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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Ignoring Our History.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Tea Party movement has sponsored protests and supported political candidates since what year?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1997.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2007.

2. What is the third pillar to prosperity?
(a) Private economic activity must have necessary regulations.
(b) Our infrastructure must be continually maintained and modernized.
(c) The doors to immigration must be kept open.
(d) Public education must be provided for more and more Americans.

3. Who insisted that his own gravestone be marked with the fact that he had founded the University of Virginia?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) George Washington.

4. Where was Tom Friedman at an education conference when a junior high student told him that the Chinese people have more ambition than Americans?
(a) Portland, OR.
(b) Phoenix, AZ.
(c) San Jose, CA.
(d) Boise, ID.

5. Who stabilized the country's economy by supporting legislation that saved capitalism and created social safety-nets like Social Security?
(a) Jimmy Carter.
(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(c) George W. Bush.
(d) Bill Clinton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who saw to it that returning soldiers were given an advantage for serving the country with the institution of the GI Bill of Rights?

2. What is the fourth pillar to prosperity?

3. Who is the co-author of the book along with Thomas L. Friedman?

4. What is the second major challenge that America faces?

5. The Tea Party movement is a political movement that is generally recognized as conservative and ________.

(see the answer key)

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