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Chapter 26 Toward a New Century
  1. Of the following, who was not a presidential candidate in 1992?
   A) H. Ross Perot
   B) George Bush
   C) Colin Powell
   D) Bill Clinton
  2. The central goal of Bill Clinton's proposed health plan was to ____________
   A) gain support of the insurance industry.
   B) offer a socialized health-care plan as in other European nations.
   C) gain the support of small businesses.
   D) provide health care for Americans who had no insurance.
  3. Which of the following was not a component of the Republicans' "Contract with America" in 1994?
   A) limits on congressional terms
   B) balanced budget
   C) higher taxes
   D) stronger restrictions on immigration
  4. __________ won the presidential election of 1996.
   A) Bill Clinton
   B) Bob Dole
   C) Al Gore
   D) Ross Perot
  5. During Clinton's second term, the House of Representatives impeached the president on the charges of __________
   A) money laundering.
   B) perjury and obstruction of justice.
   C) presidential misconduct.
   D) theft.
  6. Which was not one of the six republics of the former Yugoslavia?
   A) Bosnia-Herzegovina
   B) Serbia
   C) Latvia
   D) Croatia
  7. Why was Yugoslavia known as a multinational state?
   A) because of the many wars there
   B) because it was made of one nationality
   C) because it was a nation with many different ethnic groups
   D) because it contained many different industries
  8. Ethnic cleansing was used by the Bosnian Serbs against ___________
   A) Muslims and Croats.
   B) Buddhists and Croats.
   C) Jews and Catholics.
   D) Muslims and Buddhists.
  9. Out of what Yugoslavian province did NATO drive Serbian forces?
   A) Albania
   B) Kosovo
   C) Bulgaria
   D) Montenegro
  10. Which level of the government would gain more responsibility under the welfare reform program proposed by the Clinton administration?
   A) local
   B) national
   C) state
   D) federal
  11. What was the program set up by Congress in 1993 to utilize students to deal with the country's pressing issues?
   A) Job Corps
   B) City Volunteer Corps
   C) Peace Corps
   D) Americorps
  12. What are areas such as tidal flats and swamps called?
   A) wetlands
   B) marshes
   C) mountains
   D) forests
  13. Which of the following is an environmental concern of the 1990s caused by the burning of fossil fuels?
   A) oil spills
   B) AIDS
   C) acid rain
   D) overpopulation
  14. Which of the following does NOT represent a concern of the 1990s?
   A) drug abuse
   B) environment
   C) spread of communism
   D) AIDS
  15. Someone who enters a country without a legal permit is known as an ___________
   A) illegal alien.
   B) interloper.
   C) immigrant.
   D) emigrant.



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