History: Chapter 26 Test

Question 0

True/False. If current trends continue, by 2050 African Americans will become the nation’s largest minority group.

Answer 0

False

Question 1

True/False. During President Clinton’s first term, NAFTA extended the U.S. - Canadian free-trade zone to include China.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

True/False. During President Clinton’s first term, U.S. troops were sent to Bosnia to help keep peace there.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

True/False. By the year 2000, most jobs in the American economy were in the manufacturing sector.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

True/False. Fax machines and the Internet made it easier for people to telecommute.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

True/False. Medical improvements in the 1990s included better cancer survival rates.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

True/False. Gentrification is a process in which people move out of cities and into suburbs.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

True/False. Social Security and Medicare are in danger of becoming overburdened because Americans are living longer and because the baby boom generation is aging.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

True/False. The Internet made it possible to send text, images, and sound almost instantly by computer.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

True/False. In the presidential election of 2000, Bill Clinton won by a razor-thin margin.

Answer 9

False

Question 10

What do the larger shapes on the map show?

Answer 10

states with more people

Question 11

According to the map, which of the following states has the most people?

Answer 11

Ohio

Question 12

According to the map, which of these states has the fewest people?

Answer 12

Mississippi

Question 13

Which region of the country has the most states with large populations?

Answer 13

the North

Question 14

Of the following pairs, which two states have the largest combined population?

Answer 14

California and Arizona

Question 15

Which voters does the writer of this article believe the Electoral College favors?

Answer 15

that it favors white southern male voters

Question 16

Whom does the writer of this article say the Electoral College protects?

Answer 16

minority voters and voters in the states with small populations.

Question 17

To what does Dr. Natapoff compare the candidate who gets the most popular votes in a presidential election?

Answer 17

he compares him to the baseball team that gets the most runs over the course of the entire world series.

Question 18

In the election of 2000, Al Gore first conceded defeat based on predictions made by

Answer 18

television networks.

Question 19

One result of the global economy is that

Answer 19

American workers now compete for jobs with workers in other countries.

Question 20

In 1994, Proposition 187 was passed in California to

Answer 20

cut off education and health benefits to illegal immigrants.

Question 21

Urban flight has led to all of the following except

Answer 21

better schools in inner cities.

Question 22

Bill Clinton became the second president in U.S. history to be

Answer 22

impeached by the House.

Question 23

The aging of America’s population will strain the government’s ability to

Answer 23

pay Social Security benefits.

Question 24

Many workers felt less secure in the 1990s because

Answer 24

many companies were downsizing.

Question 25

New high-tech businesses based on the growth of the Internet are called

Answer 25

dotcoms.

Question 26

One hoped-for benefit of genetic engineering is the ability to

Answer 26

prevent inherited diseases.

Question 27

Soon after being elected, President George W. Bush pushed for

Answer 27

tax cuts.