question

at the battle of _____________ the threat of Japan seizing Australia was ended

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the coral sea

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In 1939, FDR had Congress modify the Neutrality Acts to allow

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France and England to send their ships to get American goods

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During the 1930s, China was weakened by civil war between _____________ and _____________

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Mao Zedong, Chiang Kai-shek

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American and Australian forces in the Pacific were under the command of _______ during World War II.

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Douglas MacArthur

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T/F: In May 1945, Germany surrendered in exchange for assurances that Hitler would not be tried as a war criminal.

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False

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This organization saw the conversion of American industries to war production

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War Production Board

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T/F: The Battle of the Leyte Gulf underscored Japan's ability to continue in defense of the Philippines

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False

question

The first atomic bomb was dropped on

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Hiroshima

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Who was arrested for helping smuggle atomic bomb plans to the Soviets?

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Julius Rosenberg

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Of all the political witch hunts during the Truman administration, the one most damaging to his administration involved

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Alger Hiss

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At the end of World War II, Korea was divided along the 38th parallel.

answer

True

question

The American GI forum was created after World War II to deal with issues facing

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Hispanics

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The Taft-Harley Act of 1947 allowed state legislatures to make their state a _________ state.

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right-to-work

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Ralph Ellison wrote the invisible man

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true

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During the 1950s, the United States experiences a wave of juvenile delinquency. What was a primary cause?

answer

Access to automobiles

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The biggest housing boom after WWII came in this area.

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Suburbs

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The first author to illustrate the increasing feeling of anxiety in the United States after WWII was

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John Galbraith

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Between 1945 and 1954, Chicago witnessed two large race riots

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False

question

The greatest social movement in the United States in the 20th century was

answer

civil rights

question

The postwar era witnessed tremendous economic depression and failing social contentment

answer

False

question

Which word best describes President Truman's policy to dealing with communism?

answer

Contain

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During the Eisenhower administration, all but which one of the following were desegregated in Washington, D.C.?

answer

Schools

question

What occurred immediately after World War II ended in the United States?

answer

The United States experienced a mild recession and then its economy shot to new heights

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During Eisenhower's administration, the conflict in _______ came to an end

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Korea

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Because of the overall prosperity of the decade, blacks were able to close the income gap with whites by the end of the 1950s.

answer

False

question

President Eisenhower's domestic policy of dynamic conservatism was defined as

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conservatism when it comes to money, liberal when it comes to human beings.

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What was not a factor in the surging economy of the United States after WWII?

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Decrease in federal taxes

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In 1952, President Truman fired 250 employees of the IRS because

answer

of corruption charges

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By 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. had become a leading spokesman for black power

answer

False

question

To prevent racial integration from occurring at the University of Alabama, Governor ________ blocked the door to the institution

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George Wallace

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How did the Soviet union react to the failed Vienna Summit in 1961?

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They built a wall around West Berlin

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The defining moment for baby boomers was

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The Vietnam War

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By the time of the 1960 presidential race, Kennedy had far more experience in national politics than Richard nixon.

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False

question

Cesar Chavez is best associated with which group?

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UFW

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For pardoning Nixon, President Ford suffered a huge decline in his popualrity

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True

question

The newspaper that broke the story of Watergate was the

answer

Washington Post

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In 1973 this landmark case was decided by the Supreme Court striking down state laws on abortion

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Roe v Wade

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The end of Richard Nixon's presidency came when

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he resigned from office

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In 1968, students managed to shut down Columbia University

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True

question

Within days of U.S withdrawal, the cease-fire in Vietnam collapsed.

answer

False

question

Nixon abused his presidential powers during the Watergate affair by

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ordering the CIA to confuse the FBI about the case

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In 1962, Tom Hayden and Al Haber created this, the first campus organization based on the tactics employed during the civil rights.

answer

Students for a Democratic Society

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President Ford vetoed more bills than any previous president.

answer

True

question

President Nixon's New Federalism plan promoted

answer

sending federal monies to the states to spend as they saw fit

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In 1971, Nixon imposed wage and price controls in an effort to curb inflation

answer

True

question

This organization was created to assist Native Americans during the 1960s.

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American Indian Movement

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Thanks to this section of the Educational Amendments of 1972, discrimination on the basis of gender was forbidden at institutions that received federal funding.

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Title IX

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The meeting between President Nixon and the Soviet Union resulted in the ________ treaty.

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SALT I

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President Nixon's greatest success came in the field of

answer

foreign policy

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After the United States' withdrawal from Vietnam,

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North Vietnam was able to defeat South Vietnam

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in this case, the supreme court ordered that if it is necessary for minorities to be bussed to other schools to achieve racial equality, it must be done.

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Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education

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President Nixon strongly supported court efforts to complete school desegregation.

answer

False

question

Nixon's plan for winning the presidency was known as

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the southern strategy

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Which statement best describes the problems with President carter's leadership?

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He was a micromanager

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In 1989, the Soviet Union pulled out of

answer

Afghanistan

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President reagan appointed the first female to the Supreme Court. Her name is

answer

Sandra Day O'Connor

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The Iran-Contra affair involved the illegal sales of arms to the Contra rebels in Iran

answer

False

question

Americans feared U.S. involvement in Nicaragua during President Reagan's administration because it seemed similar to

answer

Vietnam

question

Despite his support from the religious right, Reagan as president did not restore prayer to public schools.

answer

True

question

Which of the following was not a part of Ronald Reagan's campaign in 1980?

answer

increase social welfare programs

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Heading toward the 1984 election, what term was used to describe President Reagan's first administration?

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Reagan Revolution

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Before becoming president, Ronald Reagan was governor of which state?

answer

Texas

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The religious right was a Protestant-dominated movement in which Catholics were not allowed to participate

answer

False

question

When president Carter cut federal spending and federal taxes to save the economy, he inadvertently

answer

caused inflation to occur

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What was an early success of President Carter's

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He reduced the white house staff by a third

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Which of the following did not play a factor in securing the presidency for Ronald Reagan?

answer

The Iran-Contra scandal

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President Carter suffered a major defeat when the Senate blocked his effort to return the Canal Zone to Panama

answer

False

question

President Reagan viewed this area as the greatest threat to the United States

answer

Central America

question

The computer company Microsoft is best associated with

answer

Bill Gates

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The Strategic Defense initiative was also known as "Star Wars"

answer

true

question

During the 1980s, this epidemic ran rampant among gay men and intravenous drug users.

answer

AIDS

question

What landmark piece of President Carter's administration was referred to as being "nibbled to death by ducks"?

answer

National Energy Act

question

In the 1984 election, the first female vice-presidential candidate was nominated. Who was she?

answer

Geraldine Ferraro

question

Bill Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives

answer

True

question

During the first decade of the 21st century, the United States received ________ immigrants as all other countries combined.

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twice as many

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During George W. Bush's presidency, what event boosted his public approval rate the most?

answer

September 11, 2001

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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was designed

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to provide cash to states to spend on various projects

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Who did not run as a candidate for president in 2000?

answer

Ross Perot

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In 2008, Barack Obama ran an impressive Internet based-campaign

answer

True

question

The Dodd-Frank bill called for government agencies to exercise less oversight over highly leveraged and highly complex new financial instruments.

answer

False

question

George W. Bush won the popular vote in the 2000 presidential election.

answer

False

question

President George W. Bush gave control of the Iraq's oil supply as one major reason for the 2003 invasion

answer

False

question

In 1992, Hispanics made up ______ percent of registered voters. In 2014, they were ______ percent.

answer

2, 10

question

The first real test of the Obama Doctrine came in

answer

Libya

question

What federal agency was caught off guard by the damage done by Hurricane Katrina in 2005

answer

FEMA

question

After the attack on 9/11, President Bush launched a war on

answer

terror

question

The state that caused the 2000 election debacle was

answer

Florida

question

President Obama appointed _________,who would be the first African American attorney general

answer

Eric Holder

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What was President Clinton's greatest legislative failure during his first administration?

answer

Health care reform

question

The Troubled Asset Relief Program was aimed at assisting ailing

answer

banks

question

This bill reformed Wall Street and provided greater oversight of transactions by federal authorities.

answer

Dodd-Frank Bill

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What did critics call President Obama's healthcare reform plan?

answer

Obamacare

question

Between 1997 and 2006, home prices rose very impressively in Sunbelt states

answer

true

question

in the 1940 presidential election, FDR promoted __________ while his opponent favored __________

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isolationism, intervention

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heading into the second world war, _______ and _______ embraced facism

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germany, italy

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the agreements at the yalta conference included stalin's pledgeto enter the war against japan three months after germanys defeat

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true

question

the opposite of democracy, this form of government involves a dictator who controls all aspects of his nation's life

answer

fascism

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which of the following statements is not true?

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after the second world war, the united states returned to isolationism

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what inspired FDR to set up the manhattan project?

answer

einstein warned him the germans were working on the same project

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american isolationists in 1940 were primarily located in

answer

the midwest

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to combat inflation during world war II

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congress established the Office of Price Administration

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what event helped the united states defeat the japanese at midway?

answer

the japanese military code had been deciphered by the americans

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in an attempt to appease Hitler's land hunger, British Prime Minister __________ met with Hitler in Munich and secured a treaty that he declared provided "peace for our time"

answer

Neville Chamberlain

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which of the following statements is correct?

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after world war II, presidential authority increased at the expense of congressional and state power

question

the strategic bombing of europe in 1943 and 1944 completely and utterly devastated German industrial production

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false

question

to help finance the war, congress

answer

passed the revenue act

question

despite the length and duration of world war II, total civilian and military deaths miraculously remained fewer than 1 million

answer

false

question

why did the japanese often experience such high casualty rates during world war II?

answer

they refused to surrender

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what ratio represents the approximate casualties of americans to japanese at guadalcanal

answer

1 to 10

question

what was not new technology developed during world war II?

answer

tanks

question

the bracero program mobilized native americans to support the war effort

answer

false

question

in his inaugurla address, president franklin roosevelt outlined what he called his _________, which stated that no nation had the right to intervene with another nation's matters

answer

good neighbor policy

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as chancellor, hitler created a secret police force known as

answer

gestapo

question

j. strom thurmond was from new york

answer

false

question

what was the executive order issued by truman to ensure there were no communists or their associates in the united states government called

answer

the loyalty order

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in the korean war, who supplied south korea with war material?

answer

the united states

question

harry truman was born and raised in missouri

answer

true

question

within a few months of the end of world war II, there were strikes and other labor disputes in many key industries

answer

true

question

who was placed in command of the U.S. forces in Korea during the Korean War?

answer

Douglas MacArthur

question

in the presidential election of 1948, the republicans saw little hope for victory

answer

false

question

his account of the salem witch trials in massachusetts was really an allegory for the mccarthy hearings

answer

arthur miller

question

the first african american to play baseball for a major league team was

answer

jackie robinson

question

why were the russians not concerned about the threat of nuclear war with the united states

answer

they had spies providing them information to build their own nuclear weapons

question

in the closing days of world war II, truman threated to bomb the soviets if they did not abandon Poland

answer

false

question

what was not one of the factors that occured after WWII that led to the Cold War

answer

the return of fascism in italy, forcing a division in the united nations

question

what bill did president truman veto because he said it would create a thought police

answer

mccarran internal security act

question

because of his behavior, president truman fired this general during the korean war

answer

douglas macarthur

question

president trumans domestic policy was called the

answer

fair deal

question

what did secretary of state james byrnes try to use as leverage to force the soviets to honor their agreements after world war II

answer

the united states possession of atomic bombs

question

the fair deal was president trumans name for his approach to foreign policy in the early days of the cold war

answer

false

question

in may 1947, charges were issued at this entity as a hotbed of communism

answer

hollywood

question

israel's creation in 1940 was followed immediately by a war with its arab neighbors

answer

true

question

in 1949, the chinese nationalist government fled to

answer

taiwan

question

according to your textbook, in 1959 this percentage of americans had no financial assets to their name

answer

25 percent

question

the civil rights act of 1957 established the civil rights commission and a new civil rights division in the justice department

answer

true

question

the doctrine of separate but equal had been created in the landmark case

answer

plessy v. ferguson

question

this individual was the most requested speaker during the 1950s because of his promotion of the "good news" and his book of Positive Thinking

answer

norman vincent peale

question

during eisenhower's administration, the conflict in ________ came to an end

answer

korea

question

jack kerouac, allen ginsberg, and other beats rebelled against middle-class life and conventional literary expression

answer

true

question

many adults, having experienced the depression of wartime rationing, were eager to consume more in the 1950s

answer

true

question

which of the following is not an area where the CIA helped orchestrate pro-U.S. endings to internal events in the 1950s?

answer

prussia

question

united states involvement in vietnam started at the battle of

answer

dien bien phu

question

rural areas experienced practically no population growth in the 1950s and 1960s

answer

true

question

in indochina, the league for independence of vietnam was led by

answer

ho chi minh

question

conservatives during the 1950s were outraged by the actions of the new generation, who best epitomized their scorn?

answer

elvis presley

question

martin luther king jr. encouraged _____________ civil disobedience to promote the civil rights movement

answer

nonviolent

question

on december 1, 1955, _____________, an african american seamstress refused to relinquish her seat to a white man on a city bus

answer

rosa parks

question

in this case, the supreme court ruled the concept of separate but equal unconstitutional

answer

brown v. board of education

question

at the end of his administration, president eisenhower

answer

had retained most of the new deal's programs

question

in the 1950s, the most popular new household product was the television

answer

true

question

eisenhower considered this the biggest mistake he had ever made

answer

appointed chief justice earl warren

question

the father of eisenhower's policy of massive retaliation was

answer

john f. dulles

question

which statement best describes president eisenhowers belief on ending segregation

answer

that is must start with the state and local levels

question

who wrote letter from birmingham city jail while incarcerated for participating in a civil rights demonstration

answer

martin luther king jr.

question

which of the following was not part of kennedy's domestic program

answer

abolishing welfare

question

barry goldwater opposed the civil rights act of 1964

answer

true

question

this document gave president lyndon johnson the authoirty to prevent further aggresion in vietnam toward the united states

answer

the gulf of tonkin resolution

question

jack ruby was charged with assassination president john f. kennedy, but doubts about his guilt linger

answer

false

question

president lyndon johnson's plan to provide health insurance for the elderly is known as

answer

medicare

question

the civil rights act of 1964 banned racial segregation everywhere except

answer

schools

question

who won the presidential election of 1968

answer

richard nixon

question

the black power movement was best associated with

answer

malcolm x

question

in 1962, u.s. spy planes discovered what appeared to be soviet missile sites in

answer

cuba

question

president lyndon johnson declared a war on

answer

poverty

question

this group's convention experienced a riot in 1968

answer

democrat

question

this was a training program introduced by president lyndon johnson that was aimed at inner-city youths ages sixteen to twenty one

answer

job corps

question

hubert humphrey was lyndon johnsons running mate in the presidential election of 1964

answer

true

question

from the beginning of his presidency, kennedy vigorously supported black civil rights

answer

false

question

congress narrowly defeated president johns request in 1964 for authorizatino to take all necessary measures to prevent further aggression from vietnam

answer

false

question

johnsons great society programs helped reduce the number of people living in poverty

answer

true

question

in the republican nomination speech, richard nixon appealed to a group called

answer

the silent majority

question

what sparked race riots in more than 100 cities in 1968

answer

the assassination of MLK

question

president johnson was not as adept at handling congress as president kennedy had been

answer

false

question

president nixon strongly supported court efforts to school desegregation

answer

false

question

what helped the sexual revolution grow in the 1960s?

answer

the birth control pill was approved by the FDA

question

the first president to travel to communist china was

answer

richard nixon

question

by the early 1970s, the public mood was shifting toward conservatism

answer

true

question

in 1962, tom hayden and al haber created this, the first campus organization based on the tactics employed during the civil rights

answer

students for a democratic society

question

nixon's plan for the presidency was known as

answer

the southern strategy

question

in working with the russians, president nixon pursued a policy of

answer

detente

question

during this event, israel routed the armies of three invading armies, egypt, syria, and jordan

answer

six-day war

question

what increased the anti-war protests in the fall of 1969

answer

nixon's increased air war

question

dennis banks became the first hispanic mayor of a major city when he was elected in los angeles

answer

false

question

the newspaper that broke the story of watergate was the

answer

washington post

question

nixon and his white house aides tried to cover up the watergate break-in

answer

true

question

a rebirth of women's movement in the 1960s focused on

answer

feminism

question

richard nixon secured what famous country singer to promote his presidential campaign

answer

merle haggard

question

president ford vetoed more bills than any previous president

answer

true

question

president nixon's new federalism plan promoted

answer

sending federal monies to the states to spend as they saw fit

question

the publication of these documents showed the american public that they had never been informed of the full story on the gulf of tonkin incident of 1964

answer

pentagon papers

question

president nixon was able to improve diplomatic relations with china because at the time china was experiencing poor relations with

answer

the soviet union

question

the student free-speech movement was created by

answer

tom hayden

question

during president george h. w. bush's administration, nicolae ceaus,escu was overthrown as dictator of

answer

romania

question

what was an early success of president carter's?

answer

he reduced the white house staff by a third

question

the united states attacked which central american country in 1989 to capture their president and drug dealer?

answer

panama

question

when AIDs emerged in the 1980s, many of the reagan administration viewed it as a gay disease

answer

true

question

the camp david accords were agreements between iran and iraq

answer

false

question

in the soviet union, communist hardliners saw this man as the reason for the collapse of their government

answer

mikhail gorbachev

question

during reagan's administrations, this department was given a blank check to purchase whatever they needed

answer

defense

question

the biggest problem facing george h. w. bush when he became president was

answer

the debt

question

the first telltale sign of the collapse of the soviet union was

answer

the destruction of the berlin wall

question

what landmark piece of president carter's administration was referred to as being "nibbled to death by ducks"?

answer

national energy act

question

despite his support from the religious right, reagan as president did not restore prayer to public schools

answer

true

question

president reagan planned on beating the russians in the cold war by

answer

overwhelming them both financially and militarily

question

when president carter cut federal spending and federal taxes to save the economy, he inadvertently

answer

caused inflation to occur

question

during the collapse of the soviet union, which of the following did president george h. w. bush not do?

answer

launch a pre-emptive strike into russia to destroy their nuclear capability

question

what was a major reason that jimmy carter won the presidency in 1976

answer

he convinced voters he was incorruptible

question

in germany, a bloody revolution brought the destruction of the berlin wall

answer

false

question

during the 1980's

answer

americans spent more than they made

question

one legislative victory for president clinton came when congress approved NAFTA

answer

true

question

this law gave federal authorities the right to eavesdrop on confidential conversations between inmates and their lawyers

answer

patriot act

question

because of the rising number of immigrants in the united states, this political party found itself becoming a minority party

answer

republican

question

the economic stimulus bill was also called the american recovery and reinvestment act

answer

true

question

what was not a problem that president obama inherited when he was inaugurated

answer

war in libya

question

the fastest growing group of americans in 2005 categorized themselves as

answer

multiracial

question

barack obama campaigned against ____________, his republican rival for the presidency

answer

john mccain

question

the troubled asset relief program was aimed at assisting ailing

answer

banks

question

during the first decade of the 21st century, the united states received ____________ immigrants as all other countries combined

answer

twice as many

question

bush clinced re-election in 2004 by carrying the electoral votes of ohio

answer

true

question

president george w. bush gave control of iraq's oil supply as one major reason for the 2003 invasion

answer

false

question

who did barack obama campaign against in 2008 for the democratic nomination for president

answer

hillary clinton

question

in 1992 hispanics made up _____ percent of registered voters, in 2014 they were _______ percent

answer

35, 54

question

what was the conerstone for president clinton's political agenda in his first term

answer

health care reform

question

the american recovery and reinvestment act was designed

answer

to provide cash to states to spend on various projects

question

by 1900, ________ of college students were women

answer

one third

question

eugene v. debs and the ______________ became famous during the ______________

answer

american railway union, pullman strike

question

the way in which businesses cultivated and bought influence from government officials is called

answer

lobbying

question

the sandlot incident in san francisco 1877 led to attacks against chinese immigrants

answer

true

question

what was a reason that married women were offered less pay during the gilded age?

answer

their husbands supported them

question

what invention spurred the industrial and urban development?

answer

electricity

question

power sources were more expensive in the united states than in other nations around the world

answer

false

question

the chilled iron sodbuster plow was developed by

answer

james oliver

question

the indian wars effectively ended with the capture of geronimo, a chief of the chiricahua apaches

answer

true

question

the _______________ was charged with removing the causes of the indian wars in the west in _________

answer

indian peace commission, 1867

question

all of the following constitute the great plains except

answer

eastern kansas

question

_____________ were the bloody conflicts between u.s. soldiers and native americans in the west from the 1860s to the 1870s

answer

the indian wars

question

in the second half of the 19th century all of the following were found in the new west except

answer

bronze

question

miners were drawn to nevadas comstock lode by the discovery of ___________ there in the 1850s

answer

gold

question

the most popular leisure destinations for the urban working class during the gilded age were

answer

saloons

question

this power meant that those newly elected could appoint people to jobs in their sphere of authority

answer

patronage

question

what did not play a role in the terrible economic conditions in the south during the late 19th century?

answer

lack of labor

question

the new immigrants that arrived after 1890 to the united states were not primarily

answer

protestant

question

one of the ways politics in the gilded age was different than today was that

answer

voters voted for the same party, year after year, regardless of the candidate

question

in 1896, the republican party supported the gold standard

answer

true

question

president cleveland's decision to support the gold standard

answer

fractured the democrat party into pro-gold, pro- silver wings

question

a french company dug a canal part of the way through the panama in the 1880s

answer

true

question

which of the following statements regarding theodore roosevelt is untrue

answer

he had no interest in politics before running for the vice presidency

question

the treaty that ended the war of 1898 and made cuba independent was the

answer

treaty of paris

question

what is the name of the u.s. battleship that famously sank in havana harbor in 1898

answer

the maine

question

which united states president was responsible for the annexation of hawaii

answer

william mckinley

question

spain refused to consider practicall all of the american demands concerning cuba before the united states declared war

answer

false

question

which of the following statements regarding the consequences of the war of 1898 is most accurate

answer

the war boosted american self confidence and reinforced racist attitudes

question

put the following items in the correct sequential order of appearance according to the lecture

answer

1. bullion 2. paper money 3. checks 4. credit cards

question

according to the lecture, the american medical association was formed by what group?

answer

the middle class

question

according to the lecture, one of the reasons for corporations was to increase a person's liability

answer

false

question

according to the lecture, which of the following is the correct sequence of events?

answer

roads, canals, trains, and trucks

question

according to the lecture, as businesses became more efficient, worker satisfaction also always increased

answer

false

question

according to the lecture, early turnpikes allowed people, like our shoemaker, to travel substantially faster than before

answer

false

question

according to the lecture, _____________ generates opportunity

answer

infrastructure

question

according to the lecture, which of the following are considered to be manifestations of countervailing powers?

answer

farmers, professional associations, & unions

question

history is the distillation of the past into a critically sound description and analysis understandable to a modern audience

answer

true

question

prior to modern bankruptcy law, a debtor could be sent to prison if he or she could not pay their bills

answer

true

question

according to the lecture, which of the following is the correct order?

answer

telegraph, telephone, radio, movies

question

according to the lecture, if john rockefeller was worried that he wouldn't be able to get oil delivered to his factories so he went out and bought oil drilling companies this would be a

answer

vertical integration

question

wendy's restaurant purchasing mcdonald's is a vertical integration

answer

false

question

according to the lecture, canals were often more efficient than _____________

answer

roads

question

according to the lecture, bankruptcy allows someone in debt to get rid of some or all of their debts and keep some of their assets

answer

false

question

according to the lecture, paper money is easily replaced if lost

answer

false

question

according to the lecture, the first time that documents could be sent faster than the speed of transportation was with the invention of the

answer

fax machine

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according to the lecture, when an entity acquires businesses not related to the original business, that is called

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diversification

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according to the lecture, attempting to control most or all of a single level of an industry is called horizontal integration

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true

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according to the lecture, what decade would be considered to be the start of modern america

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1920s

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according to the lecture, the first time that people could move faster than the speed of a horse on land was with the introduction of the train

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true

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according to the lecture, which of he following is not a part of infrastructure?

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business

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the number of inventions registered at the u.s. patent office remained fairly constant through the 19th century

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false

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this man created the united states first billion-dollar corporation

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j.p. morgan

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andrew carnegie is best associated with which industry

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steel

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when one company buys or forces out all of their competitors, it is participating in

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horizontal integration

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which of the following was the u.s. not a world leader in by 1900?

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gold

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thanks to this man's invention steel became substantially cheaper to make

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henry bessemer

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populism was based on the idea that

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the common man should have more of a say in politics

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the ________________ was romanitcized interpretations of civil war that envisioned confederates as noble defenders of the southern way of life

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lost cause

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______________ was a tax that had to be paid before a person could vote

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a poll tax

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before the civil war, americans referred to the area between california and the mississippi river as

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the great american desert

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which of the following tribes did not agree to relocate after a conference at medicine lodge, kansas in 1867

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delaware

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in 1883, the united states supreme court ruled that the _____________ was unconstitutional

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civil rights acts of 1875

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the southerners who participated in the crop-lien system included all of the following except

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merchants

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a common occurrence during the gilded age of politics was that members of congress often

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accepted bribes

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one of the major downsides of urban dwelling during the gilded age was

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the lack of space forced homes to be too expensive to purchase for most people

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what was not a cause of the changes in recreation and leisure in the gilded age?

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sanitation improvements

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the presidential election of 1884 could be described as

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scandals over issues

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during the gilded age, voter turnout was significantly higher than it is today

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true

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as president, benjamin harrison supported generous pensions for veterans

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true

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in the cities, what helped spur the development of professional sporting events?

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streetcars

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the papers of joseph pulitzer and william randolph hearst helped invent what came to be known as "green journalism"

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false

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in 1899, the united states divided control of the samoa islands with

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germany

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the united states agreed to pay 10 million plus 250000 a year for the panama canal zone

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true

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as america developed industrially, it needed access to all of the following raw materials except

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aluminum

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all of the following forces supported the late 19th century imperialism except

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racial equality

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after living for a time in the west, theodore roosevelt maintained that indians were

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a lesser race

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theodore roosevelt's nickname during the 1900 presidential campaign was

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mr. imperialism

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which of the following would have been considered an average progressive during that period?

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christian moralists

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the popular election of senators required a constitutional amendment

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true

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federal money for farm demonstration agents was approved in the adamson act

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false

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what book brought to light the abuses in the united states meatpacking industry in the early 20th century?

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upton sinclair's the jungle

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one way that american socialists differed from european socialists was that

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american socialists did not advocate for government ownership of businesses

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what new method of governing cities was first implemented in galveston, texas, after a hurricane destroyed the city

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the commission system

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the so-called big four at the peace conference negotiations to end the great war included all of the following except

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vladimir lenin

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in march 1917, german submarines sank five u.s. vessels in the north atlantic

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true

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during the great war, wilsons administration organized the sale of ______, which guaranteed a fixed rate of return to fund the war

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liberty bonds

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president wilson suffered a temporarily incapacitating stroke in france while negotiating the peace treaty

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false

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how did the wilson administration use women to aid the war effort?

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they were told to take on jobs previously held by men

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because of their belief in "freedom of the seas," the british allowed americans to trade with germany

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false

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as a reslut of america's entry into the great war, the federal government's power

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increased a great deal

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a person who opposed immigration in the 1920s because it would dilute what is "meant to be an american" would be subscribing to what type of viewpoint

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nativisim

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france and england tried to repay their world war I debts to the united states by collecting reparations from

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germany

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the roaring twenties pitted a cosmopolitan urban america against the values of an insular, rural america

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true

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when president harding died, he was replaced by

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calvin coolidge

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intellectuals and artists who believed that the 20th century was the turning point in human development were known as

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modernists

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those who came of age during the 1920s are known as

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the lost generation

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flappers was the slang word for illegal drinking establishments in the 1920s

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false

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president roosevelt faced four major challenges when he first took office, they included all of the following except?

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aiding european governments abroad

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in response to the crises of he great depression, states deported __________ and _________

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filipinos, chinese

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much as the new deal ignored african americans, it also ignored

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native americans??

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hoover was a member of what political party?

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republican

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your textbook asserts that all of the following were indications of the weakening american economy at the end of the 1920s except

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rising automobile sales

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economists call a marked slowdown in economic growth a

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recession

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the first large scale federal experiment with work relief was

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the CWA

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on average how many british soldiers died daily in the great war?

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1800

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which of the following items needed to be imported into the united states from 1867-1945

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rubber

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which of the following was NOT one of the positive attributes for acquiring hawaii

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prestige

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the war between japan and the united states involved racial hatred on both sides

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true

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which of the following was NOt one of the reasons Hitler gave for the german expansion and war

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rubber production

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why did the united states embargo oil to japan in the early 1940s

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japans aggression on east asia and specifically japans acquisition of french indo china

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the united states entered WWII on september 1, 1939

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false

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the sinking of the lusitania was the immediate cause of US entry into WWI

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false

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Place the following in the proper chronological order/sequence according to the lecture

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1. bombing of pearl harbor 2. battle of midway 3. battle of okinawa 4. bombing of hiroshima

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americans in the period between 1867-1945 believed that american ideals were universal in their appeal

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true

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in the treaty of versailles, austria- hungary was considered ultimately responsible for World War II

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false

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in what order did the united states acquire the following territories

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1. texas 2. alaska 3. puerto rico 4. virgin islands

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the extermination of "undesirables" that led to approximately 9 million deaths in europe is called

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the holocaust

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place the proper chronological order/sequence according to the lectures

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1. spanish american war 2. world war I 3. german annexation of czechoslovakia 4. world war II

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in what year did the united states sign a treaty to end its involvement in WWI?

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1920

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japanese americans ewre put into prison camps during WWII largely because of fears of sabotage

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true

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according to the lecture, by the later 1800s the united states was seeking new markets in which to sell our manufactured goods

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true

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us expansion from 1867-1945 was fueled primarily by

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a desire to get "more"

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the monroe doctrine applied to

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the new world, independent nations in th eamericas,and areas not currently occupied or colonized by a european power

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the united states entered WWII on december 7, 1941

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true

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the german resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare was the immediate reason for the US entry into WWI

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true

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japan bombed pearl harbor at least partially due to a US oil embargo of japan

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true

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how was the foundation of the progressive movement different than that of the populist movement?

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the progressive movement was based on addressing issues that occurred in urban areas

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the father of the muckrakers, and their style of writing could be considered

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samuel mcclure

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which political party ran as a third party in the 1912 election?

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socialist

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woodrow wilson was a ministers son who grew up in the south

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true

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many of the reforms pushed by the populists

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were implemented by the progressives

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need for reforming the workplace was brought to national attention in 1911 when a fire broke out at

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the triangle shirtwaist factory

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what was the progressive approach to social problems?

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investigate, educate, legistlate

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fear of foreign terrorists and radicalism led to the _________ at the end of the 1910s

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first red scare

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henry cabot lodge was one of the biggest supporters of the league of nations

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false

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________________ are the payment of money for war damages

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reparations

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in order to wage the great war, the united states government did all of the following except

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draft millions of young women

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fears of revolution were so widespread in post war america that the u.s. attorney general created a government division to collect information on radicals headed by

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j. edgar hoover

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in the presidential election of 1920, women made up what percentage of the electorate

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40 percent

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the zimmermann telegram, sent to the mexican government from the white house, was intercepted by the germans

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false

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in the 20th century, _______ replaced the 19th century's ___________- based economy

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consumer goods; agriculture

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why was warren g. harding selected to represent the republican party in the 1920 election?

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the republican party could not agree on anyone else

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hemingway published his first novel, the sun also rises, in 1922

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false

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warren g. harding was shot by the assassin charles guiteau

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false

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immediately following the conclusion to world war I, ________ divided people in regards to immigration issues

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red scare

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jazz music inspired rural youth to remember their culture's musical roots

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false

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the biggest scandal under president hoover was the teapot dome affair of 1930

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false

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john steinbeck's the grapes of wrath told of wall street businessmen brought to their knees after black tuesday

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false

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president roosevelt faced four major challenges when he first took office. they included all of the following except?

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aiding european governments abroad

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the second new deal focused on all of the following except

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a reduction in taxes

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the twenty-first amendment, passed in 1933 allowed

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americans to drink alcohol again

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hoover was a member of which political party?

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republican

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in the 1920's many investors bought stocks on margin- that is, with borrowed funds

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true

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japanese-americans were put into prison during WWII largely because of fears of sabotage

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true

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The Foran Act made it illegal for federal or state government workers to join labor unions

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false

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which of the following industries was the united states not a world leader in by 1900

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gold

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anarchists oppose all forms of government

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true

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eugene v debs and the became famous during the

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american railway union, pullman strike

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the largest group employed in factories during the gilded age was

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immigrants

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what was the united states first billion dollar corporation

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united states steel corporation

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in an effort to prevent corporations from obtaining market monopolies, congress passed the

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sherman anti-trust act

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this woman established hull house, a settlement for immigrants in chicago

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jane addams

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the sandlot incident in san francisco in 1877 led to attacks against chinese immigrants

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true

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power sources such as water coal wood and oil were more expensive in the United States than in other nations

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false

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by 1900 lumbering in the south had surpassed in textiles in value

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true

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in the second half the 19th century all of the following were found in the new west except

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bronze

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advocates of a new south believed that

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the south needed to embrace new technologies

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according to your textbook the post civil war west symbolized

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economic opportunity and personal freedom

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frederick jackson turner's frontier thesis ignored all of the following groups except

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white men

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populism was based on the idea that

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the common man should have more of a say in politics

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which of the following statements regarding the southern economy by 1900 is untrue

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the south had greatly industrialized

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all of the following constitute the great plains except

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eastern kansas

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all of the following were common problems for homesteaders on the great plains except

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forest fires

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after the civil war many southerners dreamed of a free world of small farms and industry. it was called

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the new south

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in 1882 congress banned further immigration to the united states from what country

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china

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in many mining towns the male to female ratio was as high as

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9 to 1

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the was a series of state constitutional amendments designed to restrict black voting

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mississippi plan

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according to the the frontier era of american development had ended

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1890 national census

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the economic situation in the new west can be best described as

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boom/bust

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which of the following statements regarding race relations in the last years of the 19th century is most applicable

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economic, legal, and social discrimination increased

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the indian wars effectively ended with the capture of geronimo a chief of the chiricahua apaches

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true

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was the powerful chiricahua apache chief who was captured by the united states

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geronimo

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the homestead act of 1862 encouraged the development of thriving western farms

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false

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pioneer women enjoyed full equality with men in the west

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false

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the panic of 1893 started when

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the philadelphia and reading railroad declared bankruptcy

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one of the first areas were people began to be interest in reforming society was aimed at

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the tenements

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what did not play a role in the terrible economic conditions in the south during the late 19th century

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lack of labor

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what did one journalist call the social and intellectual center of the neighborhood during the gilded age in large cities

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saloons

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as late as 1900 most new york city residents were still native-born americans

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false

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because of the excesses of the gilded age, a major period of occurred to

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reform, counter

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perhaps one of the greatest catalysts to reform during the gilded age was the assassination of

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president garfield

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during the gilded age, temperance organizations were best associated with

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the republican party

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by 1900 what percentage of the residents in major cities was foreign born

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30 percent

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a common occurrence during the gilded age of politics was that members of congress often

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accepted bribes

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is a sensationalist style of newspaper reporting that appeared during the Spanish American War

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yellow journalism

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which of the following religous groups was particularly supportive of the war of 1898

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protestants

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social darwinist ideas justified policies of imperial expansion

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true

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a french company dug a canal part of the way through the panama in the 1880s

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true

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open door policy of stated that china should remain open to european and american trade

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john hay

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president argued that the united states must intervene to stabilize weak governments in the wester hemisphere to keep european nations from doing so

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wilson

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the philippines received their independence from the united states in what year

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1946

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in the presidential contest of 1900 roosevelt's enemies the democrats claimed that the philippine conflict was

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a splendid little war

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the united states agreed to pay $10 million plus $250000 a year for the panama canal zone

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true

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the largest territorial acquisition of the 19th century since louisiana purchase was

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alaska

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in 1866 secretary of state william h seward attempted to gain for the united states

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alaska

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the cash crop that made hawaii valuable to the united states was

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sugar cane

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after living for a time in the west, roosevelt maintained that indians were

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a lesser race

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the hawaiian ruler queen liluokalani tried to do what in the early 1890s

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restrict the growing political power of america in the islands

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which of the following groups did not fight the war of 1898

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dominicans

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the author of the infamous de lome letter was depuy de lome. who was he?

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the spanish ambassador to the united states

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all of the following forces supported late 19th century imperialism except

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racial equality

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was the leader of the filipino nationalists during the war of 1898

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emilio aguinaldo

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the term sewards folly applies to

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the united states acquisition of alaska in 1867

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the treaty that ended the war of 1898 and made cuba independent was the

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treaty of paris

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