final exam 11 Flashcards
True or false on election night both Gore and George W Bush were tied to win enough electoral votes to win?
False neither had enough to win.
What happened with 9/11?
World Trade Center Towers where 2 planes ran into it.
Pentagon where a plane ran into it.
Who is the education president who is going to reform the education system with No Child Left Behind?
George W Bush
A military branch of Afghanistan and Osama was the leader of this group when USA invaded. What is this called?
Al Qaeda
The Supreme Court made the decision that who won Florida 29 electoral votes? Was the people happy?
George W Bush / Half the country was mad.
What is called when Osama was implementing a holy war against the United States?
Jihad
What flight was hijacked by terrorists but crashed into Pennsylvania?
Flight 93
Osama overthrow the government of Afghanistan that al Qaeda takes over. What is it called?
Taliban
What phrase did Osama bin Laden said that he was declaring war against ____ because of what we did in the Middle East?
” The Great Satin” for putting military equipment on holy sites of Shatt Arabia.
States we are going to take action by attacking other countries before they attack US. The problem with this is what if we attack an innocent country. Which doctrine is this?
Bush doctrine
Who campaigned a slogan of “Hope and change” and “Change we can believe in” He is the first black president and tried to compromise with the republican party?
Barack Obama
“Conflict” 2001-2022 – USA try and reform them and attack them because of 9/11. Which conflict is this?
Afghanistan
“Conflict” 2003-2012 – Launch invasion of Iraq but we had no evidence that they were behind anything, and they did not take any action against USA. USA try and rebuild their government. Which conflict is this?
Iraq
The economic goes down and gas prices went up and Americans had to make cuts in spending, Dot com era where fewer jobs for computer science were less in USA, jobs went overseas to other countries, machinery take over jobs, people lose their homes, and cut of wages helped make the economy goes down. What is this called?
The Great recession
Who gets leading republican party to sign a pledge?
Mitch McConnell
What is the No Compromise Pledge? / Does it succeed?
Republican parties say they will not work with Obama on no issue for the next 8 years. / No they were trying to keep him from winning a second term, but he still won.
Wing of republican party that stall Obama administration. What are they called?
TEA Party
Senator from South Carolina who yelled out during state union address saying, “You Lie.” ?
Joe Wilson
What is Affordable Health Care Act? / What did people refer to it as?
USA government give health care to Americans that do not provide health insurance. / Obamacare
Who is the leader of Birther movement where certain leaders wanted Obama to prove he was an American citizen?
Donald Trump
What act makes illegal immigrants citizens become legal in USA?
Dream act
You show prove you have health insurance then you don’t get fined on your taxes. What is this called?
Individual Mandate
What case does Obergefell vs Hodges do?
Legalize gay marriage.
What happens at the White House Correspondence Dinner?
Obama makes jokes about the birth certificate rumor.
On anniversary of 9/11 at American embenzi that terrorist will strike killing Americans in embenzi. What is this called?/ Who was secretary of state and knew about the attack and did nothing and deleted all evidence? / True or false she suffers severe consequences?
Benghazi / Hillary Clinton/ False nothing happened to her
Destroyed his forging policy when Bashar Hafez al-Assad killed his citizens based on religious beliefs and Obama said he was going “Draw a Red Line” in the sand saying to if Bashar Hafez al-Assad didn’t stop that if he didn’t stop that USA would help. What event is this called? / Does the attacks stop and does USA do anything?
Syria / False he doesn’t stop the attacks, then the USA will stop it. Obama never backed up the threat.
