US History Quiz 18A - The 1990s to Present (15 Questions)

The following is a quiz with the The 1990s to Present based questions.

Take this quiz as often as you would like. You goal for this exam should be 60% or higher.

1 Which event is most closely associated with the end of the Cold War?

	President Richard Nixon's visit to China
	withdrawal of United States troops from Vietnam
	tearing down the Berlin Wall
	sending United States troops to Afghanistan

2 ". . . . The United States, together with the United Nations, exhausted every means at our disposal to bring this crisis to a peaceful end. However, Saddam [Hussein] clearly felt that by stalling and threatening and defying the United Nations he could weaken the forces arrayed against him. . . ."

Source: President George H.W. Bush, address to the nation, January 16, 1991

President George H.W. Bush used this statement to defend

	taking military action to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi aggression
	providing foreign aid to Israel
	supporting Egypt against attacks by terrorists
	using United States troops as peacekeepers in Bosnia

3 Base your answer on the graph below and on your knowledge of social studies.

– U.S. Census Bureau (adapted)

The level of immigration shown on the graph for the 1930s and 1940s was mainly due to

	the lack of free land in the United States
	a worldwide economic crisis and warfare
	nativist attacks on new immigrants
	improved political conditions in Europe

4 Base your answer to this question on the graph below and on your knowledge of social studies.

– U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census of Population, 1900 to 2000 (adapted)

Which statement about population distribution is best supported by the information provided in the graph?

	Since 1900, the percentage of the population located in the South has steadily declined.
	Since 1900, the greatest percentage increase in population has occurred in the West.
	Before 1950, the greatest percentage change in population distribution occurred in the Midwest.
	Since 1950, the population of the Northeast as a percentage of the nation has remained constant.

5 Which development has resulted from the creation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) in the 1990s?

	growth in membership of labor unions in the United States
	greater global economic interdependence
	fewer industries leaving the United States
	more protective tariffs between the member nations

6 Which pair of economic situations faced both President Franklin D. Roosevelt and President Barack Obama during the first 100 days of their administrations?

	legalization of the sale of alcoholic beverages and suspension of antitrust laws
	high unemployment and failures in the banking system
	funding overseas wars and bailing out the automobile industry
	modifying the gold standard and increasing federal aid to education

7 Base your answer on the cartoon below and on your knowledge of social studies.

Which statement most accurately expresses the main idea of this cartoon?

	Nuclear power plants are subject to risks.
	Nuclear waste should not be dumped into the oceans.
	The government should encourage the construction of nuclear facilities.
	Nuclear power plants are the targets of terrorists.

8 Base your answer to the question on the map below and on your knowledge of social studies.

The gains and losses shown on the map were primarily the result of

	population changes among the states
	migration of African Americans to the North
	vacancies in the House of Representatives caused by resignations
	increasing the total number of members in the House of Representatives

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• Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798
• Espionage Act of 1917
• USA Patriot Act of 2001

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One common effect of these wartime laws has been to

	expand government regulation of the economy
	increase the nation's military defenses
	promote immigration from neighboring nations
	protect national security at the expense of civil liberties

10 Results of the Bush-Gore presidential election of 2000 renewed the debate over

	term limits for elected officials
	the electoral college system
	presidential use of the veto power
	loose versus strict interpretation of the Constitution

11 In 1993, many labor union leaders opposed United States membership in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) because they feared it would

	cause Americans to lose jobs to foreign nations
	reduce the number of immigrants to the United States
	result in higher exports from the United States to Mexico and Canada
	outlaw wage increases for workers in the United States

12 How did the Pinckney Treaty benefit the United States?

	It gave the United States a new military and wartime ally in Russia.
	The $25 million the United States received from Great Britain for war debt helped rejuvenate the suffering U.S. economy.
	It relieved many of the tensions between settlers and Native Americans on the frontier.
	It opened the Mississippi River to American traffic and included the right of deposit in the port city of New Orleans.

13 Base your answer to the following question on the cartoon below and on your knowledge of social studies.

Source: Steve Kelley, San Diego Union-Tribune

What Native American Indian viewpoint does the cartoonist support?

	Illegal immigrants should not be allowed to settle on Native American Indian reservations.
	European settlers took Native American Indian land.
	Government efforts to restrict immigration should be supported.
	Native American Indians support government efforts to stop illegal immigration.

14 Passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) improved conditions for the disabled by

	making it illegal to criticized or fire handicapped persons
	mandating easier access to employment and public facilities
	sponsoring Olympic games for the handicapped
	requiring separate classrooms for disabled students

15 Base your answer to question on the cartoon below and on your knowledge of social studies.

Source: Joel Pett, Lexington Leader-Herald, May 24, 2004

The main purpose of this cartoon is to point out that

	global warming is a proven theory
	additional oil supplies must be located
	individuals contribute to environmental problems
	prosperity depends on increased sales of automobiles

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