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