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Chapter 30: A Global Nation for the New Millennium

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With their ties to the oil industry, President George W. Bush and his Vice President Dick Cheney were quick to advocate:

subsidies for new hybrid automobile technology. increased conservation at home.new pipeline construction for Alaska.increased dependence on foreign oil sold by nations friendly to American interests.drilling in Alaska's Arctic Wildlife Refuge.

As a result of the end of the Cold War and acknowledgement of America's place as the world's pre-eminent power, __________ rather than armed strength has/have emerged as the leading edge of US influence around the world.

American sports entertainmentAmerican information technologysteel exports cheap American goods and servicesAmerican popular culture

The world's primary trading currency at the end of the 20^th century is:

the Mexican Peso.the Deutsch-Mark.Mastercard. the British pound sterling.the American dollar.

Muslim fundamentalists reject ______________ so prevalent in American popular culture.

the jingoistic flavor the radical egalitarianism and the unbridled pursuit of pleasurethe violent militarismthe anti-Islamic propagandathe gaudy materialism

If the world was more interdependent economically, it was also:

fragmented by the forces of political and ethnic nationalism.more comfortable with American hegemony than ever before.more culturally homogeneous than ever before.more stable and productive than ever before.divided over basic issues of human rights.

The 2000 US Census revealed a society:

more sedentary than ever before in American history.less culturally diverse than at any time in its history.more stable and homogeneous than ever.that had achieved a surprising level of economic parity.in the midst of great change.

By 2001, American race relations had changed to the point that a Republican president would appoint two African Americans, and to run the nation's foreign affairs.

Condoleeza Rice, Al SharptonColin Powell, John ConyersColin Powell, Condoleeza RiceColin Powell, Coleman YoungCondoleeza Rice, Harry Belafonte

The passage of _______ in 1972, prohibiting gender discrimination in school programs that received federal money, created a tidal wave of social change for American girls.

Roe v. WadeTitle IXthe Welfare Reform Actthe Clean Water Actthe Equal Rights Amendment

In the 1990s, for the first time since the 1930s, 1 in 10 Americans had been:

wealthier than their parents had been.born abroad.from Europe.from the southern hemisphere.from Latin America.

The terrorist organization responsible for the September 11^th attack on the World Trade Center is:

the African Blood Brotherhood.Al Qaeda.the Muslim Brotherhood.the Taliban.the Black Widows.

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Multiple-Choice Questions

With their ties to the oil industry, President George W. Bush and his Vice President Dick Cheney were quick to advocate:

As a result of the end of the Cold War and acknowledgement of America's place as the world's pre-eminent power, __________ rather than armed strength has/have emerged as the leading edge of US influence around the world.

The world's primary trading currency at the end of the 20th century is:

Muslim fundamentalists reject ______________ so prevalent in American popular culture.

If the world was more interdependent economically, it was also:

The 2000 US Census revealed a society:

By 2001, American race relations had changed to the point that a Republican president would appoint two African Americans, __________ and __________ to run the nation's foreign affairs.

The passage of _______ in 1972, prohibiting gender discrimination in school programs that received federal money, created a tidal wave of social change for American girls.

In the 1990s, for the first time since the 1930s, 1 in 10 Americans had been:

The terrorist organization responsible for the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center is:

The world's primary trading currency at the end of the 20^th century is:

By 2001, American race relations had changed to the point that a Republican president would appoint two African Americans, and to run the nation's foreign affairs.

The terrorist organization responsible for the September 11^th attack on the World Trade Center is: