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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. What is the third major challenge that America faces?
(a) How to adjust to the IT revolution.
(b) How to manage rising energy consugemption and increasing climate threats.
(c) How to cope with soaring budget deficits.
(d) How to adapt to globalization.

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

3. In the context of United States constitutional interpretation, what is a principle of interpretation that tries to discover the original meaning or intent of the constitution?
(a) Nationalism.
(b) Atheism.
(c) Communism.
(d) Originalism.

4. What does NATO stand for?
(a) North American Trade Organization.
(b) North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
(c) North Argentinian Treaty Organization.
(d) North African Trade Organization.

5. The Cold War came to an end in what year?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1985.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1989.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote a cable that became known as the "Long Telegram"?

2. When was the "Long Telegram" produced?

3. What is the second pillar to prosperity?

4. 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?

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

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