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1 | | Although the investigation widened considerably, the "Whitewater affair" originally involved allegations that President Clinton had been sexually involved with a woman that he met on a rafting trip through the Grand Canyon. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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2 | | Despite persistent effort by Republicans in the House of Representatives, President Clinton was never impeached. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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3 | | After the first two years of the Clinton administration, the Republicans won control of both houses of Congress for the first time since the early Eisenhower years. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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4 | | Most political analysts contend that Bill Clinton's return to his activist liberal roots was responsible for his reelection victory in 1996. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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5 | | When Saddam Hussein refused to allow international inspectors to inspect military sites in Iraq, Bill Clinton ordered a series of bombing strikes. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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6 | | President Clinton refused to allow United States military forces to participate in the international effort to restore peace to the Kosovo region. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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7 | | Al Gore received more popular votes than George W. Bush in the presidential election of 2000. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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8 | | NASDAQ was established to investigate corporate accounting scandals. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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9 | | Microsoft Corporation became one of the largest companies in the world by establishing a near monopoly on the operating system used on most PCs. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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10 | | The Human Genome Project was designed to fight environmental degradation from smog, water pollution, industrial output, and so on. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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11 | | By the mid 1990s, American global market competitiveness had been restored in the manufacturing sector so exports once again exceeded imports. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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12 | | The major riot in South Central Los Angeles in 1992 was sparked by turf conflict between black and Hispanic gangs. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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13 | | Timothy McVeigh became known as the "American Taliban" because he cooperated with Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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14 | | When President George W. Bush spoke of the "Axis of Evil" he was referring to nations that supported terrorism, especially Iraq, Iran, and North Korea. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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