2. What is the Patriot Act?

3. Act that says the government can monitor citizens’ phones, emails, bank accounts, etc without a warrant

4. What was created to preserve and create jobs during the recession?

5. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

6. What two entrepreneurs are most associated with the development of personal computers?

7. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates

8. Low airfare, low tariffs, outsourcing and invention of the internet led to what??

9. Globalization

10. What part of the Patriot Act was later ruled unconstitutional?

11. Wiretaps without warrant

12. What impact do third parties have on elections?

13. Take votes away from the major parties, greatly affecting the results

14. Why was there criticism of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act?

15. Too much government control in the private economy

16. What impact did smart phones and development of the internet have?

17. Access to information, easier global communication, and trade

18. What are multinational corportions?

19. Corporations that conduct business all over the world

20. The US buying a lot of Chinese manufactured goods led to China buying what?

21. US Treasury debt…largest foreign investor

22. How did the government respond to the recession of 2008?

23. Direct government investments into the economy to avoid another great depression

24. How has our intervention in the Middle East impacted our economy?

25. More debt…gov had to limit spending and raise taxes

26. What did the BP oil spill impact?

27. Fossil fuels hurt the marine life

28. What is the US relationship with the EU?

29. Good trade relationship

30. Slowdown in air travel, war in Afghanistan, and temporary closing of financial markets was in response to…

31. 9/11

32. How did Oprah become successful?

33. Talk show, magazine, network

34. What did Sam Walton do?

35. Started Walmart and sam’s Club

36. What did Lionel Sosa do?

37. Created an advertising agency in San Antonio that targeted the Hispanic population

38. What did Bill Gates do?

39. Made software programs for personal computers

40. What did Estee Lauder do?

41. Created a cosmetic line to become the first female billionaire

42. What did Robert Johnson do?

43. BET…then the super good basketball team…the Charlotte Bobcats

44. What is the debate over the Patriot Act?

45. Information sharing and government protection versus infringing upon citizens’ rights

46. What has the increase in multinational corporations led to?

47. More movement of money, people and goods around the world

48. Most immigrants in the US are from what two places?

49. Asia and Mexico

50. Why are immigrants drawn to the US?

51. American Dream

52. What does the government do when it spends more money than it brings in?

53. Borrows more money

54. The result of the 2008 presidential election is a long- term result of what movement?

55. Civil Rights Movement

56. What does the Department of Homeland Security do?

57. Prevents terrorism

58. Where did Baby Bush send troops in response to 9/11?

59. Afghanistan

60. What was the outcome of Bush v Gore?

61. They stopped the recount in Florida and Baby Bush became president

62. How was the decision in Bush v Gore different from the decision in Brown v Board of Education?

63. Bush v Gore was a split decision

64. What was the effect of Clinton’s impeachment?

65. Less trust in government officials

66. What impact did GATT and WTO have on US trade?

67. More trade with the countries in WTO and GATT (particularly China when it joined WTO)

68. What two trade partners of US gained free trade with NAFTA?

69. Mexico and Canada

70. Why did Clinton propose a cut in defense spending?

71. End of Cold War

72. What was the Contract with America?

73. Republican platform to get the House of Representatives a conservative majority

74. Our reliance on oil from OPEC forced the US to do what?

75. Find alternative energy sources because US reliance on foreign oil is a problem