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Which of the following was one effect of President Johnson's Great Society?
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Poverty was reduced in the United States
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What was the Supreme Court concerned about in its ruling in Miranda v. Arizona (1966)?
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protecting people's right not to testify against themselves unwillingly
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The U.S. alliance with which country was crucial to the success of Operation Desert Storm?
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Saudi Arabia
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Which of these groups was largely left out of the rising prosperity in post-War America?
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Inner City minorities
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How did World War II change the lives of many women in the United States?
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It enabled them to work in non-traditional jobs
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What occurred as a result of the Supreme Court's ruling in Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)?
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Rights of the accused were expanded
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How did the launch of Sputnik affect the American public?
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It raised fears that the Soviet Union could drop a nuclear bomb directly on the United States
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At the beginning of the 21st century, U.S. immigration policy did which of the following?
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gave preference to immigrants with family already living in the United States
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Which of these measures increased significantly during the two decades following the end of World War II?
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the birth rate
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Which of these were brought up for trial in Nuremberg after World War II?
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Nazi leaders
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The term "Iron Curtain" was used by Winston Churchill to describe a divide between which of these?
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Western and Soviet spheres of influence
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What resulted from the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?
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White resistance to desegregation
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Which statement summarizes the impact of the U.S. involvement in the Korean War?
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the United States established a permanent military presence in Asia
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What factor contributed to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II?
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Public distrust of immigrants from an enemy nation
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What was the central goal of the United States in the Korean War?
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Contain the spread of communism
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Why was the Battle of Midway a turning point in World War II?
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It allowed the Allies to win back Japanese territory by island-hopping
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Which two leaders signed a treaty in the 1980s to reduce nuclear weapons?
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Reagan Gorbachev
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Which of the following was directly involved in public school desegregation?
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Little Rock Nine
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How did the Berlin Blockade impact the Cold War?
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It convinced the United States that it must stand firm against communist expansion
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Which statement explains how the development of the hydrogen bomb contributed to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
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The hydrogen bomb was small enough to place on the types of missiles the Soviet Union was going to place in Cuba.
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What was the purpose of this poster produced by the Office of Price Administration during World War II?
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to encourage conservation of resources for the war
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Which goal of the Civil Rights movement was achieved soon after World War II ended?
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desegregation of the U.S. military
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How were the Freedom Rides and Freedom Summer similar?
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Both met with violent resistance in the South.
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Which of the following had to be true for a country to receive war material from the United States under the Lend-Lease Act?
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The country's defense must be vital to safety of the United States
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Which Supreme Court ruling represented a victory for the women's rights movement?
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Roe v. Wade
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Which statement describes one of the effects of President Truman's decision to use atomic weapons against Japan?
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Other nations intensified their efforts to develop their own atomic weapons
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What did the Supreme Court say in its ruling in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)?
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Affirmative action programs do not violate the Constitution
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How did the launch of Sputnik lead to the creation of NASA?
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Fear of Soviet expansion into space led to the development of the U.S. space program
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Which describes the connection between the U.S. Constitution and the Patriot Act?
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The Patriot Act violates some of the rights and freedoms established in the U.S. Constitution in an effort to combat terrorism
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Which of these nations held U.S. hostages during the late-1970s?
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Iran
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Which of the following events does this quotation describe?
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Japan's attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor
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Both the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan represented the desire of the United States to do which of the following?
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fight against the spread of communism
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Thurgood Marshall was able to advance the goals of the Civil Rights movement directly because of his position in which of these?
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the Supreme Court
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Senator Joseph McCarthy became a powerful and prominent public figure during the 1950s because of which of these?
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Widespread fears about communism
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Which Constitutional amendment was the focus of arguments in Brown v. Board of Education?
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the Fourteenth Amendment
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Why did the Reagan administration provide funding to the Nicaraguan contras?
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to support a rebellion against an elected government in Latin America
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Why did President Kennedy get the United States involved in the Vietnam War?
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To prevent the spread of communism in Southeast Asia
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Why did the Soviet Union begin the Berlin Blockade?
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to pressure the Allies to withdraw from West Berlin
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Which describes the goal of Roosevelt's cash-and-carry policy?
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to maintain the neutrality of the United States while giving aid to Britain
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