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Questions

1. The 1993 agreement between the US, Canada and Mexica, known as NAFTA had which of the following effects:

a. Decreasing trade among the three countries

b. Increasing poverty rates in Canada

c. Increasing protections for workers in the United States

d. None of the above

2. The 2001 USA Patriot Act did which of the following:

a. Imposed a ban on travel by Muslims to the United States

b, Eased restrictions on domestic and foreign intelligence gathering

c, Changed the name of "French fries" to "freedom fries*

d. All of the above

3. Barack Obama's accomplishments in domestic policy include which of the following:

a. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

b. The Federal Reserve Act

c. The Pure Food and Drug Inspection Act

d. The legalization of marijuana

4. The "Great Recession" included which of the following aspects:

a. A roughly 50% decrease in the Dow Jones average

b. An increase in the unemployment rate

c. A sharp increase in the rate of foreclosures on mortgages

d. All of the above

5. A series of police killings or unarmed blacks in a number of American cities led to which of the following social movements:

a. Occupy Wall Street

b. The Arab Spring

c. Black Lives Matter

d. The Tea Party movement

6. How does Daughtrey explain the importance of the issues raised by those groups protesting the WTO meeting in Seattle? What was at stake for the groups Global Trade Watch served?

7. What impact did social media have on the Seattle protests? How did the orga-nizers use social media technology to mobilize protesters and broadcast their criticisms of globalization?

8. What evidence does the Seattle WTO protest provide for understanding changes in politics during the late twentieth century?

9. How does Obama explain the historical context of Reverend Wright's comments? Though he distanced himself from Wright's more inflammatory language. How does Obama explain to Americans the source and significance of Wright's anger?

10. To what extent do you think historians will interpret Obama's speech as a turn-ing point in the history of America's race relations? How would you assess its short-term effect on the 2008 campaign and its longer-term effect on Americans' discussion of race?