Extra Quiz: Chapter 42
1. How many hijacked planes were used in the September 11 attacks?
2. United Flight 93 crashed after passengers fought back, coming down in:
3. President George W. Bush responded to 9/11 by declaring a global:
4. The Department of Homeland Security, created in 2002, absorbed which new agency for airport screening?
5. Civil libertarians criticized the USA PATRIOT Act mainly for:
6. Operation Enduring Freedom, launched in October 2001, targeted the Taliban government of:
7. The Afghanistan war eventually became known as:
8. The 2003 Iraq invasion toppled which Iraqi dictator?
9. After the initial Iraq invasion, the U.S. faced years of:
10. The 2007 U.S. troop "surge" in Iraq was intended to:
11. American combat troops formally withdrew from Iraq by the end of:
12. The instability following the Iraq War helped fuel the later rise of:
13. The 2008 financial crisis was preceded by a massive bubble in:
14. Which major investment bank's collapse in September 2008 froze global credit markets?
15. TARP authorized about how much federal money to stabilize banks?
16. The economic downturn following the 2008 crisis became known as the:
17. Barack Obama defeated which Republican nominee in the 2008 election?
18. Obama was reelected in 2012 over Republican nominee:
19. The Affordable Care Act barred insurance companies from denying coverage based on:
20. Osama bin Laden was killed by which U.S. military unit?
21. Demographers project that by mid-century the U.S. population will:
22. Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) was decided by the:
23. The rise of smartphones and social media in the 21st century is most associated with:
24. The COVID-19 pandemic, which struck the U.S. in 2020, ultimately killed:
25. In August 2021, the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan coincided with:
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