G.W. Bush
Barack Obama
Domestic Policies
Foreign Policies
Essential Questions
100
Al Gore, Former Pres. Clinton's VP
Who was President Bush's Democratic opponent during the election of 2000?
100
Illinois
Barack Obama was a Senator from where?
100
Mortgage crisis
Name one major cause of the financial crisis of 2008.
100
Pres. Bush sent troops to Afghanistan
The immediate response to the September 11, 2001 attacks
100
The U.S. Supreme Court intervened to prevent a recount that might have changed the result.
What was the historical significance of the Presidential Election of 2000?
200
Al Gore
Who won the popular vote during the election of 2000?
200
John McCain
Candidate who opposed Obama during the Election of 2008
200
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act
What act was passed during the Bush administration that authorized the State Treasury to spend $700B to bailout banks and other lenders?
200
Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda
Who orchestrated the terrorist attacks, and what was the name of the organization?
200
The first African American President was elected after the costliest campaign in history.
Why is the Election of 2008 significant?
300
Ralph Nader
Who was the 3rd party candidate who ran against Bush and Gore?
300
A pathway to citizenship
What did Obama promise to undocumented aliens in the U.S.?
300
Create jobs, spur economic activity, save existing jobs, invest in infrastructure
List three things the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act bailout package was supposed to accomplish.
300
Transportation Security Agency
What agency was created to maintain airport security? (Answer must be the complete name, not the abbreviation)
300
Government officials did not respond rapidly enough to the crisis. Levees were not strong enough to hold back the flood waters.
What was an important reason why there were so many deaths in the Hurricane Katrina disaster?
400
recount; winner
Fill in the blanks: The U.S. Supreme Court halted the ____________ and declared Bush the ____________ of the election.
400
Obamacare
The controversial healthcare reform act passed during Obama's Presidency
400
Auto industry
President Obama took steps to save the _____ _________.
400
Sweeping searches, surveillance, monitor banks accounts, detain immigrants
What did the USA Patriot Act allow government agents to do that they could not do before? List 2
400
Injecting federal money into the economy
Which step was taken by both President George Bush and Barack Obama to prevent the financial crisis of 2008-2009 from triggering another Great Depression?
500
Damaged the oil and gas industry
What effect did Hurricane Katrina (during Bush's second term as President) have on the American economy?
500
Change, closing Guantanamo Bay, citizenship for illegal immigrants, no tax cuts for wealthy individuals, no tax increases for middle class
List three issues Obama campaigned for during the election.
500
Sonia Sotomayor
First Hispanic Justice, and third woman appointed to the Supreme Court
500
The U.S. suspected Saddam Hussein of possessing WMDs in Iraq. Saddam failed to turn over any weapons after an ultimatum that gave him 48 hours to comply. The United States invaded Iraq and attempted to capture Saddam. He was later executed by Iraqis in 2006.
Explain why we invaded Iraq, and Saddam Hussein's ultimate fate.
500
emphasized moral principles in dealing with foreign countries
One similarity between the Presidencies of Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama has been that both leaders------?
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