World Economy
What does NAFTA stand for?
What is: North American Free Trade Agreement
Why did the judicial branch became involved in the presidential election of 2000?
Wht is: Neither candidate clearly won the Florida vote, leading to a recount
What two Ivy league colleges did President Obama graduate from?
What is: Harvard and Columbia?
How has immigration to the United States both legal and illegal caused demographic patterns to change.
What is: The population has grown to make up more than 10 percent of the total population.
Which one of these were not attacked on 911?
What is: Captiol Building
How does NAFTA promote free trade?
What is: By removing restrictions among the United States, Canada, and MExico to create a free trade zone.
Where was George Bush during the 911 attack?
What is:In a school reading to a classroom in Sarasota, Fl
How did Obama's background differ from earlier Presidents?
What is: He was African American and white, part of his childhood was living abroad.
Who makes up most of the immigrant population currently in the United States?
What is: Latinos?
What terroist group did President Obama fight?
What is: Al Qaeda?
What is the general Agreement of Tariffs and Trade, and why the internation trade policy was implemented known as GATT?
What is: GATT reduces tariffs in order to encourage free trade.
Why did the 9/11 attacks have such a negative effect on the nation's economy?
What is: Americans did not want to travel on planes, which hurt hte airline industry.
What did obama do before becoming president?
What is: community organizer, a civil rights attorney, and a professor of constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School. He also served as a state senator in Illinois,
About how many offices are held by Latinos currently?
What is: More than 5,000?
What is the name of the first Supreme Court Justice that Obama put up for vote.
What is: Sonia Sotomayor
What does GDP stand for?
What is: Gross Domestic Product
Who was president during Hurricane Katrina?
What is: Bush
.Who did President Obama defeat the first time he ran?
What is: John Mccain
What is the definition of affirmative action?
What is: the practice or policy of favoring individuals belonging to groups regarded as disadvantaged or subject to discrimination.
What famous terrorist leader wa successfully aprehened during Obama's presidency?
Who is: Osama Bin Laden
What does NASDAQ stand for?
What is: National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
How did bamks slide into a financial crisis in 2008?
What is: Banks made subprime home mortage loans to less0qualified borrowers and then sold the loans to investors.
Who did President Obama beat the second time he ran?
What is: Mitt Romney?
An immigrant can become president of the United States of America.
What is: false?
What is the name of the medical plan put into place during President Obama's tenure?
What is: Affordable Care Act (aka-Obamacare)