Deck 27: Globalization and Its Discontents,1989 -2000

Question 1

MATCHING
Velvet Revolution

A)Israel and Palestinian agreement
B)dismantled by Clinton
C)awareness of American diversity
D)Rwanda
E)banking regulation repealed in 1999
F)largest corporate employer in 2000
G)Foxwoods Casino
H)Chinese demonstration for democracy
I)cash payment for low-income workers
J)fall of communism in Eastern Europe
K)free-trade zone
L)Kuwaiti freedom

Answer 1

fall of communism in Eastern Europe

Question 2

MATCHING
multiculturalism

A)Israel and Palestinian agreement
B)dismantled by Clinton
C)awareness of American diversity
D)Rwanda
E)banking regulation repealed in 1999
F)largest corporate employer in 2000
G)Foxwoods Casino
H)Chinese demonstration for democracy
I)cash payment for low-income workers
J)fall of communism in Eastern Europe
K)free-trade zone
L)Kuwaiti freedom

Answer 2

awareness of American diversity

Question 3

MATCHING
Oslo Accords

A)Israel and Palestinian agreement
B)dismantled by Clinton
C)awareness of American diversity
D)Rwanda
E)banking regulation repealed in 1999
F)largest corporate employer in 2000
G)Foxwoods Casino
H)Chinese demonstration for democracy
I)cash payment for low-income workers
J)fall of communism in Eastern Europe
K)free-trade zone
L)Kuwaiti freedom

Answer 3

Israel and Palestinian agreement

Question 4

MATCHING
Manuel Noriega

A)Contract with America
B)Panama dictator
C)Supreme Court justice
D)Enron
E)attorney general
F)triangulation
G)Christian Coalition
H)1992 independent presidential candidate
I)Clinton impeachment
J)Iraqi dictator
K)health care
L)Green Party

Question 5

MATCHING
Operation Desert Storm

A)Israel and Palestinian agreement
B)dismantled by Clinton
C)awareness of American diversity
D)Rwanda
E)banking regulation repealed in 1999
F)largest corporate employer in 2000
G)Foxwoods Casino
H)Chinese demonstration for democracy
I)cash payment for low-income workers
J)fall of communism in Eastern Europe
K)free-trade zone
L)Kuwaiti freedom

Question 6

MATCHING
Tiananmen Square

A)Israel and Palestinian agreement
B)dismantled by Clinton
C)awareness of American diversity
D)Rwanda
E)banking regulation repealed in 1999
F)largest corporate employer in 2000
G)Foxwoods Casino
H)Chinese demonstration for democracy
I)cash payment for low-income workers
J)fall of communism in Eastern Europe
K)free-trade zone
L)Kuwaiti freedom

Question 7

MATCHING
Hillary Clinton

A)Contract with America
B)Panama dictator
C)Supreme Court justice
D)Enron
E)attorney general
F)triangulation
G)Christian Coalition
H)1992 independent presidential candidate
I)Clinton impeachment
J)Iraqi dictator
K)health care
L)Green Party

Question 8

MATCHING
Ralph Nader

A)Contract with America
B)Panama dictator
C)Supreme Court justice
D)Enron
E)attorney general
F)triangulation
G)Christian Coalition
H)1992 independent presidential candidate
I)Clinton impeachment
J)Iraqi dictator
K)health care
L)Green Party

Question 9

MATCHING
Kenneth Lay

A)Contract with America
B)Panama dictator
C)Supreme Court justice
D)Enron
E)attorney general
F)triangulation
G)Christian Coalition
H)1992 independent presidential candidate
I)Clinton impeachment
J)Iraqi dictator
K)health care
L)Green Party

Question 10

MATCHING
"freedom revolution"

A)Israel and Palestinian agreement
B)dismantled by Clinton
C)awareness of American diversity
D)Rwanda
E)banking regulation repealed in 1999
F)largest corporate employer in 2000
G)Foxwoods Casino
H)Chinese demonstration for democracy
I)cash payment for low-income workers
J)fall of communism in Eastern Europe
K)free-trade zone
L)Kuwaiti freedom

Question 11

MATCHING
Ross Perot

A)Contract with America
B)Panama dictator
C)Supreme Court justice
D)Enron
E)attorney general
F)triangulation
G)Christian Coalition
H)1992 independent presidential candidate
I)Clinton impeachment
J)Iraqi dictator
K)health care
L)Green Party

Question 12

MATCHING
Ruth Bader Ginsburg

A)Contract with America
B)Panama dictator
C)Supreme Court justice
D)Enron
E)attorney general
F)triangulation
G)Christian Coalition
H)1992 independent presidential candidate
I)Clinton impeachment
J)Iraqi dictator
K)health care
L)Green Party

Question 13

MATCHING
Pat Robertson

A)Contract with America
B)Panama dictator
C)Supreme Court justice
D)Enron
E)attorney general
F)triangulation
G)Christian Coalition
H)1992 independent presidential candidate
I)Clinton impeachment
J)Iraqi dictator
K)health care
L)Green Party

Question 14

MATCHING
NAFTA

A)Israel and Palestinian agreement
B)dismantled by Clinton
C)awareness of American diversity
D)Rwanda
E)banking regulation repealed in 1999
F)largest corporate employer in 2000
G)Foxwoods Casino
H)Chinese demonstration for democracy
I)cash payment for low-income workers
J)fall of communism in Eastern Europe
K)free-trade zone
L)Kuwaiti freedom

Question 15

MATCHING
Bill Clinton

A)Contract with America
B)Panama dictator
C)Supreme Court justice
D)Enron
E)attorney general
F)triangulation
G)Christian Coalition
H)1992 independent presidential candidate
I)Clinton impeachment
J)Iraqi dictator
K)health care
L)Green Party

Question 16

MATCHING
Glass-Stegall Act

A)Israel and Palestinian agreement
B)dismantled by Clinton
C)awareness of American diversity
D)Rwanda
E)banking regulation repealed in 1999
F)largest corporate employer in 2000
G)Foxwoods Casino
H)Chinese demonstration for democracy
I)cash payment for low-income workers
J)fall of communism in Eastern Europe
K)free-trade zone
L)Kuwaiti freedom

Question 17

MATCHING
Monica Lewinsky

A)Contract with America
B)Panama dictator
C)Supreme Court justice
D)Enron
E)attorney general
F)triangulation
G)Christian Coalition
H)1992 independent presidential candidate
I)Clinton impeachment
J)Iraqi dictator
K)health care
L)Green Party

Question 18

MATCHING
Janet Reno

A)Contract with America
B)Panama dictator
C)Supreme Court justice
D)Enron
E)attorney general
F)triangulation
G)Christian Coalition
H)1992 independent presidential candidate
I)Clinton impeachment
J)Iraqi dictator
K)health care
L)Green Party

Question 19

MATCHING
Saddam Hussein

A)Contract with America
B)Panama dictator
C)Supreme Court justice
D)Enron
E)attorney general
F)triangulation
G)Christian Coalition
H)1992 independent presidential candidate
I)Clinton impeachment
J)Iraqi dictator
K)health care
L)Green Party

Question 20

MATCHING
Newt Gingrich

A)Contract with America
B)Panama dictator
C)Supreme Court justice
D)Enron
E)attorney general
F)triangulation
G)Christian Coalition
H)1992 independent presidential candidate
I)Clinton impeachment
J)Iraqi dictator
K)health care
L)Green Party

Question 21

Who did Clinton appoint to head the panel on health-care reform?

A) Ruth Bader Ginsberg
B) Janet Reno
C) Hillary Clinton
D) Phyllis Schlafly
E) Sandra Day O'Conner

Question 22

Who devised the Contract with America?

A) Bill Clinton
B) Congressional Republicans
C) Latinos
D) feminists
E) Bob Dole

Question 23

MATCHING
welfare

A)Israel and Palestinian agreement
B)dismantled by Clinton
C)awareness of American diversity
D)Rwanda
E)banking regulation repealed in 1999
F)largest corporate employer in 2000
G)Foxwoods Casino
H)Chinese demonstration for democracy
I)cash payment for low-income workers
J)fall of communism in Eastern Europe
K)free-trade zone
L)Kuwaiti freedom

Question 24

NAFTA:

A) created a free-trade zone for the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
B) created a free-trade zone for the United States, Great Britain, and Canada.
C) was hailed by organized labor.
D) raised tariffs significantly.
E) was supported by environmental groups.

Question 25

MATCHING
Pequot tribe

A)Israel and Palestinian agreement
B)dismantled by Clinton
C)awareness of American diversity
D)Rwanda
E)banking regulation repealed in 1999
F)largest corporate employer in 2000
G)Foxwoods Casino
H)Chinese demonstration for democracy
I)cash payment for low-income workers
J)fall of communism in Eastern Europe
K)free-trade zone
L)Kuwaiti freedom

Question 26

By the end of 1991, Soviet attempts at economic reform had created chaos, and the:

A) Soviet military staged a successful coup.
B) Soviet Union dissolved, ending the Cold War.
C) United States invaded, ending the Cold War.
D) Soviets sought U.S. assistance.
E) Soviets turned to the United Nations for help.

Question 27

____________ has been called "the concept of the 1990s."

A) Liberty
B) Money
C) Technology
D) Globalization
E) Liberalism

Question 28

The 1996 Telecommunications Act:

A) was part of President Clinton's efforts at deregulation.
B) was part of President Clinton's efforts at increasing regulations.
C) was vetoed by President Clinton.
D) represented the high point of Democratic liberalism.
E) cost the broadcast industry millions of dollars.

Question 29

After Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, George H. W. Bush immediately sent American troops to:

A) Israel.
B) Saudi Arabia.
C) Kuwait.
D) Iran.
E) Egypt.

Question 30

Which African state, which had practiced apartheid for decades, elected Nelson Mandela president in 1994?

A) Ghana
B) Congo
C) Angola
D) South Africa
E) Mozambique

Question 31

The 1994 Contract with America:

A) was Clinton's national health insurance plan.
B) was the brainchild of Ross Perot.
C) included the promise to cut government spending and end affirmative action.
D) was a labor agreement between federal employees and the government.
E) included several demands, all of which became law.

Question 32

MATCHING
genocide

A)Israel and Palestinian agreement
B)dismantled by Clinton
C)awareness of American diversity
D)Rwanda
E)banking regulation repealed in 1999
F)largest corporate employer in 2000
G)Foxwoods Casino
H)Chinese demonstration for democracy
I)cash payment for low-income workers
J)fall of communism in Eastern Europe
K)free-trade zone
L)Kuwaiti freedom

Question 33

Whose election campaign director was fond of the saying "It's the economy, stupid"?

A) Bob Dole's
B) George H. W. Bush's
C) Pat Buchanan's
D) John Anderson's
E) Bill Clinton's

Question 34

The third-party candidate Ross Perot:

A) received few votes in the 1992 presidential election.
B) criticized only President Bush's foreign policy.
C) ran as a Progressive Party candidate.
D) received the least votes for a third-party candidate since Theodore Roosevelt.
E) received the most votes for a third-party candidate since Theodore Roosevelt.

Question 35

The New World Order referred to by President George H. W. Bush:

A) included a continuation of the Cold War with the Soviets.
B) was the return of American isolationism.
C) implied the need for global human rights.
D) was never clearly defined.
E) included a continuation of the Cold War with communist China.

Question 36

Operation Desert Storm:

A) quickly drove the Iraqi army out of Kuwait.
B) ousted Saddam Hussein from power.
C) was another military defeat for the United States.
D) was criticized by the United Nations.
E) quickly drove the Iraqi army out of Iran.

Question 37

MATCHING
Wal-Mart

A)Israel and Palestinian agreement
B)dismantled by Clinton
C)awareness of American diversity
D)Rwanda
E)banking regulation repealed in 1999
F)largest corporate employer in 2000
G)Foxwoods Casino
H)Chinese demonstration for democracy
I)cash payment for low-income workers
J)fall of communism in Eastern Europe
K)free-trade zone
L)Kuwaiti freedom

Question 38

The internationalization of commerce and culture and the reshuffling of the world's peoples have been going on for more than:

A) 20 years.
B) 50 years.
C) 100 years.
D) 200 years.
E) 500 years.

Question 39

In 1992, Bill Clinton secured the Democratic nomination for president because he:

A) promised to expand welfare.
B) pledged to continue the policies of President Bush in the Middle East.
C) combined social liberalism with elements of conservatism.
D) promised to restrict access to abortion.
E) did not support gay rights.

Question 40

What were the student protesters who occupied Tiananmen Square in Beijing in June 1989 demanding?

A) the right to host the Olympics
B) an end to communism in the Soviet Union
C) an end to communism in China
D) freedom to Taiwan
E) greater democracy

Question 41

The Enron scandal:

A) led to the impeachment of Bill Clinton.
B) resulted in the decline of organized labor.
C) occurred because of lax enforcement of the Glass-Steagall Act.
D) was one result of the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act.
E) restored American confidence in the stock market.

Question 42

Clinton ended:

A) child poverty.
B) food stamps.
C) public housing.
D) welfare, replacing it with grants of money to states and strict limits on how long recipients could receive assistance.
E) free trade with China.

Question 43

Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are associated with:

A) manufacturing.
B) the service industry.
C) aviation.
D) dot-coms.
E) computers.

Question 44

Which replaced General Motors as the country's largest corporate employer?

A) Microsoft
B) Apple
C) Target
D) Wal-Mart
E) McDonalds

Question 45

Antiglobalization protesters made all of the following demands in the "Declaration for Global Democracy" EXCEPT:

A) globalization could not continue without representation from all sectors of society.
B) global trade and investment must be instruments for achieving equitable and sustainable development.
C) the World Trade Organization as presently constructed had to be replaced.
D) global trade agreements must not undermine the ability of each nationstate or local community to meet its citizens' needs.
E) globalization had to continue along a course set by corporate leaders, as they best understood the needs of consumers.

Question 46

The computer revolution of the 1990s included the development of new and life-altering technology that included all of the following EXCEPT:

A) personal computers.
B) digital cameras.
C) cell phones.
D) the Internet.
E) iPods.

Question 47

By the start of the twenty-first century, dot-coms symbolized the:

A) continued economic vitality of the computer revolution.
B) lasting positive social impact of the computer revolution.
C) negative impact of stock speculation among technology companies.
D) stabilization of the stock market.
E) potential increase in manufacturing jobs in the United States.

Question 48

By the start of the twenty-first century, the largest minority group in the United States was:

A) Cambodian.
B) Bosnian.
C) Russian.
D) African-American.
E) Latino.

Question 49

What was the fate of the chief officers of Enron?

A) They were never tried before a court of law.
B) They left the country for a Caribbean island.
C) They were ordered to pay billions of dollars to compensate investors.
D) They were convicted of multiple counts of fraud.
E) They were sentenced to life in prison.

Question 50

During the 1990s, the American economy:

A) continued to expand.
B) was hampered by a rising federal deficit.
C) suffered from high inflation rates.
D) was hurt by high unemployment rates.
E) stagnated throughout the decade.

Question 51

Bill Clinton's foreign policy centered on:

A) elevating human rights to a central place in international relations.
B) defeating the few pockets of communism left in the world.
C) taking a hard line against economic competitors like Mexico and Canada.
D) preemptive strikes to weed out dictatorial leaders that posed a threat to American security.
E) building what he called a New World Order.

Question 52

By 2000, unemployment in America stood at about ____________ percent.

A) 20
B) 15
C) 10
D) 4
E) 1

Question 53

By the end of the 1990s, the American economy:

A) was characterized by rising employment rates and declining income for poor and middle-class Americans.
B) went into a deep depression.
C) boomed as workers' wages rose.
D) thrived as union membership increased dramatically.
E) was strongest in rural areas.

Question 54

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 in rural areas.

Question 55

Increasingly visible during the 1990s, Asian-Americans:

A) were hailed by white Americans as a "model minority."
B) all earned high incomes.
C) tended to send their children to work rather than to school.
D) began returning to their countries of origin.
E) were still forbidden by law to marry non-Asians.

Question 56

Whose motto was "No globalization without representation"?

A) protesters of the 1999 World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle
B) Native American Rights Fund
C) Filipino Independence Organization
D) protestors of the expansion of Wal-Mart
E) antiwar demonstrators protesting the Gulf War

Question 57

During the Balkan crisis, President Clinton:

A) refused to commit U.S. troops.
B) blocked UN attempts to assist in the region.
C) provided minimal economic aid but refused to send troops.
D) supported NATO's efforts by deploying American planes and ground troops.
E) advocated the reunification of Yugoslavia.

Question 58

What spurred the new economy?

A) the automobile
B) housing
C) NAFTA
D) television
E) the computer

Question 59

Bill Clinton was easily reelected in 1996 because he:

A) promised to restore the welfare state.
B) pledged to increase the Aid to Families with Dependent Children.
C) vowed to get a national health insurance bill through Congress.
D) supported abolishing affirmative action.
E) embraced popular Republican policies.

Question 60

The countless corporate scandals and stock frauds stemmed directly from the 1999 repeal of which New Deal measure?

A) the Glass-Steagall Act
B) the Federal Communications Commission
C) the Securities and Exchange Commission
D) the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
E) the Bank Holiday Act

Question 61

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 such as the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building.
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.

Question 62

During the 1990s, African-American civil rights:

A) expanded more than in any previous decade.
B) were declining as the legal definition of discrimination was narrowed.
C) were no longer an issue for most Americans.
D) were expanded in terms of education but restricted in employment.
E) were expanded in terms of employment but restricted in education.

Question 63

Which ethnic group's average family income in 2000 surpassed that of whites?

A) Asian-Americans
B) Muslim-Americans
C) Latinos
D) African-Americans
E) Native Americans

Question 64

What is a visible sign of Native American quasi-sovereignty?

A) casinos
B) reservations
C) citizenship
D) increase in professional jobs
E) political participation

Question 65

During the 1990s, twenty-three states passed laws:

A) legalizing gay marriage.
B) limiting the rights of African-Americans.
C) providing health insurance to all state residents.
D) making English the official language.
E) raising the drinking age to thirty.

Question 66

Which city witnessed riots and looting in 1992 after tensions snapped over an episode of police officers beating an unarmed African-American man?

A) New York
B) San Francisco
C) Chicago
D) Los Angeles
E) Houston

Question 67

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.

Question 68

In the 1990s, school segregation:

A) declined as the nation became more diverse.
B) was on the rise.
C) was less widespread than it had been in 1970.
D) declined because the Supreme Court ruled that school funding could no longer rest on property taxes.
E) was not a problem in the North.

Question 69

Which of the following was a scandal of the Clinton administration?

A) Teapot Dome
B) Whitewater
C) Watergate
D) Whiskey Ring
E) Iran-Contra

Question 70

The abortion rate declined throughout the 1990s, largely because:

A) of the successful efforts of the pro-life campaign.
B) there are few doctors that will perform abortions.
C) of the success of abstinence campaigns.
D) teenagers had increasing access to contraception.
E) there was a large conversion to Catholicism.

Question 71

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 the body of his wife.
E) was a triumph for supporters of the pro-life position.

Question 72

The battles that raged throughout the 1990s over moral values were called:

A) conservative wars.
B) culture wars.
C) Christian wars.
D) Supreme Court wars.
E) family-value wars.

Question 73

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) increased as state governments increased penalties for crimes and decreased parole.
E) declined because states refused to fund the "prison-industrial complex"

Question 74

Proposition 187, approved by California voters in 1994:

A) denied illegal immigrants and their children access to welfare, education, and most health services.
B) expanded the "prison-industrial complex."
C) reinstated the bracero program.
D) banned bilingual education.
E) banned affirmative action.

Question 75

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.

Question 76

The term "pay gap" refers to the difference in:

A) voting patterns between men and women.
B) education levels between men and women.
C) pay rates between men and women.
D) life expectancy between men and women.
E) church attendance between men and women.

Question 77

By the year 2000, the AIDS epidemic:

A) affected only homosexuals.
B) affected only drug users.
C) was spreading less rapidly among the gay population of the United States.
D) brought an end to the gay rights movement.
E) had been brought under control around the world.

Question 78

The 1996 Defense of Marriage Act:

A) made gay marriage legal.
B) was criticized by the Christian Coalition.
C) banned gay couples from spousal benefits provided by federal law.
D) banned gay couples from working for the federal government.
E) raised the age of consent to twenty-five.

Question 79

At the end of the twentieth century, the Christian Coalition:

A) was a major force in Republican Party politics.
B) reversed its long-standing opposition to abortion.
C) declined in numbers.
D) campaigned for increased funding for the National Endowment for the Arts.
E) dominated the Democratic Party.

Question 80

By the start of the twenty-first century, American women:

A) continued to receive fewer college degrees than men.
B) received over 40 percent of the advanced degrees in law, business, and medicine.
C) tended to marry at a younger age than the previous generation.
D) experienced rising birth rates.
E) earned more money on average than men.