How did Anita Hills accusations against Clarence Thomas shape his ...

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Question 1

Which of the following events changed President Bushs priorities and came to define his presidency?
 
  A) the passage of No Child Left Behind
  B) the 2007 financial crisis
  C) Hurricane Katrina
  D the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks

Question 2

In October 2001, U.S. planes initiated the war on terrorism by bombing Taliban and al Qaeda positions in ___________.
 
  A) Afghanistan
  B) Iraq
  C) Yemen
  D) Saudi Arabia

Question 3

Prior to his election as governor of Texas in 1994, George W. Bush had __________.
 
  A) gained considerable experience in public service
  B) achieved relatively little
  C) served as U.S. Senator for Connecticut
  D) had made a fortune on Wall Street

Question 4

Why was the outcome of the 2000 presidential election so controversial?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 5

How did Anita Hills accusations against Clarence Thomas shape his confirmation hearings? What issues did the confirmation hearings bring to the publics attention?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Answer 1

Answer: D

Answer 2

Answer: A

Answer 3

Answer: B

Answer 4

Answer: The ideal answer should include:

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  The 2000 election pitted Al Gore against George W. Bush, with Ralph Nader running as a third party candidate.
  


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  As election returns came in, it became clear that whoever won Florida would win the election.
  


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  By the next day, Gore had won the national popular vote by half a million votes, but Bush held a narrow lead in Florida.
  


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  A number of serious irregularities surfaced in the Florida vote.
  


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  For weeks after the election, Democrats and Republicans argued over how to recount ballots in contested counties.
  


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  After thirty-six days of partial vote counting and court battles, in a five-to-four decision, the U.S. Supreme Court stopped any further vote counting, with the most conservative judges voting in support of Bush.
  


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  In his dissenting opinion, Justice Stephen Breyer warned that the ruling would undermine confidence in the judiciary.
  

Answer 5

Answer: The ideal answer should include:

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  University of Oklahoma law professor Anita Hill accused Thomas of sexual harassment when she had worked for him at the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission.
  


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  Several of the all-white-male panel of senators questioned Hills credibility.
  


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  Thomas drew on the long history of black men being falsely accused of sexual aggression to counter Hills charges.
  


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  In the end, Thomas was confirmed, but the confirmation hearing brought the issue of sexual harassment to a high level of national consciousness.
  


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  The hearings also highlighted the fact that Congress was overwhelmingly white and male.
  

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