Extra Quiz: Chapter 41
1. Bill Clinton was governor of which state before becoming president?
2. Clinton's campaign famously stressed:
3. Clinton's centrist political approach was often called:
4. NAFTA was negotiated under President Bush but ratified and made effective under:
5. Critics of NAFTA, including many labor unions, warned mainly that it would:
6. The World Trade Organization, which the U.S. joined in 1995, was created to:
7. The 1990s dot-com boom was fueled largely by investor enthusiasm for:
8. By the late 1990s, the strong economy helped produce a rare federal:
9. Newt Gingrich led Republicans to congressional control in 1994 on the strength of:
10. Clinton's 1996 welfare reform law replaced which older program?
11. Clinton was reelected in 1996 over Republican challenger:
12. The "culture wars" of the 1990s centered heavily on disputes over:
13. The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (1993) and the 1994 assault weapons ban reflected debates over:
14. The Whitewater investigation initially concerned:
15. Monica Lewinsky's role in the 1998 scandal was as a:
16. The Senate's impeachment trial of Clinton concluded with:
17. After the Cold War, the U.S. found itself the world's sole superpower in a new:
18. The 1993 "Black Hawk Down" firefight took place in which city?
19. U.S. and NATO forces eventually intervened militarily in Bosnia in which year?
20. The 1999 Kosovo intervention used which primary military tactic?
21. In the 2000 election, Al Gore ran against Republican nominee:
22. The disputed 2000 election centered on razor-thin results and voting-machine problems in:
23. In Bush v. Gore, the Supreme Court ruled by a vote of:
24. Although Al Gore won the national popular vote in 2000, he lost the presidency because of:
25. Which best summarizes America's global position at the close of the 1990s?
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