were high-tech companies that attracted many investors in the 1990s.
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Proposition 187, approved by California voters in 1994:
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denied illegal immigrants and their children access to welfare and education.
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Bill Clinton's foreign policy centered on:
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elevating human rights to a central place in international relations.
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Which of the following best explains George H. W. Bush's loss in the 1992 presidential election?
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America was in a recession in 1992.
Third-party candidate Ross Perot became a viable option for some voters.
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NAFTA
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created a free-trade zone for the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
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Countless corporate scandals and stock frauds stemmed directly from the 1999 repeal of which New Deal measure?
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The Glass-Steagall Act.
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Increasingly visible during the 1990s, Asian-Americans:
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were hailed by white Americans as a "model minority."
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President George H. W. Bush's first major foreign policy action was:
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the overthrow of Panamanian leader General Manuel Noriega.
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Saddam Hussein
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Iraqi leader
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Supreme Court Justice
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Bill Clinton
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tiangulation
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Tiananmen Square
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Chinese demonstration for democracy
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Operation desert storm
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Kuaiti freedom
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Velvet Revolution
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fall of communism in Eastern Europe
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Multiculturalism
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awareness of American diversity
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Oslo accords
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Israel and Palestinian agreement
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During the Balkan crisis, President Clinton:
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supported NATO's efforts by deploying American planes and ground troops.
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What did Islamic fundamentalism in the Middle East and evangelical Christianity in the United States have in common at the beginning of the twenty-first century?
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Both attracted followers partly because of the global spread of mass entertainment.
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How did President Clinton respond to the Republican victory in the 1994 congressional elections?
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He campaigned against radical Republicans and moved toward the center.
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In 1992, Bill Clinton secured the Democratic nomination for president because he:
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combined social liberalism with elements of conservatism.
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