of Freedom | Primary Source Document DIF: Moderate REF: Full p. 1069 | Seagull p. 1085 MSC: Understanding
OBJ: 3. Examine the cultural conflicts that emerged in the 1990s.
Q:
Who did public opinion mostly blame for the government shutdown in 1995?
a. George Bush
b. President Clinton
c. the judiciary
d. the Republicans
e. the banking system
ANS: D TOP: The PostCold War World
DIF: Moderate REF: Full p. 1069 | Seagull p. 1077
MSC: Understanding OBJ: 1. Identify the major international initiatives of the Clinton administration after the Cold War.
Q:
Because of the 1965 changes in immigration laws, thirty-five years later the immigrant population in the United States
a. had declined significantly.
b. increasingly came from Asia and Latin America.
c. increasingly came from eastern Europe.
d. had stayed about the same.
e. centered on rural areas.
ANS: B TOP: Culture Wars DIF: Moderate
REF: Full p. 1067 | Seagull p. 1087 MSC: Understanding OBJ: 3. Examine the cultural conflicts that emerged in the 1990s.
Q:
How did President Clinton respond to the Republican victory in the 1994 congressional elections?
a. He grew increasingly radical in his opposition to Republicans.
b. He brought Republicans into his cabinet in order to build a more bipartisan government.
c. He campaigned against radical Republicans and moved toward the center.
d. He increasingly embraced the position of the Democratic left.
e. He intensified his alliance with Democrats in the Senate.
ANS: C TOP: The PostCold War World
DIF: Difficult REF: Full p. 1058 | Seagull p. 1078
MSC: Analyzing OBJ: 1. Identify the major international initiatives of the Clinton administration after the Cold War.
Q:
Analyze how the war on terror affected the economy and American liberties.
Multiple Choice What was the Contract with America?
a. a press term for the Clinton reelection strategy
b. Clintons 256-page proposal to overhaul the nations welfare system
c. a 1994 Republican plan to steeply cut federal education, medical, and environmental programs
d. a speech delivered by Clinton that promised to continue to work on health care reform
e. what Democrats called Bill Clintons victory in 1992
ANS: C TOP: The PostCold War World
DIF: Moderate REF: Full p. 1057 | Seagull p. 1077
MSC: Understanding OBJ: 1. Identify the major international initiatives of the Clinton administration after the Cold War.
Q:
Explain how the war in Iraq unfolded in the wake of 9/11. The Freedom Revolution was
a. the collapse of communism in eastern Europe.
b. the Republican victory in the 1994 congressional elections.
c. the end of apartheid in South Africa.
d. the mass organization of middle-class African-American men in Washington, D.C.
e. what Democrats called Bill Clintons victory in 1992.
ANS: B TOP: The PostCold War World
DIF: Moderate REF: Full p. 1057 | Seagull p. 1077
MSC: Remembering OBJ: 1. Identify the major international initiatives of the Clinton administration after the Cold War.
Q:
Explain the Al Qaeda attack on the United States on September 11, 2001 During Bill Clintons first term, what federal economic policy helped lift millions out of poverty?
a. Great Society legislation
b. Dont ask, dont tell
c. welfare
d. the Earned Income Tax Credit
e. the North American Free Trade Agreement
ANS: D TOP: The PostCold War World
DIF: Moderate REF: Full p. 1057 | Seagull p. 1076
MSC: Understanding OBJ: 1. Identify the major international initiatives of the Clinton administration after the Cold War.
Q:
During Hurricane Katrina the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was not prepared to respond efficiently. Why was this so damaging for the George W. Bush administration?
a. because it was supposed to be specially competent in dealing with disaster
b. because he had wanted to eliminate FEMA in the past
c. because it confirmed climate change was a real problem that needed to be addressed
d. because he had tripled FEMAs budget to avoid catastrophes
e. because people felt the military was fighting somebody elses war instead of helping U.S. citizens in need
ANS: A TOP: The Winds of Change DIF: Difficult
REF: Full p. 1110 | Seagull p. 1122 MSC: Analyzing
OBJ: 1. Explain what events eroded support for President Bushs policies during his second term.
Q:
Why is the characterization of the war on terror as a clash of civilizationsthe West versus Islamunhistorical?
a. It denies the militancy of Christian sects.
b. It ignores the militant tendencies of Buddhism.
c. It denies a long past of cultural exchanges between the two.
d. It exaggerates the diversity of Islamic countries.
e. It undermines the liberation struggle of the Arab Spring.
ANS: C TOP: The Winds of Change DIF: Difficult
REF: Full p. 1105 | Seagull p. 1125
MSC: Analyzing OBJ: 1. Explain what events eroded support for President Bushs policies during his second term.
Q:
What was the response to the 2006 House of Representatives bill that criminalized the offering of assistance to illegal immigrants?
a. silence from the mainstream media
b. mass protests staged by legal and illegal immigrants nationwide
c. self-deportation en masse
d. mass arrests of people distributing water to immigrants in Texas
e. many Americans assisted in deporting thousands of illegal immigrants
ANS: B TOP: The Winds of Change DIF: Easy
REF: Full p. 1104 | Seagull pp. 11241125
MSC: Understanding OBJ: 1. Explain what events eroded support for President Bushs policies during his second term.
Q:
The borderlands of the Southwest
a. had only rarely been a source of tension for Americans since the passage of the Hart-Celler Act.
b. emerged as an area of renewed anxiety for some Americans in the wake of the September 11 attacks.
c. only infrequently enjoyed close cultural and community connections to Mexico.
d. seemed less of a national security threat than the borderlands of the Pacific Northwest.
e. were not largely affected by the September 11 attacks because of their location.
ANS: B TOP: The Winds of Change DIF: Easy
REF: Full pp. 11021103 | Seagull p. 1123
MSC: Understanding OBJ: 1. Explain what events eroded support for President Bushs policies during his second term.
Q:
Which of the following groups was mostly at a disadvantage because of state laws disfranchising persons with felony convictions?
a. women
b. Latinos
c. black men
d. Asian men
e. gays
ANS: C TOP: Cultural Wars DIF: Moderate
REF: Full p. 1089 | Seagull p. 1071 MSC: Understanding OBJ: 3. Examine the cultural conflicts that emerged in the 1990s.
Q:
What statement below best summarizes the difference between the impeachments of Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton?
a. Johnsons impeachment involved trivial matters, while Clintons concerned matters of the utmost importance to the nation.
b. The impeachments of Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton were virtually indistinguishable; the defending parties even used much of the same rhetoric.
c. Andrew Johnsons impeachment concerned matters of Reconstruction and the rights of former slaves, but Bill Clintons concerned what many deemed a juvenile escapade.
d. Johnson had a Senate that voted unanimously to convict him, but Clinton was not convicted.
e. Johnson broke many more laws than Clinton.
ANS: C TOP: Impeachment and the Election of 2000
DIF: Difficult REF: Full pp. 10831084 | Seagull pp. 11021103 MSC: Remembering OBJ: 4. Discuss how divisive political partisanship affected the election of 2000.
Q:
In 1998, Congress brought impeachment charges against President Clinton because he
a. had an extramarital affair with a White House staff member.
b. authorized a break-in at the Republican national headquarters.
c. extorted money from oil companies in exchange for government contracts.
d. ordered troops into Somalia without congressional approval.
e. lied about his extramarital affair before the grand jury.
ANS: E TOP: Impeachment and the Election of 2000
DIF: Easy REF: Full p. 1083 | Seagull p. 1102
MSC: Understanding OBJ: 4. Discuss how divisive political partisanship affected the election of 2000.
Q:
The 1995 truck bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City was organized by
a. militant African-American separatists.
b. a left-wing paramilitary group.
c. a far-right private militia group.
d. Islamic fundamentalists.
e. Osama bin Laden.
ANS: C TOP: Cultural Wars DIF: Moderate
REF: Full pp. 10821083 | Seagull pp. 11011102
MSC: Remembering OBJ: 3. Examine the cultural conflicts that emerged in the 1990s.
Q:
Militia groups arose in America during the 1990s
a. to protest the increasing influence of the Christian Coalition.
b. and engaged in acts of domestic terrorism.
c. but were quickly eliminated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
d. but posed no immediate threat to the nation.
e. and were based primarily in the Northeast.
ANS: B TOP: Cultural Wars DIF: Moderate
REF: Full pp. 10811083 | Seagull pp. 11011102
MSC: Understanding OBJ: 3. Examine the cultural conflicts that emerged in the 1990s.
Q:
Casey v. Planned Parenthood of Pennsylvania
a. upheld the view that those who used violence against abortion clinics had to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
b. ruled that a woman had to inform her husband before getting an abortion.
c. overturned Roe v. Wade.
d. repudiated the centuries-old claim that a husband had a legal claim to control his wifes body.
e. was a triumph for supporters of the pro-life position.
ANS: D TOP: Cultural Wars DIF: Moderate
REF: Full p. 1081 | Seagull pp. 11001101
MSC: Analyzing OBJ: 3. Examine the cultural conflicts that emerged in the 1990s.
Q:
What was the impact of the creation of Indian casinos?
a. The casinos made Las Vegas casinos go bankrupt.
b. Gambling became legal in all fifty states.
c. All Indian casinos combined only made several million dollars a year.
d. It introduced Indians to gambling.
e. Most individual Indians did not benefit from casinos and remained poor.
ANS: E TOP: Cultural Wars DIF: Moderate
REF: Full p. 1079 | Seagull p. 1098 MSC: Understanding OBJ: 3. Examine the cultural conflicts that emerged in the 1990s.
Q:
The Mexican-American group Los Tigres del Norte wrote the song La Jaula de oro, in which they mention being trapped within cage of gold. What is the cage of gold a metaphor for?
a. their situation in the United States where they are unable to visit their home country
b. the U.S. banking system
c. the Mexican national government
d. the U.S.-Mexican border
e. the CIA
ANS: A TOP: Who Is an American? | Primary Source Document DIF: Moderate REF: Full p. 1079 | Seagull p. 1094 MSC: Understanding
OBJ: 3. Examine the cultural conflicts that emerged in the 1990s.
Q:
Walmart
a. was the second-largest employer in Mexico by 2010.
b. by the early twenty-first century was the second-largest corporate employer in America (after Apple).
c. paid most of its 1.6 million nonunionized workers slightly more than minimum wage.
d. refused to produce in Mexico.
e. supported collective bargaining.
ANS: C TOP: Globalization and its Discontents
DIF: Easy REF: Full p. 1078 | Seagull p. 1086
MSC: Understanding OBJ: 2. Explain the forces that drove the economic resurgence of the 1990s.
Q:
The majority of imprisoned Americans in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries were incarcerated for what crime?
a. spousal abuse
b. nonviolent drug offenses
c. embezzlement
d. insider trading
e. sexual assault
ANS: B TOP: The Cultural Wars DIF: Easy
REF: Full p. 1076 | Seagull pp. 10951096
MSC: Remembering OBJ: 3. Examine the cultural conflicts that emerged in the 1990s.
Q:
In the 1990s, the prison population
a. declined because there was little new prison construction.
b. experienced shorter sentences and more rehabilitation programs than before.
c. increased because crime rates increased in the 1990s.
d. grew as state governments increased penalties for crimes.
e. declined because states refused to fund the prison-industrial complex.
ANS: D TOP: The Cultural Wars DIF: Moderate
REF: Full p. 1076 | Seagull p. 1095
MSC: Understanding OBJ: 3. Examine the cultural conflicts that emerged in the 1990s.
Q:
How could the trend of mass imprisonment in the late twentieth century have been avoided?
a. Schools could have offered more civic lessons.
b. Hospitals should have kept a closer eye on the mentally ill.
c. State legislators could have refused to criminalize drug use.
d. Northeastern states should not have abolished the death penalty.
e. States could have applied the death penalty more liberally.
ANS: C TOP: The Cultural Wars DIF: Difficult
REF: Full p. 1076 | Seagull p. 1095 MSC: Applying OBJ: 3. Examine the cultural conflicts that emerged in the 1990s.
Q:
School segregation
a. increased in the 1990s due to new racial mandates overseen by local school districts.
b. declined significantly in the 1990s thanks to changing racial attitudes.
c. increased in the 1990s as a result of housing patterns.
d. declined because of two key Supreme Court rulings.
e. remained about the same despite federal support.
ANS: C TOP: The Cultural Wars DIF: Moderate
REF: Full p. 1076 | Seagull p. 1095
MSC: Understanding OBJ: 3. Examine the cultural conflicts that emerged in the 1990s.
Q:
The Vietnam Syndrome was
a. the reluctance of Americans to send U.S. troops to an overseas conflict.
b. the idea that the press influences the outcome of a war.
c. the belief that soldiers who suffered post-traumatic stress disorders should be medically treated.
d. the idea that the United States needed to stop all communist nations from expanding.
e. the belief that the United States needed to isolate Vietnam from the rest of the world.
ANS: A TOP: Vietnam and Watergate
DIF: Moderate REF: Full p. 1024 | Seagull p. 1041
MSC: Understanding OBJ: 2. Explain how Vietnam and the Watergate scandal affected popular trust in the government.
Q:
Why did the gay and lesbian movement become a major concern for members of the political right after the late 1960s?
a. They understood that the movement could convert millions of impressionable youth.
b. Thousands of new civil rights movements encouraged gays and lesbians to come out.
c. They feared that gays and lesbians might push for an end to the dont ask, dont tell policy.
d. They suspected that many among their ranks were gay and lesbian themselves.
e. They feared that the gay and lesbian movement might push for higher taxes on the wealthy.
ANS: B TOP: President Nixon
DIF: Moderate REF: Full p. 1020 | Seagull p. 1037
MSC: Analyzing OBJ: 1. Identify the major policies of the Nixon administration on social and economic issues.
Q:
What did the Supreme Court rulings in San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez and Milliken v. Bradley suggest?
a. The Court found the Constitution requires equality of school funding.
b. The Court recognized a school districts obligation to move its students great distances to achieve racial integration.
c. The Court was willing to abandon the idea of overturning local control of schools.
d. The Court would continue to rule in favor of busing.
e. The Court thought education was more important than housing.
ANS: C TOP: President Nixon
DIF: Difficult REF: Full p. 1018 | Seagull p. 1035 MSC: Analyzing OBJ: 1. Identify the major policies of the Nixon administration on social and economic issues.
Q:
The War on Poverty
a. was first proposed by Richard Nixon as a means to gain the support of congressional Democrats during Eisenhowers second term.
b. was not a part of Johnsons Great Society agenda.
c. concentrated on equipping the poor with skills and rebuilding their spirit and motivation.
d. guaranteed an annual income for most Americans.
e. focused on understanding economic changes and responding to them.
ANS: C TOP: Lyndon Johnsons Presidency
DIF: Easy REF: Full pp. 983984 | Seagull pp. 997998 MSC: Understanding
OBJ: 3. Examine the purposes and strategies of Johnsons Great Society programs.
Q:
Why did King decide to send black schoolchildren to protest in the streets of Birmingham?
a. He believed they were the future.
b. He believed the police would use force against them, and in return, he would use those images to build support for the civil rights movement.
c. They were easily manipulated.
d. He believed the image of children marching would show they had no schools in which to get an education.
e. He knew it was a peaceful city and nothing would happen to them.
ANS: B TOP: The Civil Rights Revolution
DIF: Moderate REF: Full p. 983 | Seagull p. 983
MSC: Understanding OBJ: 1. Identify the major events in the civil rights movement in the early 1960s.
Q:
What did the defeat of Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater show?
a. The success of the civil rights movement had made conventional Republicans unelectable.
b. The success of the New Deal state had made libertarianism unattractive to Americans.
c. The changing demographic image of the United States had made older presidential candidates unappealing.
d. The civil rights movement had redrawn the political map and opened the South to the Republican Party.
e. Americans were not yet ready for a Jewish presidential candidate.
ANS: D TOP: Lyndon Johnsons Presidency
DIF: Difficult REF: Full p. 981 | Seagull p. 995
MSC: Applying OBJ: 3. Examine the purposes and strategies of Johnsons Great Society programs.