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