The response of Americans to new immigrants in the early ...

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Question 1

What arguments were put forward by critics of global free trade in the early twenty-first century?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What justifications did the Bush administration offer for the 2003 invasion of Iraq? What explanations did outside observers offer for the invasion?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 3

Describe President Bushs domestic agenda in his first term.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 4

Which of the following was true of immigration in the early twenty-first century?
 
  A) Mexico was the most important single source of new Americans.
  B) A majority of immigrants came from Asia.
  C) A majority of immigrants entered the country illegally.
  D) One in twenty Americans had been born abroad.

Question 5

The response of Americans to new immigrants in the early twenty-first century was __________.
 
  A) similar to that in previous periods of high immigration
  B) strikingly different than that in previous periods of high immigration
  C) almost universally negative
  D) universally positive

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Answer 1

Answer: The ideal answer should include:

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  Environmentalists warned of the pollution costs to the worlds environment of U.S. factories relocating to poorer and less regulated nations.
  


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  Labor organizers decried the flight of American jobs as manufacturers sought less expensive and more compliant workers abroad.
  


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  Human rights activists spotlighted the grim working conditions in many overseas plants, including the prevalence of child labor.
  


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  Many observers noted the development of a race to the bottom for labor and environmental standards as globalization spread and deepened.
  

Answer 2

Answer: The ideal answer should include:

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  George W. Bush claimed two primary reasons for the invasion: that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction and that it had close ties to al Qaeda.
  


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  Neither justification was backed up by solid evidence.
  


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  Some observers believed that Bush was finishing the war his father began in 1991.
  


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  Other observers emphasized the centrality of Iraqs oil reserves.
  


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  A deeper reason for the U.S. invasion of Iraq appeared to be the administrations view of September 11 as an opportunity to preemptively reshape the Middle East.
  

Answer 3

Answer: The ideal answer should include:

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  George W. Bush sought to move the nation in the direction of what he called compassionate conservatism.
  


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  In the economic realm, this meant promoting the private sector and reducing federal spending on social programs for the poor.
  


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  It meant reducing the governments role in regulating health and safety issues in the workplace.
  


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  Finally, it meant pushing through large tax cuts that disproportionately benefited the wealthiest Americans.
  


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  The Bush administration ran enormous annual deficits by retaining the tax cuts while sharply increasing military spending.
  


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  The Bush administration sought to roll back environmental protections and give companies greater access to public natural resources.
  

Answer 4

Answer: A

Answer 5

Answer: A

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