Question 1
Multiple Choice Question
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Which of these bills, that President Bush signed, was one of the most pro-civil rights bills in decades?

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
North American Free Trade Agreement of 1990
USMCA of 1990
Question 2
Multiple Choice Question
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Which of these emerged in the 1990s as a rival to the New York Stock Exchange?

NASDAQ
E-Trade
Standard and Poor’s Rating
Bitcoin
Question 3
Multiple Choice Question
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Who was Bill Clinton’s Vice President, who ran and lost in the Presidential Election of 2000?

Alan Greenspan
Al Gore
Newt Gingrich
Dan Quayle
Question 4
Multiple Choice Question
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Who was elected the 41st President of the United States in 1988?

Ronald Reagan
George W. Bush
George H.W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Question 5
Multiple Choice Question
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Who was the General Secretary of the Soviet Union that President Bush worked with to end the Cold War?

Joseph Stalin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Leonid Brezhnev
Vladimir Putin
Question 6
Multiple Choice Question
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Which third-party candidate won 19% of the popular vote in the 1992 Presidential election?

Ross Perot
Walter Mondale
Bill Clinton
Michael Dukakis
Question 7
Multiple Choice Question
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Who was the Democratic candidate for President in 1988?

Walter Mondale
John Edwards
Bill Clinton
Michael Dukakis
Question 8
Multiple Choice Question
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Which is the best description of the term, “New Economy”?

the transition from a manufacturing-based economy to an agricultural-based economy
the transition from an agricultural-based economy to a service, information, and technology-based economy
the transition from a subsistence-based economy to a service, information, and technology-based economy
the transition from a manufacturing-based economy to a service, information, and technology-based economy
Question 9
Multiple Choice Question
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Who won the Presidential Election of 2000, becoming the 43rd President of the United States?

Ronald Reagan
George H.W. Bush
George W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Question 10
Multiple Choice Question
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Who was the Republican candidate for President in 1996?

George H.W. Bush
Ross Perot
Bob Dole
George W. Bush
Question 11
Multiple Choice Question
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What is the name given to people born between the mid-1960s and early 1980s?

Generation Y
Baby Boomers
Millennials
Generation X
Question 12
Multiple Choice Question
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What happened on “Black Monday” in 1987?

the stock market collapsed
the healthcare system failed
Iraq invaded Kuwait
United States invaded Iraq
Question 13
Multiple Choice Question
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When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, which military conflict began?

The Gulf War
The Bay of Pigs
The Balkan War
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Question 14
Multiple Choice Question
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In 1988, which of these promises did George H.W. Bush make?

“to end the war in Vietnam”
“a chicken in every pot”
“free college for all Americans”
“read my lips: no new taxes”
Question 15
Multiple Choice Question
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Which of these federal departments deals with the U.S. Space exploration?

NOAA
NASA
EPA
DNR