entering the 21st century

Question 1

describe three things included in the contract with america

Answer 1

return to basic values that had built the country
reduce federal government,lower taxes
reduce crime, reform welfare

Question 2

what two things would employees be guaranteed with FMLA

Answer 2

12 workweeks or unpaid leave each year-newborn,serious illness,immediate family
guaranteed job security

Question 3

what was the goal of president clinton’s health care program

Answer 3

to provide universal health care for all americans

Question 4

who is james brady

Answer 4

a press secretary for ronald reagan

was shot during the assassination attempt on reagan

Question 5

what did the brady bill do

Answer 5

made background checks before u could purchase a firearm

Question 6

which terrorist group was connected to the work trade center bombing

Answer 6

al Qaeda, and their leader Osama Bin Ladin- he was not directly connected to the attack

Question 7

summarize the oklahoma city bombing

Answer 7

terrorist attack in oklahoma city in 1995, homemade bomb was concealed in a rental truck and exploded damaging the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building

Question 8

who committed the OKC bombing and what was their motive

Answer 8

Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols

supported the Patriot Movement- an anti government movement

Question 9

what 2 reasons were why president clinton was able to win a second term

Answer 9

the economy was healthy

unemployment was at a 30 year low

Question 10

what were two charges president clinton were accused of in his impeachment

Answer 10

perjury and obstructed justice

Question 11

summarize the north american free trade agreement(NAFTA

Answer 11

US, Canada, Mexico agreed to eliminate trade barriers among the three nations

Question 12

which state would determine the election of 2000 and why

Answer 12

Florida-without it’s electoral votes, neither candidate had 270

Question 13

summarize the supreme court ruling bush v. gore

Answer 13

ruled that hand recounts of selected votes in florida made some votes seem more important than others

Question 14

who is Consoleezza Rice

Answer 14

first women in history to hold job of national security advisor

Question 15

who is colin powell

Answer 15

secretary of state for bush

Question 16

who is donald rumsfeld

Answer 16

secretary of defense

Question 17

who is elaine chao

Answer 17

secretary of labor

Question 18

describe bushs’ domestic policy

Answer 18

used clinton surplus to finance tax cuts, concerned with keeping up educationally, passes the No Child Left Behind Act, extended medicare to cover prescription drugs for senior citizens, created a large deficit

Question 19

what major problem did iraq face after the Iran-Iraq war, and what act of aggression did Iraq commit to try and solve his problem

Answer 19

Iraq was in a massive amount of debt, could not rely on their oil supply due to kuwait, kuwait was overproducing oil and Hussein orders a invasion of Kuwait for them not stopping the production of oil

Question 20

what is Operation Desert Shield

Answer 20

secured the area to prevent Hussein from launching an invasion on Saudi Arabia

Question 21

what is Operation Desert Storm

why did the US and coalition forces have the advantage

Answer 21

aerial offensive that destroyed Iraqs air defense, weapon plants, fighting occurred in flat open area and favored the US military weaponry

Question 22

how did Hussein try to break up the coalition

Answer 22

provoked Israel with an attack knowing Arab nations in the coalition would never fight alongside Israel

Question 23

how did the war change after operation desert storm

Answer 23

it changed from aerial dominance to the ground with an UN offensive called Operation Desert Sabre

Question 24

what two terms did Saddam Hussein have to accept at the end of the war

Answer 24

1. Iraq would recognize Kuwait’s independence and exsistence as a nation
2. has to get rid of all weapons of mass destruction

Question 25

top 5 impacts of the persian gulf war

Answer 25

1. Us an their relationship with the middle east was impacted
2. global terrorism increased
3. kuwait was recognized as a nation
4. soldiers returned with health problems
5. video game war

Question 26

who was the war in afghanistan between

Answer 26

the US and the Taliban-islamic group that controlled Afghanistan

Question 27

what was bush’s war on terror

Answer 27

the taliban has allowed al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, the US demanded that the Taliban shut down al-Qaeda training camps and arrest al-Qaeda leaders, Taliban refused to and the US launched a military campaign

Question 28

what was Operation Enduring Freedom

Answer 28

campaign to invade Afghanistan, series of US and British air strikes against the Taliban

Question 29

who assisted the US in operation enduring freedom, how did this end

Answer 29

and Afghani ant- Taliban force, called the Northern Alliance
captured the capital city Kabul and brought the Taliban rule in Afghanistan to an end

Question 30

what happened after Taliban fell

Answer 30

some members of the Taliban and al-Qaeda fled to the mountains along Afghanistan’s eastern border with Pakistan-Tora Bora
area was too heavily fortified and the US did not have enough troops available so the jet bombed them and were unable to find bin Laden

Question 31

how did the US end the war in Afghanistan

Answer 31

NATO began transferring national peacekeeping and security duties to Afghan forces in 2011, in 2013 president obama said the US would end the war by 2014, but US troops remained in Afghanistan and a ceremony in Kabul marked the formal end of the war

Question 32

what impact did the Afghanistan war have on the US government

Answer 32

Bush authorized the creation of the department of homeland security as a new department in the presidents cabinet, also passed the patriot act which allowed the US government to have more power in monitoring suspected terrorists

Question 33

impacts on the Afghanistan government

Answer 33

Afghanistan Government became an Islamic Republic, The Taliban continues to threaten the republic government the country has tried hard to build

Question 34

when was bin Laden finally found and killed

Answer 34

in 2010 they trace bin Laden to a compound in Abbottabad Pakistan, in 2011 they found the leader in an upstairs bedroom and killed him

Question 35

who was Osama bin Laden

Answer 35

created the terrorist group al-Qaeda, assisted he Munahideen against the Soviets

Question 36

what is al-Qaeda responsible for

Answer 36

financing the world trade center bombing
bombing in and around US embassies
bombing the USS Cole
9/11 terrorist attacks

Question 37

what were Osama bin Ladens fatwas

Answer 37

a religious decree, called on muslims to kill americans and their allies
angered by other nations invading and fighting wars in Islamic nations

Question 38

why were the 9/11 terrorist attaches committed

Answer 38

for america’s support of israel

involvement in the persian gulf war and military presence in the middle east

Question 39

what state were the four planes supposed to land and why did they select these planes

Answer 39

california- planes were filled with fuel for their long transcontinental journey

Question 40

what is operation Iraqi Freedom

Answer 40

a preemptive war because they felt Iraq was still interfering with inspections and still kept WMDs and because Saddam Hussein refused to leave Iraq

Question 41

what were the goals of operation Iraqi freedom

Answer 41

remove saddam Hussein from power in Iraq
eliminate Hussein’s ability to develop weapons of mass destruction and use them with terrorists
replace hussein’s violent dictatorship with a more stable free government