Question 1

In April 1995,a militant anti-government militiaman named Timothy McVeigh killed 168 people when he blew up a federal building in

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A)  Chicago.
B)  Topeka.
C)  Charlotte.
D)  Oklahoma City.
E)  New Orleans.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 2

In 1998,following charges that President Bill Clinton had a sexual relationship with a White House intern,his public approval rating

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A)  immediately dropped to historic lows.
B)  gradually dropped more precipitously as details emerged.
C)  remained largely unchanged.
D)  rose slightly and then dropped sharply.
E)  rose and remained high.F) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 3

Public support for the Iraq War remained steady in the years after the initial March 2003 invasion.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The World Wide Web,the first system to provide for the orderly sharing of information on the Internet,was introduced by Tim Berners-Lee.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

In 1993,when Bill Clinton assumed the presidency,he

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A)  enjoyed a powerful mandate from the American voters.
B)  faced an adversarial Republican majority in Congress.
C)  entered with a highly ambitious domestic political agenda.
D)  had few perceived political weaknesses.
E)  benefited from strong and resilient Democratic majorities in Congress.F) C) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 6

In the 1980s and 1990s,the most divisive cultural issue in the United States was

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A)  abortion.
B)  racial relations.
C)  prayer in schools.
D)  gun control.
E)  gay marriage.F) A) and C)
G) C) and E)

Question 7

What agenda did Bill Clinton bring to the presidency in 1992? What were his successes and failures in enacting that agenda?

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Bill Clinton brought a comprehensive age...

Question 8

The 2000 presidential election was one of the most controversial in American history.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The terrorist network that was formerly led by Osama Bin Laden and was responsible for the September 2001 attacks is called ________.

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The answer of The terrorist network that was formerly led...

Question 10

The impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton

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A)  was marked by its highly cooperative character.
B)  ended with no charge attracting a majority of votes in the Senate.
C)  was widely supported by the American public.
D)  ended with no votes taken on the charges.
E)  was the first since the trial of Richard Nixon in 1974.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 11

The most pressing foreign policy issue of the first years of the Clinton administration concerned

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A)  civil war in Bosnia.
B)  tensions between China and Taiwan.
C)  terrorism in the Middle East.
D)  the drug trade in Panama.
E)  lawlessness in the former Soviet Union.F) B) and C)
G) A) and C)

Question 12

In 2002,George W.Bush referred to an "axis of evil" made up of Iraq,Iran,and ________.

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Question 13

By 2012,it was estimated that there were well over ________ computers in use in the world,and virtually all of them were connected to the Internet.

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A)  250 million
B)  500 million
C)  700 million
D)  750 million
E)  one billionF) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 14

During its first months,the Clinton administration was faced with controversy over

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A)  its attempt to end the policy barring gays and lesbians from serving in the military.
B)  the suicide of a White House counsel and longtime friend of the president.
C)  a banking and real estate venture involving the Clintons from the 1980s.
D)  several early appointments,which Clinton was forced to withdraw.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 15

In the late 1980s,the spread of AIDS in the United States

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A)  remained largely confined to gay communities in large cities.
B)  killed more than three million Americans.
C)  infected more than ten million Americans.
D)  began to level off and then decline.
E)  was spreading most rapidly among heterosexuals.F) A) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 16

The major candidates who opposed Bill Clinton in 1996 were Bob Dole and ________.

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Question 17

In the late 1980s,drug use began to decline significantly among

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A)  middle-class Americans.
B)  poor inner-city Americans.
C)  rural Americans.
D)  southern Americans.
E)  white Americans.F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 18

In 1989,the federal government appropriated $3 billion to fund the ________ to accelerate the mapping of human genes.

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Human Geno...

Question 19

Many of the features in the operating system used for the first Apple computers were borrowed from Microsoft Windows.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

In 2010,there were an estimated 1.2 million Americans living with the AIDS virus.

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A) True 
 B)False

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