Quiz on Unit 30 Flashcards
In the 2000 presidential election, ___ won the popular vote.
Al Gore
The largest single religious group in the U.S. in 2000 was
the Roman Catholic Church
What buildings were hit by the hijacked planes?
World Trade Center and Pentagon
After the September 11 attacks, U.S. and other coalition forces attacked ___ and ___.
Afghanistan and Iraq
Another common term for a less than excellent credit history is
subprime
Controversy over the election returns in 2000 centered in what state?
Florida
The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks involved the hijacking of ___ passenger planes
four
Osama bin Laden was discovered and killed by Navy SEAL forces in ___.
Pakistan
The comprehensive legislation passed in 2010 that Obama had pledged to work toward was the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, often called ___
Obamacare
The mastermind of the September 11 attacks was ___.
Osama bin Laden.
The United States had a gross domestic product in 2000 of about
ten trillion dollars
In December of 2009 Barack Obama was awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize
When Barak Obama was nominated for president, he was ___
Senator of Illinois
The credit crunch that climaxed in the fall of 2008 was the result at least in part of ___
large-scale failures in home mortgages
The final decision on the 2000 presidential election was made in practical terms by the ___
U.S. Supreme Court
