Question 1

Charges that President Clinton had a sexual relationship with a White House intern grew out of the investigation in the ________ sexual harassment case.

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The answer of Charges that President Clinton had a sexual...

Question 2

Despite winning the popular vote,Barack Obama narrowly won the election because of the closeness of the electoral vote.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

Due to controversy,the federal government refused to appropriate any funds to the mapping of human genes.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

In the 1996 election,

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A)  the Reform Party emerged as a powerful third political party.
B)  President Bill Clinton failed again to receive a majority of votes.
C)  Democrats regained control of the House but not the Senate.
D)  Bob Dole placed third in the race.
E)  President Clinton barely eked out a victory in the electoral vote.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 5

Between 1980 and 2000,the United States' economy saw

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A)  its Gross National Product (GNP) nearly double.
B)  its rate of inflation average 4 percent per year.
C)  the Dow Jones Industrial Average almost quintuple.
D)  all of these: its Gross National Product (GNP) nearly double,its rate of inflation average 4 percent per year,and the Dow Jones Industrial Average almost quintuple.
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) B) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 6

By the early twenty-first century,regarding African Americans,

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A)  half of all African Americans lived in the middle-class.
B)  African Americans constituted 3 percent of the nation's college population.
C)  there was little-to-no economic disparity between black and white professionals.
D)  half of all African Americans lived in poverty as members of the "underclass."
E)  the percentage of black high school graduates going to college still lagged significantly behind that of white high school graduates.F) None of the above
G) B) and C)

Question 7

In the last decades of the twentieth century,the American economy experienced a serious retraction.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 8

The 2000 election results were decided

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A)  after a national recount showed that George W.Bush had won a narrow victory.
B)  when Al Gore dropped his efforts to have further recounts in Florida.
C)  after the Republican secretary of state of Florida certified Bush had won.
D)  when the Supreme Court ended all efforts to recount the votes in Florida.
E)  after the House of Representatives voted to choose George W.Bush as the winner.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 9

The 1996 welfare reform law ended a fifty-year federal guarantee of assistance to families with dependent children.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Other than tax cuts,President George W.Bush's major accomplishment was the

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A)  Iraq War.
B)  appointment of a more conservative Supreme Court.
C)  rejection of the Kyoto Protocol.
D)  passage of the "No Child Left Behind" Act.
E)  banning of stem-cell research.F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 11

Regarding the development of the personal computer,

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A)  Macintosh software was developed years before DOS software.
B)  initially,DOS and Macintosh software were quite similar.
C)  in the late 1980s,Macintosh dominated the market for personal computers.
D)  in the late 1970s,IBM hired Microsoft to design an operating system for its computers.
E)  as PCs came to dominate the computer market,IBM was the principal beneficiary.F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 12

In 1996,significant reform legislation was passed by Congress concerning

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A)  primary school education.
B)  rising health care costs.
C)  occupational health care.
D)  the criminal appeals process.
E)  welfare programs.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 13

President Clinton's first year following his reelection marked the low point in his popularity.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The Gore campaign originally responded to the Florida controversy by asking for hand recounts of punch-card ballots across the state.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

In the election of 2004,George W.Bush won a decisive victory over Democrat John Kerry,winning an electoral vote margin of over 100.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

In 2010,poor inner-city blacks in the United States

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A)  saw only half of their number complete high school.
B)  experienced an unemployment rate of 60 percent.
C)  saw a radical increase in the number of single-parent households.
D)  both saw only half of their number complete high school,and experienced an unemployment rate of 60 percent.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 17

In the United States beginning in April 2001 there was a significant drop in

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A)  traffic on the Internet.
B)  the value of technology stocks.
C)  business inventories.
D)  service industry wages.
E)  the labor supply.F) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 18

Two ideologically distinct movements-the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street-emerged during Obama's presidency.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 19

The microprocessor was first introduced in 1971 by

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A)  Intel.
B)  IBM.
C)  Apple.
D)  Compaq.
E)  Microsoft.F) B) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 20

On the day of the 2000 election,

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A)  George W.Bush won the electoral college.
B)  Ralph Nader urged his supporters to vote for Al Gore.
C)  Al Gore won the popular vote.
D)  Pat Buchanan gave up his votes to George W.Bush.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Exam 32: The Age of Globalization

Charges that President Clinton had a sexual relationship with a White House intern grew out of the investigation in the ________ sexual harassment case.

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Despite winning the popular vote,Barack Obama narrowly won the election because of the closeness of the electoral vote.

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Due to controversy,the federal government refused to appropriate any funds to the mapping of human genes.

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In the 1996 election,

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Between 1980 and 2000,the United States' economy saw

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By the early twenty-first century,regarding African Americans,

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In the last decades of the twentieth century,the American economy experienced a serious retraction.

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The 2000 election results were decided

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The 1996 welfare reform law ended a fifty-year federal guarantee of assistance to families with dependent children.

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Other than tax cuts,President George W.Bush's major accomplishment was the

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Regarding the development of the personal computer,

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In 1996,significant reform legislation was passed by Congress concerning

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President Clinton's first year following his reelection marked the low point in his popularity.

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The Gore campaign originally responded to the Florida controversy by asking for hand recounts of punch-card ballots across the state.

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In the election of 2004,George W.Bush won a decisive victory over Democrat John Kerry,winning an electoral vote margin of over 100.

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In 2010,poor inner-city blacks in the United States

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In the United States beginning in April 2001 there was a significant drop in

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Two ideologically distinct movements-the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street-emerged during Obama's presidency.

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The microprocessor was first introduced in 1971 by

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On the day of the 2000 election,

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