Society and Culture at the End of the Twentieth Century

Question 1

Combined social liberalism and elements of conservatism

Supported abortian rights, gay rights, affirmative action

Pledged to reduce government bureaucracy and end welfare

Answer 1

New Democrat

and Bill Clinton

Question 2

Internal campaign slogan for the Clinton campaign

Intended to keep the campaign focused on important domestic issue

Answer 2

“It’s the Economy, Stupid”

Question 3

Bush (41) campaign promise that he broke while trying to get a deal with the Democrats

Many conservatives never forgave him

Answer 3

“No New Taxes”

Question 4

Texas billionaire who entered the 1992 campaign as a third party candidate

Demonstrated widespread dissatisfaction with both parties

Popularity faded but still received 19% of the popular vote

Answer 4

Ross Perot

Question 5

Clinton won 43% of popular vote and 370 electoral

Bush won 38% of popular vote and 168 electoral

Perot won 19% of popular vote

Answer 5

Election of 1992

Question 6

Clinton policy that changed the military’s strict ban on gays

Answer 6

“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

Question 7

Provision to income tax that raised more than 4 million above the poverty line

Answer 7

Earned Income Tax Credit

Question 8

Law that Clinton signed defining marriage as “one man and one woman”

Prevented gay spouses from receiving federal spousal benefits

Answer 8

Defense of Marriage Act

Question 9

Republicans gained control of the House and Senate

Newt Gingrich mastermined the campaign and became Speaker of the House

Answer 9

Election of 1994

Question 10

Predge by Republicans who gained control of the House and Senate

…curtail the scope of government

…cut back on taxes and regulation

…overhaul the welfare system

…end affirmative action

Answer 10

“Contract with America”

Question 11

Deregulated broadcasting and telephone companies

Gave digital frequency to broadcasters without charge

Answer 11

Telecommunications Act of 1996

Question 12

Ended “welfare as we know it” by abolishing the Aid to Families with Dependent Children Act

Replaced with block grants to states

Limits how long familes could receive payments

Welfare recipients plummeted

Answer 12

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act

Question 13

Clinton political strategy to embrace the most popular Republican ideas leaving his opponents with only extreme and unpopular positions

Answer 13

“triangulation”

Question 14

1990s saw the dawn of the “new economy”

These devices would create great efficiencies and transform American life

By 2000, almost half of American households owned at least one

Answer 14

Computer Revolution

Question 15

Major areas of computer and software development

Answer 15

Silicon Valley

Seatle

Austin

Question 16

First developed to provide a redundant network for the military

Expanded the flow and speed of communication

Disrupted many industries

Answer 16

Internet

Question 17

New companies based around the Internet

Stock prices experienced a bubble in from 1996 to 1999

NASDAQ fell more than 80% between 2000 and 2002

Answer 17

“Dot Com”

Question 18

Retreat of government rules that left few to guard the publics interest

Congress and executive implemented on industry by industry basis including:

energy, telecommunications, financial services

Answer 18

Deregulation

Question 19

Energy company that engaged in fraudulent financial reporting

Leaders Kenneth Lay and Jeff Skilling convicted of fraud

Answer 19

Enron

Question 20

Allowed the formation of “superbanks” that combined commercial and investment banks

Banks lated commited misdeeds or made bad decisions

Government and public taxpayers bailed out because they were “too big to fail”

Answer 20

Repeal of Glass-Steagall

Question 21

Resulted from…

…average income of top one-fifth rising by 38%

…average income of bottom one-fifth falling by 12%

…ongoing movement of manufacturing jobs overseas

…

Answer 21

Rising Economic Inequality

Question 22

Represented 50% of all new immigrants from 1965 to 2000

Came from Mexico, Central and South America, Caribbean Islands like Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico

Lagged behind in education

Answer 22

Latinon Immigrants

Question 23

About 35% of all immigrants from 1965 to 2000

Acheived remarkable success in education

Mediam income of $66,000 surpassed that of whites

Came from Korea, India, Japan, Cambodia, Vietnam, China

Answer 23

Asian-American Immigrants

Question 24

Acheived near enquality in the white workplace

Unemployment double that of whites

Two-thirds of children born out of wedlock

Immigrants from Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia

Answer 24

African-Americans

Question 25

Supreme Court barred black workers from suing for damages

Law only prohibited discrimination at the signing of a contract

Answer 25

Patterson v. McLean Credit Union

Question 26

Result of rising urban crime and judicial system bias against rehabilitation

Drug addiction treated as a crime and not a disease

Answer 26

Spread of Imprisonment

Question 27

Struggling communities saw prison as a source of jobs

200 new prisons built between 1990 and 2008

Answer 27

Prison-Industrial Complex

Question 28

Beat by four Los Angeles police officers after traffic stop

Jury found the police officers not guilty

Triggered deadliest urban uprising since 1863

52 people died and $1b in property damage

Answer 28

Rodney King

Question 29

Celebration of group differences and demands for recognition

Spread of academic programs dealing with groups: Black Studies, Latino Studies, Women’s Studies

Answer 29

Multiculturalism

Question 30

Denied illegal immigrants access to welfare, education, services

Federal judge barred implementation

Answer 30

Proposition 187

Question 31

Major political force led by Pat Robertson

Launched crusades against gay rights, abortion, secularism

Answer 31

Christian Coalition

Question 32

Re-affirmed woman’s right to obtain an abortion

Allowed states to enact mandatory waiting periods

Overturned requirement that husbands be given notification

Answer 32

Casey v. Planned Parenthood

Question 33

Shady real-estate deal that involved both Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton

Answer 33

Whitewater

Question 34

White House intern who had an affair with President Clinton

Led to lengthy report detailing Clinton’s sexual exploits

House voted to impeach Clinton

Senate tried and did not reach majority

Answer 34

Monica Lewinsky

Question 35

Special Prosecuter investigating Clinton

Answer 35

Kenneth Starr

Question 36

Contest between George Bush and Al Gore

Very tight popular vote

Electoral vote hinged on outcome of Florida

Supreme Court halted recount

Bush became president

Answer 36

Election of 2000

Question 37

Surpreme Court overturned decision of Florida Supreme Court and ruled that the recount was unconstitutional

Justified decision by insisting that “equal protection” required all ballots to be counted using a single standard

Answer 37

Bush v. Gore