US_Ch13_Homework-2

=**U.S. History Chapter 13 Homework #2**= Answer the following on notebook paper:

1. Who helped promote freedom in the world in the late 80s/early 90s? (A) Gorbachev in the USSR allowing private enterprise and freedoms (B) Lech Walesa in Poland (C) Bush continuing Reagan's policies to end communism in Europe/Cold War (D) Nelson Mandela ending Apartheid in South Africa (E) all (F) none

2. Why was it necessary for the U.S. to send forces into Panama to remove Manuel Noriega? (A) he was a terrorist (B) he tried to expand Communism (C) he attacked us (D) drug trafficking

3. How did China show it’s brutality in Tiananmen Square? (A) used terror acts (B) didn’t allow voting (C) military crushed student led pro-democracy protest (D) exiled Chiang (E) all (F) none

4. What did Reform Party candidate Ross Perot run on in 1992? (A) bridging the gap between the 2 parties (C) balancing the budget and bringing down the debt (C) anti-terrorism (D) tax cuts

5. Hillary Clinton was put in charge of health care reform. What were the results? (A) failed because it would be too costly and make government too powerful (B) passed and signed into law (C) took away people’s care (D) gave everyone care

6. The Brady Bill began (A) background checks and waiting period on purchasing a gun (B) free trade (C) lifted bans on abortion (D) set up don’t ask, don’t tell in military (E) all (F) none

7. NAFTA means N A--- F--- T A setting up f--- trade in North America. It created j--- and increased t with Canada and Mexico, but some jobs m- across the border.

8. Who led the Republican resurgence in 1994 with the Contract with America? (A) George Bush (B) Bob Dole (C) Newt Gingrich (D) Kenneth Starr (E) all (F) none

9. The Republican Congress passed welfare reform (Clinton signed after vetoing twice), which decreased the number due to (A) kicking people off welfare (B) ended it (C) it didn't decrease (D) work requirement

10. The Republican Congress also got Clinton to do this, which increased investments and helped the economy? (A) form government run businesses (B) increase taxes (C) redistribute wealth (D) cut the capital gains tax (E) all (F) none

11. A sect led by David Koresh that held weapons in a compound forced out by the FBI was in (A) Oklahoma City (B) Waco, TX (C) Whitewater, Arkansas (D) Mexico (E) all (F) none

12. Sympathy for the government came after Timothy McVeigh blew up a federal building (with a day care) in (A) Oklahoma City (B) Waco, TX (C) Whitewater, Arkansas (D) Mexico (E) none

13. U.S. troops were pulled out of Somalia after one mission that Americans were killed. How did this lead to our enemies developing the "Mogadishu strategy?" (A) wage terror acts (B) kill enough Americans so the public wants to stop (C) fight using guerilla tactics (D) convince the public America is evil (E) all (F) none

14. Where did Clinton order air strikes to go after Slobodan Milosevic as Serbians were going after ethnic Albanians in Kosovo? (A) Iraq (B) Somalia (C) the Balkans (D) Middle East (E) none

15. No Child Left Behind was education reform for (A) money to schools based on grades (B) tax cuts for schools (C) more computers for schools (D) teacher accountability and test scores to determine success or failure (E) all (F) none

16. Explain Sept. 11, 2001 - what happened and who was responsible and how heroes emerged:

17. Why did the U.S. go to war in Afghanistan after 9/11? (A) drive al Qaeda out of Kuwait (B) drive out the Taliban who supported terrorists (C) drive Saddam out of Iraq (D) capture bin Laden (E) all (F) none

18. Bush passed the biggest entitlement since the Great Society with gov’t helping to pay for (A) health care (B) unemployment to 2 years (C) prescription drugs (D) pensions (E) all (F) none

19. How did America change from 9/11? (A) Homeland Security formed to combat terrorism (B) Patriot Act allowed wiretaps to stop terrorism (C) war on terror (D) airport security (E) all (F) none

20. What happened at Abu Ghraib that anti-war groups portrayed the Iraq War in negative terms? (A) major U.S. loss (B) attack on civilians (C) vandalism (D) prisoner abuse (E) all

21. Gitmo, or Guantanamo Bay, is where (A) captured terrorists are held (B) terrorists are tortured (C) training camp for terrorists (D) first city U.S. attacked (E) all (F) none

22. Why did the Afghan and Iraq Wars last so long? (A) Insurgencies attacking then leaving to another country (B) U.S. wanted oil (C) weak planning (D) terrorists were good fighters (E) all (F) none

23. Violence and deaths were increasing in Iraq until (A) Norman Schwartzkopf used Patriot missiles (B) the Surge led by David Petraeus (C) A-bomb dropped (D) U.S. left (E) all (F) none

24. Katrina was different that the 1889 Johnstown Flood in the way that now people (A) don’t help each other (B) rely on government (C) don’t care (D) can’t work themselves (E) all (F) none

25. A major problem that led to the 2008 financial collapse was (A) subprime mortgages (B) buying stock on-margin (C) taxes too low (D) people losing jobs (E) all (F) none

26. Government sponsored loaning firms responsible were (A) ENRON and WorldCom (B) Lehman Brothers and Bank of America (C) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (D) UPS and FedEx (E) all (F) none

27. The government response (little by Bush, big by Obama) was (A) increase taxes (B) cut taxes and spending (C) wait it out (D) increase gov’t spending on economy (E) all (F) none

28. When the housing bubble popped and prices decreased, those with adjustable rate mortgages had trouble paying higher rates. This led to (A) re-financing (B) foreclosures (C) higher taxes (D) bailouts (E) all (F) none

29. Where was the rescue of nine miners in PA? (A) Shanksville (B) Johnstown (C) Quecreek (D) Ground Zero (E) all (F) none

30. Evaluate the Bush presidency:

31. Evaluate the Clinton presidency:

32. Evaluate the George W. Bush presidency:

33. Why were the 90s economically good?

34. Why was the Surge in Iraq a good decision in the end?

35. Why is “Bush lied about WMDs” an unfair criticism?

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