Ch 27

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. building what he called a New World Order.

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.

Whose election campaign director was fond of saying, "It's the economy, stupid"? a. Bob Dole's b. George H. W. Bush's c. Pat Buchanan's d. Bill Clinton's

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 turned to the U.N. for help.

Whose motto was "No globalization without representation"? a. protestors at the 1999 World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle b. Native American Rights Fund c. anti-Wal Mart protestors d. antiwar demonstrators protesting the Gulf War

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 sentenced to life in prison. d. They were convicted of multiple counts of fraud.

By the start of the twenty-first century, the largest minority group in the United States was: a. :Cambodian. b. Bosnian. c. Russian. d. Latino.

By the year 2000, the AIDS epidemic: a. affected only the lesbian and gay community. b. affected only drug users. c. had been brought under control around the world. d. was spreading less rapidly among the gay population of the United States.

The 1994 Contract With America: a. was Clinton's national health insurance plan. b. was the brainchild of Ross Perot. c. included several demands, all of which became law. d. included the promise to cut government spending and end affirmative action.

What were the student protesters who occupied Tiananmen Square in Beijing in June 1989 demanding? a. an end to communism in the Soivet Union b. an end to communism in China c. freedom for Taiwan d. greater democracy