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What is the Patriot Act?

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

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

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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

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

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Steve Jobs and Bill Gates

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

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Globalization

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What part of the Patriot Act was later ruled unconstitutional?

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Wiretaps without warrant

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What impact do third parties have on elections?

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

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

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Too much government control in the private economy

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

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Access to information, easier global communication, and trade

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What are multinational corportions?

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Corporations that conduct business all over the world

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

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US Treasury debtlargest foreign investor

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How did the government respond to the recession of 2008?

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Direct government investments into the economy to avoid another great depression

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

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More debtgov had to limit spending and raise taxes

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What did the BP oil spill impact?

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Fossil fuels hurt the marine life

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What is the US relationship with the EU?

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Good trade relationship

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

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9/11

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How did Oprah become successful?

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Talk show, magazine, network

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What did Sam Walton do?

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Started Walmart and sams Club

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What did Lionel Sosa do?

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

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What did Bill Gates do?

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Made software programs for personal computers

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What did Estee Lauder do?

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Created a cosmetic line to become the first female billionaire

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What did Robert Johnson do?

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BETthen the super good basketball teamthe Charlotte Bobcats

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What is the debate over the Patriot Act?

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Information sharing and government protection versus infringing upon citizens rights

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What has the increase in multinational corporations led to?

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More movement of money, people and goods around the world

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Most immigrants in the US are from what two places?

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Asia and Mexico

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Why are immigrants drawn to the US?

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American Dream

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

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Borrows more money

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

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Civil Rights Movement

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What does the Department of Homeland Security do?

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Prevents terrorism

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

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Afghanistan

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What was the outcome of Bush v Gore?

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They stopped the recount in Florida and Baby Bush became president

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

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Bush v Gore was a split decision

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What was the effect of Clintons impeachment?

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Less trust in government officials

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What impact did GATT and WTO have on US trade?

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

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

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Mexico and Canada

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Why did Clinton propose a cut in defense spending?

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End of Cold War

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What was the Contract with America?

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Republican platform to get the House of Representatives a conservative majority

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

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