section_0 Section Pool Subsection Multiple Choice false none vertical false 125 0.0 41095260-87ff-46e4-a996-0694f003ba8f Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">The Clinton administration instituted all of the following policies for the environment EXCEPT</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">blocked road construction and logging in 60 million acres of forests.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">placed 6 million new acres under federal protection.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">revealed government’s role in environmental degradation in past decades.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">supported the international ecological movement.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">installing solar panels and windmills at the White House.</span> I0_C4 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 3a11ed0d-a5ad-4fd4-a7b7-a44e4bba9ea5 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">“AmeriCorps” was a program that</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">was to replace the Peace Corps.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">let nonviolent offenders out of jail if they joined the military.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Clinton strongly opposed.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">allowed students to repay college loans through community service.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">restricted the number of hours a minor could work at night.</span> I1_C3 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 4845366a-3bba-49b3-abb2-4bb940b81a54 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">What is true of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act?</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">It was defeated by the Republican Congress.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">It was vetoed by President Clinton.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">It eliminated the food stamps program.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">It was part of Clinton’s plan to make government larger.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">It allowed states to establish programs designed to move people off welfare and into jobs.</span> I2_C4 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 e5b469ae-8837-407c-88c2-5c06b7d28ccc Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">Compared to Bill Clinton in executive style, George W. Bush</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">favored meetings that were more formal and structured.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">was more interested in free-wheeling, intellectual give-and-take.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">was more likely to be interested in the details of ideas.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">preferred longer meetings.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">did not let religion enter into his political decision-making.</span> I3_C0 SCORE.max 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 73915443-6e8f-470a-b7e5-ab4766256786 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">President Obama’s difficulty with meeting all of his ambitions in office is an example of what political scientists call the</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Superman Theory of the Presidency.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Spiderman Theory of the Presidency.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Batman Theory of the Presidency.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Green Lantern Theory of the Presidency.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Black Panther Theory of the Presidency.</span> I4_C3 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 89325b0b-2267-4bf3-8205-7c8654d2617b Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">The Affordable Health Care Act did not</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">prohibit insurers from denying coverage to those with pre-existing conditions.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">replace Medicare with state exchanges.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">establish mechanisms to increase competition between insurance companies.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">require that all Americans have health insurance.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">provide health coverage to 30 million uninsured people.</span> I5_C1 SCORE.max 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 1340d4e0-8c5a-4068-b488-dff255cb6f96 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">Barack Obama asked Robert Gates to continue in the position he held during the Bush administration as</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">press secretary.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">secretary of defense.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">secretary of the interior.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">secretary of state.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">secretary of energy.</span> I6_C1 SCORE.max 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 8f4102fa-3635-4478-a062-b1522dc25618 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">The Supreme Court held in <i>Lawrence v. Texas</i> that</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">George W. Bush was the president.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">sodomy laws were unconstitutional.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the death penalty was constitutional when applied to minors.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the ACA (Affordable Care Act) was unconstitutional.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the right to marry could not be abridged based on sexual orientation.</span> I7_C1 SCORE.max 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 f28ead13-c00c-472b-b0f8-5ad0ce4be91e Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">What was the most used social-issue hashtag during the first ten years of Twitter’s existence?</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">#BlackLivesMatter</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">#Ferguson</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">#MAGA</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">#MeToo</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">#Covfefe</span> I8_C1 SCORE.max 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 94fcfca3-5c11-4b99-a36a-b65323e06a44 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">President Bush replaced William Rehnquist on the Supreme Court with</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">John Roberts.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">John Bolton.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Harriet Myers.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Samuel Alito.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Steven Breyer.</span> I9_C0 SCORE.max 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 06fca0e2-0442-439b-9151-70c11155f6af Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">The Tea Party movement pledged to</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">impeach President Barack Obama.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">oust any incumbent Republicans who supported Obama’s initiatives.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">support health care reform.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">overturn the TARP assistance to companies facing bankruptcy.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">resolve the economic crisis by supporting government spending on infrastructure improvements.</span> I10_C1 SCORE.max 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 00ed373b-f351-4d1f-a3af-742f87b045d5 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">In 1994, President Clinton sent U.S. troops into ____ in order to reinstate its democratically elected leader.</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Nicaragua</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the Dominican Republic</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Haiti</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Costa Rica</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Panama</span> I11_C2 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 ac7c49ce-8249-4033-b9d3-20a4d6e7aa3e Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">In 1993, a bomb ripped through ____ in New York City, evidence that terrorism had reached the United States.</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the Empire State Building</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Grand Central Station</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Penn Station</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the World Trade Center</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the Statue of Liberty</span> I12_C3 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 dcd352a3-eb3e-4f54-a3ae-37c8d43a4c06 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">What court case struck down the Defense of Marriage Act, defining marriage as between a man and a woman?</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;"><i>Bush v. Gore</i></span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;"><i>U.S. v. Windsor</i></span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;"><i>Rita v. United States</i></span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;"><i>Gonzales v. Carhart</i></span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;"><i>Obergefell v. Hodges</i></span> I13_C1 SCORE.max 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 a29d9afb-e075-47af-b8f3-e8efe0ba7753 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">What is NOT true of the economy during the Clinton years?</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Unemployment averaged below 2 percent per year.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Real income rose for the first time in 15 years.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Millions of new jobs were created.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">The federal deficit decreased.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">The economy recovered from a major recession.</span> I14_C4 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 5fe6e022-05a4-4d0d-bd74-ec5712dfa0e5 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">A legal controversy surrounded a Colorado baker who claimed that his free speech rights were violated because</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">he was not allowed to bake a cake in the shape of a cross for a public school.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">a synagogue in Denver refused to accept his donation of leavened bread.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">he refused to craft a cake for a gay couple’s wedding celebration.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">he would not admit Muslim children into his bakery.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">he was not allowed to blog about baking on the state’s website.</span> I15_C2 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 1d0ba9e4-ca0d-43b5-9c39-c95d47649503 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">In the election of 2008</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">John McCain claimed that Barack Obama was not an American citizen.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Sarah Palin’s experience compared favorably with Joe Biden.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Barack Obama choose Hillary Clinton as his running mate.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">young, African American, and Latino voters turned out in record numbers.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">John McCain relied on the immense popularity of George W. Bush.</span> I16_C3 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 acd5cc5a-9684-474f-b637-59ef2d3b5435 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">President Bush proclaimed an end to “significant combat” in the Iraq war on the deck of an aircraft carrier</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">less than two months after Operation Iraqi Freedom began.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">in 2005.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">after the capture of Saddam Hussein.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">before U.S. troops had reached Baghdad.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">after Osama bin Laden had been killed.</span> I17_C0 SCORE.max 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 23985ef3-8d10-4503-9f75-bd9d41e5bbe4 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">When the Bush administration began the invasion of Iraq in 2003</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">it followed the Pentagon’s recommendations regarding the troops needed.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">it sought to create in Iraq a pro-U.S. government and a new economic order tied to U.S. companies.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">a ground attack was begun without any air support.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">news reporters were not allowed to accompany troops.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">it started in the month of May before the weather got too hot.</span> I18_C1 SCORE.max 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0aeed78e-c487-4c43-85a9-d94956b7616b Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">In the 2002 elections, Republicans</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">gained seats in the Senate but lost some in the House.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">lost seats in the Senate but gained some in the House.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">gained seats in the Senate and in the House.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">saw no change in seats in the Senate but gained some in the House.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">saw no changes in seats in either the Senate or the House.</span> I19_C2 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 00e2c338-b211-4d6d-90f7-5c5983ba9f0c Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">Shortly after September 11, 2001, President Bush announced he would wage a war against</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Iran.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Iraq.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Afghanistan.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">terrorism.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">freedom.</span> I20_C3 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 5c9419e5-a612-4b3e-956d-88bf924d41ed Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">In 1998, Republican Speaker of House, Newt Gingrich, was forced to resign from office due to</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">illegal campaign contributions.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">hiring family members on his staff.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">being arrested for drunk driving.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">racist comments on a “hot” mic.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">an extramarital affair.</span> I21_C4 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 fb666494-90b7-45e2-8a39-9fbcd621a8bb Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">The Texas-based energy company that would become the most infamous example of corruption in the 1990s was</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Adelphia.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Enron.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Tyco.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">A.T.T.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Tyson.</span> I22_C1 SCORE.max 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 16160384-190f-483a-aaf5-0e189a591637 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">In the 2000 election, the key state in deciding the winner of the presidency was</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Texas.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Florida.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Ohio.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">New Hampshire.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Nevada.</span> I23_C1 SCORE.max 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0a3b4b42-ec4a-465d-9cf8-b41e797c4943 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">Which was not true of Bill Clinton’s impeachment?</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Clinton attempted to conceal his sexual relationship with a young White House intern.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">The special prosecutor who discovered the affair was politically independent.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Clinton faced impeachment on the grounds he had obstructed justice and committed perjury.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Clinton was not convicted by the Senate.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Clinton remained under Republican attack even after the impeachment proceedings ended.</span> I24_C1 SCORE.max 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 9c4ff1d3-2f42-4e0b-9d73-ca21162c3342 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">In the 2004 presidential election, John Kerry was falsely disparaged with accusations about his</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">voting record in the Senate.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">alleged homosexuality.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">choice of a running mate.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Vietnam War record.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">corruption.</span> I25_C3 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 725fcbb7-3eb5-404c-9b3a-64272877ee84 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">What country’s political instability did NOT pose a major challenge to Barack Obama's foreign policy?</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Iraq</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Ukraine</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Libya</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Syria</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Mexico.</span> I26_C4 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 c048f3ff-7c9c-48dc-8054-7bee5dba17b9 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">During the midterm elections of 2014,</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">young voters turned out in record numbers.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Democrats lost control of the House of Representatives.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Democrats gained control of the U.S. Senate.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">general voter turnout was at a historical high.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">low voter turnout led to GOP victories in both houses of Congress.</span> I27_C4 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 d527bb99-f06e-4135-a346-bc2c72f05e50 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">The most accurate assessment of the Clinton administration’s controversial $20 billion loan to Mexico in 1995 would be that it was</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">very successful for both countries.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">a continuing source of friction between the two nations.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">a political fiasco for President Clinton.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">an embarrassment for both countries.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">a good financial deal for Mexico but a bad one for the United States.</span> I28_C0 SCORE.max 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 70cb8390-8010-4de4-a018-e9d925ea6a03 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">The “No Child Left Behind” program dealt with the issue of</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">education.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">foster care.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">homeless children.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">sexual predators.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">physical fitness.</span> I29_C0 SCORE.max 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 fd447dd4-cec7-41dc-b1f0-e71f541ab882 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">Barack Obama’s campaign was helped early on by one of the following founders of social networking service:</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Instagram.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Twitter.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Facebook.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Snapchat.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">WhatsApp.</span> I30_C2 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0270e123-6ddc-4dcc-a8b5-52c7bd24515d Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">In foreign policy, President Bill Clinton</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">continued a trade embargo against Vietnam.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">expanded international markets and lowered trade barriers in Asia and North America.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">offered nuclear weapons to South Korea as a deterrent to North Korean aggression.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">established friendly relations with Cuba.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">broke off relations with Israel.</span> I31_C1 SCORE.max 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 c84523c9-10cd-491f-adb5-7ebd425142c1 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">Soon after being reelected, President Bush sought a radical overhaul of</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">drug enforcement.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">public housing.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">immigration policy.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">energy regulations.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Social Security.</span> I32_C4 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 be68ad0c-2cd5-4338-b7c0-f3c040aa0874 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">Years after the war in Iraq, an official U.S. government report concluded that, in 2003, Iraq</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">did have biological weapons, though it was unclear what happened to them.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">destroyed its biological weapons once the U.S. invaded.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">did not have either biological or nuclear weapons when the U.S. invaded.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">had no desire to possess weapons of mass destruction.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">had ended all purchases of military weapons of any kind.</span> I33_C2 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 74e6ade3-b301-4ef1-af50-04e1b188c75d Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">Which was NOT a criticism of the federal government’s handling of the Hurricane Katrina?</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the large number of dead and missing.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">an inadequacy to prepare for such a disaster.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">its heavy impact on poor and African American residents.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">videotape that contradicted statements made by White House officials.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">overspending on infrastructural repairs.</span> I34_C4 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 de337dc9-55ed-4a56-989a-02863700cd1c Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">What type of changes in food consumption did environmentalists in the first decades of the 21st century spearhead?</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the “fast food” movement</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the “buy global” movement</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the demand for organic products</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">decreased use of farmers’ markets</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">increased use of GMOs.</span> I35_C4 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 c59a5006-966d-4db1-82e3-46d54a9eb02a Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">The most conservative faction of the Republican Party rebranded themselves in the Obama years as the</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">New Right.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">New Left.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">RINOs.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Libertarians.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Tea Party.</span> I36_C4 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 194b9ba9-6244-4acc-9f3b-45b19096add2 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">Clinton’s economic program during his first term expanded the Earned Income Tax Credit, which</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">provided tax incentives to the richest 1 percent.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">reduced taxes for the middle class.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">lowered taxes and increased refunds to low and moderate households with children.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">offered tax breaks to parents sending children to private schools.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">discounted tax rates for new business development.</span> I37_C2 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 53c5cfe1-068f-4f5c-8a50-5ea854b79d49 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">The Bush Doctrine, as expressed in the National Security Strategy of 2002,</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">called for the closure of American embassies abroad.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">challenged the Soviet Union’s dominance in the Ukraine.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">asserted U.S. authority to wage preemptive war.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">supported domestic legislation to enhance surveillance of suspected terrorists.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">called for an enhanced military presence in Mexico.</span> I38_C2 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 24bb93f1-50b0-4dae-adc5-7c5c973a1e67 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">President George W. Bush’s popularity soared</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">when he introduced his tax cut package.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">after the terrorist attacks on U.S. targets in Washington and New York.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">when he announced his energy program.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">in the weeks following his announcement that “significant combat” was over in Iraq.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">in the last six months of his Presidency.</span> I39_C1 SCORE.max 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 d7e3ec81-fce7-4501-af66-e178df960365 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">President George W. Bush’s proposals for educational reform called for</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">mandatory, nationwide testing of children as a means of determining which schools were teaching effectively.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">abolishing the use of standardized tests to determine the success of students and schools.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">reducing the involvement of the federal government in education and empowering the states to control their school systems.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">abolishing the public school system.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">using federal funds to increase teacher salaries.</span> I40_C0 SCORE.max 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 57fc0c2e-3fb0-446a-8e6b-ebc9f62ff68d Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">How did pro-immigration organizations counter the efforts of the anti-immigration movement?</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">They rallied immigrant populations via radio and Spanish-language publications.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">They staged work-stoppages.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">They organized street demonstrations.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">They used research to counter claims that undocumented workers took jobs away from legal Americans.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">All of these are correct.</span> I41_C4 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 708b6942-92c8-4042-b975-aa6977b5d9b4 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">Which of the following has proven to be a consequence of developing Internet technology?</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Americans have lost the ability to research for information.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Americans have become more individually oriented.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Magazines and newspapers began to cease publication</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Media has become completely unbiased.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Worldwide democracy.</span> I42_C2 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 dd05740b-560f-48d3-b645-285aa05f12d9 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">Who was Time’s Person of the Year in 2008?</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Barack Obama</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">John McCain</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Mark Zuckerberg</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Hillary Clinton</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">You</span> I43_C4 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 960f67cd-0b00-4e10-adbf-52783e3f358d Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">The collapse and rescue of the world’s banking system in 2008–2009 encouraged digital visionaries to introduce</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Facebook</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">bitcoin</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Wikipedia</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Twitter</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">e-Trade</span> I44_C1 SCORE.max 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 5f9dafb7-f795-4e97-92b2-534e13a5855c Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 True/False <div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">The blueprint for federal health-care reform in the Obama years relied on the Internet.</div> true false true SCORE.max 0.0 03d3e3b9-69e3-41e8-9fad-ebfc8c6fef7c Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 True/False <div style="font-family: Times New Roman; 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font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">John McCain</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">himself</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Hillary Clinton</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Kenneth Starr</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">John Kerry</span> I96_C2 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 3f744983-ddb4-4d80-b3e5-6678518974bb Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">The ultimately wrongheaded decision to make an issue of Bill Clinton’s character in the midterm elections was insisted upon by ____________________.</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Monica Lewinsky</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Kenneth Starr</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Linda Tripp</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Newt Gingrich</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Paula Jones</span> I97_C3 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 f9891cd7-566e-4200-a3df-144766b72db9 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">The U.S. invasion of Iraq in May, 2003 was called ____________________.</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Operation Iraqi Freedom</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Operation Abu Ghraib</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Operation Peace in Our Time</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Operation Rumblefish</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Operation America</span> I98_C0 SCORE.max 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 e148cfc0-9640-4417-970e-3b04f3a832d5 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">The popular vote in the 2016 election was won by ____________________.</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Donald Trump</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Hillary Clinton</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Al Gore</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Bernie Sanders</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Jill Stein</span> I99_C1 SCORE.max 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 2aa4bfdf-7992-4b22-8b11-2f8988f26890 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">In 2001, George W. Bush announced the United States would not support the ____________________ on global warming and several other agreements.</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">UN Commission</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Kyoto Protocol</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Paris Accord</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Katrina Report</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Berlin Conference</span> I100_C1 SCORE.max 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 2e1b1308-0e03-47b0-bd7e-239ab31e8e61 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">In February 1994, the United States ended its nineteen-year trade embargo with ____________________.</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Iran</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Iraq</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">North Korea</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">China</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Vietnam</span> I101_C4 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 f0da330d-8f1d-4df4-9ec5-9c04ad7bc794 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">In 2014, heated debates on both sides of the aisle in Congress occurred over efforts to raise the _____________________, a measure some saw as attempting to narrow the income gap in America.</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">income tax</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">estate tax</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">minimum wage</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">voting age</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">poverty line</span> I102_C2 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 ad7d2b82-1b7b-4c42-b021-7c3951971b54 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">The program that allowed students to repay college loans through community service was called ____________________.</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">AmeriCorps</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Welfare to Work</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">DOMA</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the Federal Work Study Program</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Graduation to Greatness</span> I103_C0 SCORE.max 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 52766c42-6a3d-4fcc-922f-c5dda46664ad Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">In 1994, President Clinton’s major proposal to reform ____________________ was heavily criticized and easily defeated in Congress.</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">welfare</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the tax code</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">health care</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">food stamps</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">abortion laws</span> I104_C2 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 8c9b77b5-4f97-4b0a-b5f7-275899d87e7b Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">In 2000 George W. Bush ran for President identifying himself as a “____________________ conservative.”</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">classic</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">hardline</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">liberal</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">compassionate</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Texas</span> I105_C3 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 285267e8-d012-48b2-8ae6-e42a6d48447b Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">After the 2012 election, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives was more committed than ever to overturning the highly contentious _______________________—voting on 50 different measures to repeal it.</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Defense of Marriage Act</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Affordable Care Act</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">bank bailout</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">TARP plan</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Kyoto Protocol</span> I106_C1 SCORE.max 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 9bc16a7d-253f-467c-bb2c-f7f2f65a7e0e Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">President Clinton failed to intervene in ____________________ where a genocidal civil war resulted in the death of 500,000 Tutsis.</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; 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;">the pacific northwest</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">national monuments</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">national parks</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">national forests</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the northeast</span> I108_C3 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 2dea58ad-3f85-4065-a2ae-5b8941e7d98f Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">Shortly after September 11, 2001, President Bush announced he would wage a war against ____________________.</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; 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He promised them that he would “make America great again.”</div> e84ff15a-f72c-441d-aca5-d98856c61973 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Short Response <div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; "><b>Barack Hussein Obama</b></div> SCORE.max 0.0 <div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">44th President of the United States and the first president of African descent; voted into office in 2008 with a campaign for “hope” and “change.”</div> 2c608742-1e72-4b3a-8224-461f0bb057ca Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Short Response <div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; "><b>social networking</b></div> SCORE.max 0.0 <div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">The process by which people socialize with one another through sites on the Internet. 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