Questions for Chapters 28-32
1. The hijackers that crashed planes into the Pentagon and World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 were from which group?
*al-Qaeda
Iraqi Republican Guards
ISIS
2. Deaths caused by terrorists on September 11, 2001 occurred in all of the following American states EXCEPT:
*California
New York
Virginia
Pennsylvania
3. What is the name of the group that ruled Afghanistan and hosted the group that attacked the United States on September 11, 2001?
*Taliban
Northern Alliance
Kabul Axis
4. Which of the following data points connecting Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction is false?
*Evidence used by Secretary of State Colin Powell in his presentation at the United Nations in 2003
Iraq's use of chemical weapons against Iran in the 1980s
Iraq's use of chemical weapons against Kurdish Iraqis in 1988
5. For which of the following was the United States best prepared as its military invaded Iraq in 2003?
*A quick invasion
A long occupation
Supporting a system of law and order
6. What is a difference between the CIA and the FBI?
*Both of the answers are true
The CIA operates overseas, and the FBI operates within U.S. national borders
The FBI is not allowed to use torture, and the CIA can transfer prisoners to other countries
7. How did the No Child Left Behind Act aim to improve education?
*Consequences, including closure, for schools with students that did not perform well on national tests
Eliminating the Department of Education and ceasing all federal funding for schools
Giving block grants to individual school districts to let local educators decide how to help students
8. Which of the following organizations received the most blame for the inadequate response to Hurricane Katrina?
*Federal Emergency Management Agency
U.S. Coast Guard
American Red Cross
9. What enabled the separation between the interests of the mortgage lender and the ability of the borrower to repay?
*Changes in banking laws in the 1990s and early 2000s
Credit default swaps
Securitization food chain
10. The following were consequences to the real economy despite the bank bailouts of 2008 EXCEPT:
*Fewer people were claiming unemployment benefits
Fewer people were buying houses
Fewer businesses were getting loans
Fewer people paid down credit card debt
11. What was the relationship between unemployment and immigration during the Great Recession?
*Anxiety over illegal immigration rose
Jobless Americans easily migrated to other countries for work
Unemployed workers got work in immigration welcome centers
12. Why did President George W. Bush refuse to support the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gases?
*He argued that it would hurt the American economy.
He denied that greenhouse gas emission contributed to global warming.
He thought that the reductions faced by the United States were not tough enough.
13. How did Barack Obama's campaign for president in 2008 reach younger voters?
*Via social media
Via their parents
Via television
14. The following were goals of President Obama's healthcare reform bill EXCEPT:
*eliminate private insurance companies
provide Americans with access to affordable health insurance
require that everyone in the United States acquire some form of health insurance
lower the costs of healthcare