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The third party candidate in 1992 who won more popular votes than orther third party candidate in U.S. history was

 

a. George Wallace.

b. Ross Perot.

c. Jerry Brown.

d. Warren Christopher

Definition
b.
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The first women to serve as atorney general was

 

a. Janet Reno.

b. Sandra Day O' Connor.

c. Carol O' Connor.

d. Hillary Rodham.

Definition
a.
Term

Clinton selected as his vice-president, the Harvard educated Senator from Tennessee

 

a. Al Gore.

b. Teddy Kennedy.

c. Ross Perot

d. Michael Dukakis

Definition
a.
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Clinton was elected in 1992 with

 

a. an overwhelming majority of the vote.

 

b. a little over 50 percent of the vote.

 

c. the samllest electoral college vote in histroy.

 

d. the third sallest percentagte of the popular vote in history

Definition
d.
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The Rov. v. Wade decisoion was

 

a. supported by Clinton.

b. overtuned during the Clinton presidency.

c.opposed by pro-choice advocates.

d. no longer an issue by the 1990s.

Definition
a.
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The Supreme court's Bakke decision

 

a. legalized abortion.

b. banned discrimminationin voting rights.

c. called affirnative action discriminatory.

d. ruled that persons arrested must have their rights read to them.

Definition
c.
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The Million Man March of 1995 occurred to

 

a. protest nuclear weapons development.

b. call for more intergration and equaltiy between the races.

c. protes pro-life groups and support abortion.

d. increase pride among black males.

Definition
d.
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The free trade agreement signed betweent he United States and it neighbors in 1994 was called

 

a. N.A.T.O.

b.G.A.T.T.

c.N.A.F.T.A.

d. S.E.A.T.O.

Definition
c.
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The real estate scandal the plagued the Clinton administration was called

 

a. Whitewater.

b.Watergate.

c. Iran-Contra

d. Teapot Dome.

Definition
a.
Term

The first African-american female elected to the United States Congress was

 

a. Carole Braun.

b. madelyn Albright.

c. Shirley Chisholm.

d. Janet Reno

Definition
c.
Term

The Republican Plan in the mid-1990s to lower taxes and cut government was called the

 

a. North American Free Trade Agreement.

b. Contact With America.

c.General Agreement on Trade and Government.

d United We Stand

Definition
b.
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