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Chapter 32: The Challenges of the Twenty-First Century

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Chapter 32: The Challenges of the Twenty-First Century

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32-1 §32.RQ source ↗

The prison operated by the U.S. military for the detention and interrogation of terrorist suspects and “enemy combatants” is located at ________.
  1. a.
    Kuwait City, Kuwait
  2. b.
    Riker’s Island, New York
  3. c.
    Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
  4. d.
    Lahore, Pakistan

Answer

C. Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

32-3 §32.RQ source ↗

In what ways did the U.S. government attempt to deny the rights of prisoners taken in Afghanistan and Iraq?

Answer

The United States denied the rights of prisoners captured in Afghanistan and Iraq by imprisoning and interrogating them outside of the United States, where they were not protected by U.S. law. The U.S. also classified these prisoners as “unlawful combatants,” so that they would not be entitled to the protections of the Geneva Conventions.

32-5 §32.RQ source ↗

A subprime mortgage is ________.
  1. a.
    a high-risk, high-interest loan
  2. b.
    a federal bailout for major banks
  3. c.
    a form of insurance on investments
  4. d.
    a form of political capital

Answer

A. a high-risk, high-interest loan

32-7 §32.RQ source ↗

A popular Mexican American studies program was banned by the state of ________, which accused it of causing resentment of White people.
  1. a.
    New Mexico
  2. b.
    California
  3. c.
    Arizona
  4. d.
    Texas

Answer

C. Arizona

32-9 §32.RQ source ↗

What was the result of the Bush administration’s unwillingness to recognize that climate change is being accelerated by human activity?

Answer

The administration refused to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, and, as a result, the United States has not been required to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Meanwhile, climate scientists have experienced interference with their work. For critics of climate change, this hampering of scientific research and consensus has provided further evidence of the lack of agreed-upon conclusions about climate change.

32-11 §32.RQ source ↗

Which of the following is not a goal of Obamacare (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act)?
  1. a.
    to provide all Americans with access to affordable health insurance
  2. b.
    to require that everyone in the United States acquire some form of health insurance
  3. c.
    to lower the costs of healthcare
  4. d.
    to increase employment in the healthcare industry

Answer

D. to increase employment in the healthcare industry

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Problems and answers are adapted from U.S. History by P. Scott Corbett, Volker Janssen, John M. Lund, Todd Pfannestiel, Sylvie Waskiewicz and Paul Vickery, OpenStax, and are used under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence. Access for free at https://openstax.org/books/us-history/pages/1-introduction. Illustrations: Copyright Rice University, OpenStax, under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. This adaptation is released under the same licence, is non-commercial, and is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by OpenStax or Rice University.