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APUSH Semester Test Review Ch. 41-42

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Early in the Clinton administration, First Lady Hillary Clinton was heavily criticized for
developing her own national health care plan that was very complicated.
The republican congressman who became speaker of the house in 1994 when republicans took over Congress was
Newt Gingrich.
President Clinton was impeached after the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke on charges of
perjury and obstruction of justice.
The close 2000 presidential election was finally settled by
the Supreme Court's ruling ending a recount of Florida's votes.
In the September 11 terrorist attacks on America
Americans were angered by the president's initial response.
Osama bin Laden, the organizer of Al Qaeda and presumed organizer of the Sepetember 11 attacks, was a member of a family from`
Saudi Arabia.
The new cabinet-level agency charged with protecting America against foreign terrorist attacks was the
Department of Homeland Security
The 2008 presidential election is significant because
it marked America's first African-American president.
The "Tea Party" movement that emerged in the summer of 2009 was
comprised of people claiming to be angry about expanding government programs, influence and spending.
The biggest demographic change in America of the 2010s is that
Latinos replaced African Americans as the country's largest minority.
The Islamic group that ruled Afghanistan and protectedd Osama bin Laden prior to the 9/11 attacks was
the Taliban.
Brief phrase that identified Bill Clinton's policy to end ban on homosexuals in the military.
Don't ask; Don't tell
Campaign platform of conservative Congressional candidates in the 1994 election, formulated largely by Newt Gingrich was
The Contrast with America
The trade agreement between U.S., Canada, and Mexico that basically eliminated trade barriers was
North American Free Trade Agreement
What was the name of the intern at the White House whose relationshiop with President Clinton resulted in his impeachment?
Monica Lewinsky
What was the name of the international terrorist organization headed by Osama bin Laden?
Al Qaeda
Religious cult who set their compound in Waco, TX on fire when the FBI tried to assault it.
the Branch Davidians
Site other than the World Trade Center that was attacked by terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001.
the Pentagon
Law passed after the 9/11 attacks that restricted some civil liberties in the U.S.
Patriot Act
The rise of computer corporations like Microsoft and dot.com businesses marked the beginning of the
global information age.
One of the biggest changes in women's economic condition by the early twenty-first century was
the employment of a large percentage of mothers rather than their being stay-at-home moms.
By the 2000s, the traditional nuclear family unit was undergoing severe strain because
-the divorce rate had increased.
-the number of single-parent households had risen.
-parent-substitutes had assumed the role of child-rearing.
-the family no longer served many of its traditional social functions.
The money used to provide Social Security payments to retirees comes from
the contributions made by the elderly during their working lives.
In terms of immigration patterns, the period from the 1980s to 2004 was marked by
a period of most immigrants coming from nations south of U.S. boarders
Studies show that illegal immigrants
pay more dollars in federal taxes than they claim in benefits but do often burden local government services.
The most populous group of Latinos in the United States comes from
Mexico.
By 2002, approximately ________ percent of African Americans lived in central cities.
48
Critics of multiculturalism in American education charged that too much of it would lead to
a loss of national cohesion and appreciation of shared American values.
The computer company that symbolized the U.S. economy in the 1990s is called
Microsoft Corporation.
City where a major riot and racial unrest occurred after police were found not guilty of beating a black man, Rodney King?
Los Angeles
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