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HY 121: Ch 27The picture below shows American icon Barbie dressed as the Statue of Liberty. What message is the
artist trying to convey about the outsourcing of the American economy? - correct answer ✔✔This
artwork is a satirical look at how free trade zones in foreign countries now enabled American companies
to use low-wage laborers over Americans to produce something as iconic as the Barbie doll.
What trends can be extrapolated from these maps, which compare immigration patterns from 1900 and
2010? - correct answer ✔✔The Deep South was not a magnet for immigration in the twentieth century.
Northeast cities continued to attract immigrants to the United States.
With the Cold War coming to a close, George H. W. Bush took the office of president in 1989 having to
face a "new world order," unseen by his predecessors. What is the best way to describe this new order? -
correct answer ✔✔shift from Cold War tensions to unquestioned American predominance
Bill Clinton's popular appeal was due, in part, to some of his more liberal leanings toward abortion, gay
rights, and civil rights. One of the policies enacted during his first term was to institute the policy of
"Don't ask, don't tell" within the military. Which is the best description of this policy? - correct answer
✔✔The U.S. military would no longer seek out and dismiss soldiers based on their sexual orientation.
In President Clinton's speech on the signing of NAFTA, he spoke about the time of change that America,
and the rest of the world, were experiencing. Why, according to Clinton, was NAFTA necessary? - correct
answer ✔✔Because it promoted international commerce, allowing for the exchange of goods to flow
more freely throughout North America and promoting economic growth for the United States, Canada,
and Mexico.
In both elections, the ____________ candidate siphoned votes away from the major party candidates.
Both ______________ and _______________ came into their elections without the support of
Democrats or Republicans but served as a voice for disenfranchised voters who did not feel represented
by the major parties. Ultimately, the economic downturn of the 1990s, coupled with a more divided
electorate enabled _______________ to take office - correct answer ✔✔third party
Theodore Rossevelt
Ross Perot
Bill Clinton
, In 1999, the World Trade Organization met in Seattle to discuss trade negotiations for the new
millennium. Protesters drew attention to many issues during this meeting, from the depletion of
atmospheric ozone, to the shift of production centers to ____________ centers. Others protested the
risks to Earth's ecology through ___________ economic development and __________ ocean fishing -
correct answer ✔✔low-wage
unregulated
unrestricted
The Culture Wars of the 1990s were battles over the moral values of Americans. The Christian Coalition
was organized in opposition to what it perceived as an attack on "traditional" American values. These
organized counterattacks were against which tenets of perceived social liberalism? - correct answer
✔✔gay rights
secularism
abortion clinics
Newt Gingrich, a Republican congressman from Georgia, led the charge that saw both the Senate and
House of Representatives come under Republican control. His campaign strategy was grounded in his
Contract with America, wherein conservatives listed promises in response to the supposed liberalism of
President Clinton's administration. Which best describes the goals of Gingrich's Contract with America? -
correct answer ✔✔decrease the size and role of the federal government
cut funding to social, educational, and environmental programs
In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, socialism and nationalism served to unite peoples from
different backgrounds while globalization unleashed long simmering ethnic and religious antagonisms. -
correct answer ✔✔true
Identify the statements that describe the rights revolution at the end of the twentieth century. - correct
answer ✔✔Conservatives sought to get government out of economic regulation and environmental
regulations.
Moral conservatives, or those who sought to have the government set the moral standard for the
country, were in the minority at the time.
Personal liberty became the dominant point of view, as individuals sought greater freedom in how they
chose to live their life.
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