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A) 1999 B) 1995 C) 1993 D) 1997
A) To provide young people with an opportunity to serve their communities and earn money for college or skills training. B) To create housing solutions for the homeless. C) To offer financial aid to low-income families. D) To provide job training for unemployed adults.
A) From $3.3 billion to $5.3 billion in constant 2000 dollars. B) From $2.5 billion to $4.5 billion in constant 2000 dollars. C) From $3.3 billion to $4.3 billion in constant 2000 dollars. D) From $4.3 billion to $6.3 billion in constant 2000 dollars.
A) $500 per eligible child. B) $700 per eligible child. C) $300 per eligible child. D) $1000 per eligible child.
A) Community Banking Assistance Program. B) Low-Income Financial Support Program. C) Federal Community Investment Fund. D) Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund.
A) An additional $2 billion over five years. B) An additional $6 billion over seven years. C) An additional $3 billion over four years. D) An additional $4 billion over six years.
A) To encourage businesses to hire long-term welfare recipients. B) To incentivize businesses to hire recent college graduates. C) To reduce taxes for businesses that hire veterans. D) To provide tax breaks for businesses that offer employee training.
A) From $4.25 to $5.15. B) From $4.50 to $5.50. C) From $4.00 to $5.00. D) From $3.75 to $4.75.
A) Over 200,000 people. B) Over 100,000 people. C) Over 250,000 people. D) Over 150,000 people.
A) 200% above the federal poverty line. B) 100% above the federal poverty line. C) 150% above the federal poverty line. D) 250% above the federal poverty line.
A) Up to $200,000. B) Up to $250,000. C) Up to $100,000. D) Up to $150,000.
A) By 2001. B) By 2005. C) By 2004. D) By 2003.
A) From $30 million to $150 million annually. B) From $20 million to $100 million annually. C) From $50 million to $250 million annually. D) From $40 million to $200 million annually.
A) To serve children aged 5 to 7. B) To serve children aged 7 to 9. C) To serve children aged 0 to 3. D) To serve children aged 3 to 5.
A) To authorize several demonstrations including an Innovative Homeless Initiatives Demonstration program, the section 8 pension fund demonstration, and the NCDI program. B) To establish a new federal housing agency. C) To reduce federal funding for housing programs. D) To provide funding for new housing developments.
A) To fund private student loan companies. B) To reduce tuition fees at public universities. C) To provide scholarships for low-income students. D) To provide student loans directly from the federal government.
A) To privatize Medicare. B) To provide additional health benefits to Medicare recipients. C) To eliminate Medicare. D) To reduce Medicare funding.
A) To reduce public transportation costs. B) To help low-income workers get to work. C) To privatize public transportation. D) To expand public transportation infrastructure.
A) To privatize nutritional and housing support programs. B) To eliminate nutritional and housing support programs. C) To reduce federal support for these programs. D) To provide better nutritional support for low-income families.
A) To give a larger benefit to working families and allow childless workers to benefit as well. B) To reduce benefits for working families. C) To provide benefits only to families with children. D) To eliminate the Earned Income Tax Credit.
A) George W. Bush B) George H. W. Bush C) Bob Dole D) Ross Perot
A) Reform B) Republican C) Democratic D) Independent
A) General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade B) European Union Trade Agreement C) Trans-Pacific Partnership D) North American Free Trade Agreement
A) Ross Perot B) George H. W. Bush C) Bob Dole D) Newt Gingrich
A) 1997 B) 1998 C) 1996 D) 1999
A) 75% B) 66% C) 50% D) 80%
A) Ross Perot B) George W. Bush C) Bob Dole D) Al Gore
A) George W. Bush B) Ross Perot C) Bill Clinton D) Bob Dole
A) Stagnation B) Economic recession C) Second longest period of peacetime economic expansion D) Depression
A) Croatia B) Serbia C) Kosovo D) Bosnia
A) Mikhail Gorbachev B) Vladimir Putin C) Dmitry Medvedev D) Boris Yeltsin
A) Deregulation of the banking system B) Banking crisis C) Introduction of new banking regulations D) Nationalization of banks
A) Re-election B) Contested results C) Withdrawal D) Defeat
A) Teapot Dome scandal B) Watergate scandal C) Iran-Contra affair D) Clinton–Lewinsky scandal
A) The election was decided by the House of Representatives B) George W. Bush won the popular vote C) The election was decided by the Senate D) Al Gore won the popular vote
A) Jerry Brown B) Ross Perot C) Paul Tsongas D) Pat Buchanan
A) 50% B) 43% C) 37.4% D) 18.9%
A) Libertarians B) Independents C) Republicans D) Democrats
A) Massachusetts B) Arkansas C) Tennessee D) California
A) Education B) Economy C) Healthcare D) Abortion
A) Bill Clinton B) Paul Tsongas C) Dick Gephardt D) Jerry Brown
A) Dick Gephardt B) Pat Buchanan C) Ross Perot D) Jerry Brown
A) Bob Dole B) Tom Foley C) Robert H. Michel D) George J. Mitchell
A) Paul Tsongas B) Jerry Brown C) Pat Buchanan D) Bill Clinton
A) Leon Panetta B) Lloyd Bentsen C) Robert Reich D) Mack McLarty
A) Lloyd Bentsen B) Leon Panetta C) Robert Reich D) Robert Rubin
A) Janet Reno B) Kimba Wood C) Lani Guinier D) Zoë Baird
A) Madeleine Albright B) William Perry C) Erskine Bowles D) Sandy Berger
A) Hillary Clinton B) Janet Reno C) Madeleine Albright D) Lani Guinier
A) David Gergen B) Leon Panetta C) Sandy Berger D) Erskine Bowles
A) Robert Rubin B) Leon Panetta C) Erskine Bowles D) William Cohen
A) Erskine Bowles B) John Podesta C) Mack McLarty D) David Gergen
A) Lawrence Summers B) Sandy Berger C) David Gergen D) Erskine Bowles
A) William Perry B) Sandy Berger C) Les Aspin D) William Cohen
A) Anthony Lake B) David Gergen C) Sandy Berger D) Leon Panetta
A) Robert Rubin B) Mack McLarty C) Robert Reich D) Leon Panetta
A) Elena Kagan B) Merrick Garland C) John Roberts D) Sonia Sotomayor
A) Stagnant earnings B) Middle-class tax cut C) Increasing military spending D) Deficit reduction
A) 218–216 B) 200–218 C) 300–100 D) 250–200
A) December 16, 1995 B) November 14, 1995 C) October 31, 1995 D) January 1, 1996
A) Three times B) Once C) Twice D) Four times
A) 10 days B) 30 days C) 21 days D) 15 days
A) Al Gore B) Dick Morris C) Newt Gingrich D) George H. W. Bush
A) 15 percent B) 25 percent C) 30 percent D) 20 percent
A) Approximately twenty percent B) Thirty percent C) Fifty percent D) Ten percent
A) NAFTA B) TPP C) EU D) MERCOSUR
A) Liberals B) Democrats C) Interest groups D) Congressional Republicans
A) Hillary Clinton B) Senator Ted Kennedy C) Senator Orrin Hatch D) President Bill Clinton
A) By cutting other health programs B) Through federal grants C) Via a 75 cents a pack cigarette tax increase D) Through increased income taxes
A) Goldilocks economy B) Great Depression C) Reaganomics D) New Deal
A) tripled B) doubled C) quadrupled D) halved
A) $42,151 B) $38,262 C) $40,000 D) $45,000
A) Jerome Powell B) Ben Bernanke C) Alan Greenspan D) Paul Volcker
A) classical economics B) supply-side economics C) monetarism D) behavioral economics
A) record-high inflation B) record-high unemployment C) record-high deficits D) record-high surpluses
A) would have a significant impact B) would stabilize the economy C) would have relatively little impact D) would worsen the economy
A) The Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act B) The Defense of Marriage Act C) The Telecommunications Act of 1996 D) The Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000
A) The 'Marriage recognition clause' B) The 'Glass–Steagall repeal' C) The 'Telecommunications deregulation' D) The 'Enron loophole'
A) Immediate discharge of homosexuals B) Open service for homosexuals C) 'Don't ask, don't tell' D) No policy change
A) Required counseling for all abortions B) Banned abortion counseling C) Revoked a gag order D) Imposed a gag order
A) He vetoed it B) He ignored it C) He signed it into law D) He amended it
A) 10 national parks B) 5 wildlife refuges C) 17 national monuments D) 20 marine sanctuaries
A) A permanent freeze on drilling B) A temporary ban on fishing C) A reduction in shipping lanes D) A ban on commercial fishing
A) Rio Earth Summit B) Paris Agreement C) Montreal Protocol D) Kyoto Protocol
A) John D. Leshy B) Al Gore C) Mike Synar D) Bruce Babbitt
A) $1.35 B) $2.50 C) $10.00 D) $5.00
A) Interior Department B) Department of Agriculture C) Department of Commerce D) Department of Energy
A) Nine B) Two C) Forty D) Thirty
A) Twenty B) Nine C) Fifty D) Forty
A) Reverse mortgage B) Adjustable-rate mortgage C) Fixed-rate mortgage D) Interest-only mortgage
A) They remained the same B) They fell C) They fluctuated wildly D) They rose
A) Pardongate B) Pardongate C) Pardongate D) Pardongate
A) The agency model B) The presidential model C) The legislative model D) The judicial model
A) Reagan B) Clinton C) Bush D) Obama
A) Neoconservatism B) Traditional liberalism C) Socialism D) Progressive neoliberalism
A) Temporary most favored nation status B) Sanctions C) Permanent most favored nation status D) No special status
A) Fifty B) Thirty C) Eighteen D) Ten
A) The U.S. provided military aid to the Tutsi B) The U.S. led a military intervention C) The U.N. sent a large force to stop the genocide D) The U.S. did not intervene despite the genocide
A) Jean-Bertrand Aristide B) Raoul Cédras C) Jimmy Carter D) Fidel Castro
A) Slobodan Milošević B) Franjo Tuđman C) Vojislav Koštunica D) Ante Marković |