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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. When was Alexander Hamilton born?
(a) 1755.
(b) 1692.
(c) 1805.
(d) 1737.

2. According to the authors in Chapter 3: "Ignoring Our History," there are five pillars to prosperity that if ignored will be at America's peril. What is the first pillar?
(a) The doors to immigration must be kept open.
(b) Our infrastructure must be continually maintained and modernized.
(c) Private economic activity must have necessary regulations.
(d) Public education must be provided for more and more Americans.

3. Where in China did Tom Friedman attend the World Economic Forum summer conference?
(a) Beijing.
(b) Wuhan.
(c) Shanghai.
(d) Tianjin.

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

5. According to the authors, by ending the Cold War, America opened the global door to how many more people who would be living like us and would be competing for our jobs?
(a) 2 billion.
(b) 950 million.
(c) 50 million.
(d) 375 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the large-scale American program to aid Europe where the United States gave monetary support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to combat the spread of Soviet communism?

2. Who insisted that his own gravestone be marked with the fact that he had founded the University of Virginia?

3. What governor of Philadelphia complained that America had gone soft when the NFL canceled some games because of a snowstorm?

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

5. How many years before Friedman arrived was a three-hour car ride from Beijing the only way to get to the over-populated city where Tom Friedman attended the World Economic Forum summer conference?

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