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American Pageant 16th Edition By David M. Kennedy

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Chapter_40_America_Confronts_the_Post_Cold_War_Era_1992_2000 (1)

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

45. The Branch Davidians were a(n)

  a. organization of fiscal conservatives promoting a reduced deficit.
  b. fundamentalist sect assaulted by the federal government.
  c. branch of the House of David within the Jewish community.
  d. underground militia plotting rebellion against the federal government.
  e. group of liberal Democrats opposed to Clinton’s new Democrat policies.

 

ANSWER:   b
POINTS:   1
REFERENCES:   A False Start for Reform

 

46. A widespread public attitude of the early 1990s that affected many areas of politics and society was

  a. disillusionment and distrust of the federal government.
  b. fear of attack from Islamic fundamentalism.
  c. confidence in the purpose and direction of American foreign policy.
  d. a greater faith in the federal government than in local and state government.
  e. a strong confidence about the ability of federal, state, and local governments to solve domestic problems.

 

ANSWER:   a
POINTS:   1
REFERENCES:   A False Start for Reform

 

47. President Clinton aroused the hostility of liberals within his own party when he

  a. signed the Welfare Reform Bill.
  b. backed the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy regarding gays.
  c. vetoed the Welfare Reform Bill.
  d. appointed Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the Supreme Court.
  e. put his wife Hillary Rodham Clinton in charge of health care reform.

 

ANSWER:   a
POINTS:   1
REFERENCES:   The Politics of Distrust

 

48. The vigorously partisan leader who led Republicans to a majority in the House of Representatives in 1994 was

  a. John McCain.
  b. Trent Lott.
  c. Robert Dole.
  d. Newt Gingrich.
  e. Henry Hyde.

 

ANSWER:   d
POINTS:   1
REFERENCES:   The Politics of Distrust

 

49. After they gained control of both houses of Congress in the 1994 mid-term elections, the Republicans

  a. successfully pushed through their Contract with America.
  b. overreached with conservative policies that bred a backlash favoring President Clinton.
  c. worked to keep the federal government running despite a confrontation with President Clinton.
  d. modified their more radical conservative ideas to take account of political reality.
  e. failed to achieve even one of their political goals.

 

ANSWER:   b
POINTS:   1
REFERENCES:   The Politics of Distrust

 

50. Which of the following was not among the areas where President Clinton’s foreign policy stumbled in the first years of his presidency?

  a. Ethnic violence and massive deaths in Rwanda
  b. American troops in Somalia
  c. Bringing democracy to Haiti
  d. Ethnic conflict in the Balkans
  e. Relations with America’s European allies in NATO

 

ANSWER:   e
POINTS:   1
REFERENCES:   Searching for a Post–Cold War Foreign Policy

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