Question 1

the taft-harley act delivered a major blow to labor by

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outlawing closed (all-union) shops

Question 2

the passage of the servicemen\'s readjustment act (gi bill of rights) was partly motivated by

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fear that the labor markets could not absorb millions of discharged veterans

Question 3

\"planned obsolescence\" was a marketing tool invented in the postwar era that

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meant changing the design of goods frequently enough so that customers would replace older versions with newer ones

Question 4

since 1945, population in the united states has grown most rapidly in the

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sunbelt

Question 5

in early 1945, the united states was extremely eager to secure the soviet union\'s participation in the projected invasion of japan because

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american casualties were expected to be high if only americans were involved

Question 6

the crucial origins of the cold war lay in a fundamental disagreement between the united states and the soviet union over postwar arrangements in

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eastern europe

Question 7

one of the most significant structural differences between the old league of nations and the new united nations was that the united nations

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gave a veto in the powerful security council to the five great powers

Question 8

when the soviet union denied the united states, britain, and france access to berlin in 1948, president truman responded by

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organizing a gigantic airlift of supplies to berlin

Question 9

soviet specialist george f. kennan framed a coherent approach for america in the cold war by advising a policy of

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containment

Question 10

the immediate crisis that prompted the announcement of the truman doctrine was related to the threat of a communist takeover in

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greece and turkey

Question 11

under the truman doctrine, the united states pledged to

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support those who were resisting subjugation by communists

Question 12

president truman\'s marshall plan called for

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substantial financial assistance to rebuild western europe

Question 13

postwar japan

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had its military leaders tried for war crimes, as had occurred in germany

Question 14

jiang jieshi and the nationalist government lost the chinese civil war to the communists and mao zedong mainly because

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jiang lost the support and confidence of the chinese people

Question 15

in an effort to detect communists within the federal government, president harry truman established the

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loyalty review board

Question 16

in 1948, many southern democrats split from thier party to support governor j. strom thurmond because

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president truman took a strong stand in favor of civil rights

Question 17

president truman\'s domestic legislative plan was dubbed the

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fair deal

Question 18

nsc-68 called for

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a massive increase in military spending

Question 19

president harry truman relieved general douglas macarthur from command of united nations troops in korea when

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macarthur began to openly criticize truman\'s orders on military policy

Question 20

richard nixon was selected as dwight eisenhower\'s vice-presidential running mate in 1952 as a concession to the

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hard-line anticommunists

Question 21

richard nixon\'s checkers speech, during the 1952 presidential campaign

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demonstrated the new power of television and kept him on the republican ticket

Question 22

during the 1952 presidential campaign, republican candidate dwight eisenhower declared that he would ____ to help to end the korean war

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personally go to korea

Question 23

senator joseph mccarthy first rose to national prominence by

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charging the dozens of known communists were working within the u.s. state department

Question 24

senator mccarthy\'s anticommunist crusade ended when he

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attacked the united states army for allegedly sheltering communists

Question 25

in the epochal 1954 decision in brown vs board of education of topeka, the supreme court

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declared that the concept of \"separate but equal\" facilities for blacks and whites was unconstitutional

Question 26

the student nonviolent coordinating committee (SNCC) was an outgrowth of the

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sit-in movement launched by young southern blacks

Question 27

as a part of his new look foreign policy, president eisenhower

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called for open skies over both the united states and the soviet union

Question 28

in 1956, when hungary revolted against continued domination by the soviet union, the united states under dwight eisenhower

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did nothing to help to defeat the communists

Question 29

the leader of the nationalist movement in vietnam since WWI was

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ho chi minh

Question 30

the 1955 geneva conference

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called for the two vietnams to hold national elections within two years

Question 31

in response to a supposed soviet threat to middle eastern oil, the american central intelligence agency in 1953

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staged a coup to overthrow the iranian government and install shah mohammed reza pahlevi as dictator-like monarch

Question 32

in 1957 eisenhower doctrine empowered the president to extend economic and military aid to nations of _____ that wanted help to resist communist aggression

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the middle east

Question 33

in response to the launching of sputnik by the soviet union in 1957

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the federal government began spending billions of dollars to improve american science and language education

Question 34

the paris summit conference, scheduled for 1960, collapsed because of the

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u-2 incident

Question 35

the factor that may well have tipped the electoral scales for john f. kennedy in the presidential election of 1960 was

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his televised debates with richard m. nixon

Question 36

when he became attorney general, robert kennedy sought to refocus the attention of the fbi on

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organized crime and civil rights

Question 37

the 1962 trade expansion act

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reduced american tariffs

Question 38

john f. kennedy\'s strategy of flexible response

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called for a variety of military options that could be matched to the scope and importance of a crisis

Question 39

the bay of pigs invasion failed when

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the anti-castro exiles were defeated by the cuban military

Question 40

when the soviet union attempted to install nuclear weapons in cuba, president kennedy ordered

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a naval quarantine of that island

Question 41

in a speech at american university in 1963, president kennedy recommended the adoption of a policy toward the soviet union based on

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peaceful coexistance

Question 42

at first, jfk moved very slowly in the area of racial justice because he

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needed the support of southern legislators to pass his economic and social legislation

Question 43

the freedom riders

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sought to end segregation in facilities serving interstate bus passengers

Question 44

president kennedy ordered hundreds of federal marshals and thousands of federal troops to force the racial integration of

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the university of mississippi

Question 45

american and world public opinion turned strongly in favor of the civil rights movement when

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martin luther king\'s peaceful demonstrators were viciously attacked in birmingham

Question 46

the 1963 march on washington led by mlk provided critical support for

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the civil rights bill to end segregation

Question 47

president kenendy\'s alleged assassin was

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lee harvey oswald

Question 48

before he became vp and then president of the us, lyndon johnson had exercised great power as

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majority leader of the us senate

Question 49

president johnson called his package of domestic reform proposals the

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great society

Question 50

besides eliminating segregation and racial discrimination in public facilities and employment, title VII of the civil rights act of 1964 included a provision that

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prohibited sexual as well as racial discrimination

Question 51

with the passage of the gulf of tonkin resolution

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congress handed the president a blank check to use further force in vietnam

Question 52

the common use of poll taxes to inhibit black voters in the south was outlawed by the

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twenty-fourth amendment

Question 53

as a result of the voting rights act of 1965

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white southerners began to court black votes

Question 54

the watts riot in 1965 symbolized

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a more militant and confrontational phase of the civil rights movement

Question 55

the militant african american leader who most directly challenged mlk\'s goal of peaceful integration was

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malcom x

Question 56

some advocates of black power made the movement the basis for

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emphasizing african american distinctiveness and separatism

Question 57

the latin american nation where lyndon johnson sent 25,000 american troops to counteract alleged communist influence was

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the dominican republic

Question 58

the 1967 six-day war intensified the arab-israeli conflict by bringing into constant, direct conflict

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israelis and palestinians

Question 59

the most serious blow to lyndon johnson\'s vietnam policy

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was the tet offensive of 1968

Question 60

during the vietnam war, president lyndon johnson ordered the cia, in clear violation of its charter, to

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spy on domestic antiwar protestors

Question 61

the attempt to nominate an antiwar democratic candidate for the president in 1968 suffered a crippling blow when

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senator robert kennedy was assassinated after winning the california primary

Question 62

the 1968 democratic party convention witnessed

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a violent conflict between police and antiwar demonstrators outside the convention hall

Question 63

the spoiler third-party candidate for president in 1968 was

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george wallace

Question 64

the nixon doctrine proclaimed that

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america\'s asian allies would have to fight their wars without large numbers of american troops

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