What was the impact of the Supreme Court decision Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission?
A.
The decision made it legal for corporations and other political groups to spend unlimited funds on political ads.
B.
The decision ruled that all laws barring same-sex marriage were unconstitutional, legalizing same-sex marriage.
C.
The decision made it legal for banks to offer home loans to people who did not show an ability to repay.
D.
The decision ruled that requiring states to expand Medicare under the ACA was unconstitutional.
How has globalization changed supply chains for the United States?
A.
Agriculture has become a larger part of the U.S. economy.
B.
Social media has made communication faster and easier.
C.
The manufacturing process takes place in multiple places around the world.
D.
Manufacturing has grown in the United States because of foreign markets.
Here’s the most important fact: The integration of our global economy has made life better for billions of men, women and children. Over the last 25 years, the number of people living in extreme poverty has been cut from nearly 40 percent of humanity to under 10 percent. That’s unprecedented. And it’s not an abstraction. It means children have enough to eat; mothers don’t die in childbirth. ...
Moreover, the collapse of colonialism and communism has allowed more people than ever before to live with the freedom to choose their leaders. Despite the real and troubling areas where freedom appears in retreat, the fact remains that the number of democracies around the world has nearly doubled in the last 25 years. …
I say all this not to whitewash the challenges we face, or to suggest complacency. Rather, I believe that we need to acknowledge these achievements in order to summon the confidence to carry this progress forward and to make sure that we do not abandon those very things that have delivered this progress.
In order to move forward, though, we do have to acknowledge that the existing path to global integration requires a course correction. As too often, those trumpeting the benefits of globalization have ignored inequality within and among nations; have ignored the enduring appeal of ethnic and sectarian identities; have left international institutions ill-equipped, underfunded, under-resourced, in order to handle transnational challenges.
And as these real problems have been neglected, alternative visions of the world have pressed forward both in the wealthiest countries and in the poorest: Religious fundamentalism; the politics of ethnicity, or tribe, or sect; aggressive nationalism; a crude populism — sometimes from the far left, but more often from the far right — which seeks to restore what they believe was a better, simpler age free of outside contamination.
We cannot dismiss these visions. They are powerful. They reflect dissatisfaction among too many of our citizens. I do not believe those visions can deliver security or prosperity over the long term, but I do believe that these visions fail to recognize, at a very basic level, our common humanity. Moreover, I believe that the acceleration of travel and technology and telecommunications — together with a global economy that depends on a global supply chain — makes it self-defeating ultimately for those who seek to reverse this progress. Today, a nation ringed by walls would only imprison itself.
So the answer cannot be a simple rejection of global integration. Instead, we must work together to make sure the benefits of such integration are broadly shared, and that the disruptions — economic, political, and cultural — that are caused by integration are squarely addressed.
Read the following excerpt from a speech President Barack Obama delivered to the United Nations in September 2016. Select the two highlighted examples that show the benefits of globalization.
Use the cause-and-effect chart to answer the question.
Cause Effect
George W. Bush objected to the Kyoto Protocol ?
Which of the following best completes the chart?
A.
Congress chose to override President Bush and voted for the United States to join the Kyoto Protocol.
B.
Congress did not ratify the Kyoto Protocol and did not agree to reduce emissions to slow climate change.
C.
Bush reluctantly agreed to have the United States join the Kyoto Protocol despite his misgivings.
D.
Congress passed new requirements to reduce pollution and fossil fuel emissions levels.
Why did the United States get in a conflict with Iran over oil in 1973?
A.
Iran is a major buyer of crude oil from the United States and Canada.
B.
The United States is dependent on countries like Iran to supply it with oil.
C.
The United States wanted to show its opposition to the ruling party in Iran.
D.
Iran had shown aggressive actions toward neighboring countries in the region.
How did mobile technology change in the twenty-first century?
A.
It was replaced by alternatives such as personal computers.
B.
It advanced so that cell phones were reliable and inexpensive.
C.
The technology has focused on robotics and productivity.
D.
The level of competition has made mobile technology difficult to access.
Drag each description to the correct person. Each choice will only be used once.
first African American Supreme Court Justice
first African American to be named Secretary of State
first female presidential nominee for a major party
first female Speaker of the House of Representatives
Hillary Clinton
Thurgood Marshall
Nancy Pelosi
Colin Powell
The impact of the Supreme Court decision Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission was that it made it legal for corporations and other political groups to spend unlimited funds on political ads. The answer is A.
Globalization has changed supply chains for the United States by causing the manufacturing process to take place in multiple places around the world. The answer is C.
The two highlighted examples that show the benefits of globalization, according to the excerpt from President Barack Obama's speech, are "The number of people living in extreme poverty has been cut from nearly 40 percent of humanity to under 10 percent" and "The number of democracies around the world has nearly doubled in the last 25 years." The answer is 1 and 2.
The chart question asks for the effect of George W. Bush objecting to the Kyoto Protocol. The best completion for the chart is B, which says that Congress did not ratify the Kyoto Protocol and did not agree to reduce emissions to slow climate change.
The United States got in a conflict with Iran over oil in 1973 because the United States is dependent on countries like Iran to supply it with oil. The answer is B.
In the twenty-first century, mobile technology advanced so that cell phones were reliable and inexpensive. The answer is B.
The correct matches for the descriptions are:
- first African American Supreme Court Justice: Thurgood Marshall
- first African American to be named Secretary of State: Colin Powell
- first female presidential nominee for a major party: Hillary Clinton
- first female Speaker of the House of Representatives: Nancy Pelosi