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To the Twenty-First Century, 1989-2006
Questions on final exam. Chapter 32.
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Undergraduate 1
07/11/2010

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Name the new leader of Russia after the breakup of the Soviet Union.
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Boris Yeltsin
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Name the U.S Allied military campaign against Iraq in 1991.
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Desert Storm
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Identify the presidential candidate who ran in 1992 and 1996 on the Third Party ticket.
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H. Ross Perot
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Name the vice president of the United States during the Clinton Administration.
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Albert Gore
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Identify President Clinton's greatest achievement in domestic affairs.
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North American Free Trade Agreement- NAFTA
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Name the Speaker of the House after the elections of 1996.
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Newton Gingrich
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Name President Clinton's Republican opponent in the 1996 presidential election.
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Robert Dole
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Name the special prosecutor appointed to investigate the Whitewater scandal.
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Kenneth Starr
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Know the reason(s) for President Clinton's impeachment.
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Perjury and Obstruction of Justice
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Name the person who presided over President Clinton's impeachment trial.
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Chief Justice William Rehnquist
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Identify the consumer advocate who ran as the Green Party candidate in the 2000 presidential election.
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Raplh Nader
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Know the state that held up the final count in the 2000 presidential election.
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Florida
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Identify one of the largest business scandals in the early 2000s.
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WorldCom Inc; stole more than 600 million dollars
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Identify the group most closelt associated with Osama bin Laden.
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Muslim
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Name the term used by President Bush, in 2002, to describe Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
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Punish all nations sponsoring terrorism; "axis of evil"
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Identify the city captured by the United States during the second Persian Gulf War.
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Name the loser of the 2004 presidential election.
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John F. Kerry
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