Hist103 Exam3 – Flashcards
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Like the younger generations of african americans, the younger generations of mex amer & nati amer activist in 60&70
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Emphasized own distinct cultures& histories
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In the campaign against the ERA antifeminist leaders
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Argued ERA would decriminalize, rape
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The stonewall inm riot marked the symbolic beginning of
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The gay rights movement
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Accomplishment of the carter administration
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The establishment of an environmental "superfund" to clean up chemical waste sites
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In regents of the UC vs. bakke the supreme court ruled in Bakles favor but
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Said that colleges can take race into account in admissions
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American econ in 1970
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Inflation up unemployment up
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Item on Reagan agenda at beginning of first term
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The weakening of federal environmental, health, and safety regulations
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During the Reagan administration, those appointed to head federal regulatory agencies
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often opposed the fed regulations they were supposed to enforce
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New right that came into fore in the 1980 most closely associated with
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Fundamental cristianity
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Purpose of immigration reform and control (Simpson -Rodino) Act of 1986 was to
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Stem the flow of illegal immigrants into the US by penalizing employers who hired undocumented workers
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Which of the following played a role in precipitating the Cuban revolution of 1895
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The imposition of a United States tariff on Cuban sugar
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The Teller Amendment to the declaration of war against Spain
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said the United States would not annex Cuba
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The primary intent of the Open Door notes of 1899 and 1900 was to
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protect American commercial interests in China.
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Which of the following is true of the Platt Amendment
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It granted the United States the right to intervene in Cuban affairs
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Which of the following was the overriding characteristic of United States foreign policy in Latin America in the early twentieth century
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An increase in U.S. control over the region
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What was President Wilson's response to the news that the First World War had broken out in Europe?
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He issued a proclamation of neutrality and asked Americans to refrain from taking sides.
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Which of the following caused the Wilson administration to break diplomatic relations with Germany?
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The decision by the German government to engage in unrestricted submarine warfare
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In the most general sense, President Wilson decided in favor of American entry into the First World War for which of the following reasons?
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He wanted a peace fashioned in accordance with Wilsonian, and thus American, ideals.
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At the time of the Red Scare, the American left
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was badly splintered
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Which of the following is the most important reason for the Senate's defeat of the Treaty of Versailles and United States membership in the League of Nations?
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Senators would not abandon the nation's tradition of nonalignment in international affairs.
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Those who called themselves isolationists wanted to
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stay out of Europe's political squabbles and military alliances to not be dragged into war.
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Which of the following was a feature of the Neutrality Acts of the 1930s
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Arms sales and loans to belligerent nations were forbidden
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With the outbreak of war in Europe in September 1939, President Roosevelt
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declared the neutrality of the United States.
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During the Second World War, women
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entered the workforce in increasing numbers and often found new employment opportunities
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If the United States was to become the "great arsenal of democracy," it had to
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convert major industries' production from consumer goods to military materiel
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In the aftermath of several days of street violence in which mobs of white men attacked certain Mexican-American gang members, the city of Los Angeles
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outlawed the wearing of zoot suits.
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During the Second World War, the personal income of most American workers
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reached new highs
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Statistics reveal that during the Second World War
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both the marriage rate and the birth rate rose
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Which of the following most accurately describes the relationship among the Allies during the Second World War?
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Cooperation among the Allies was undermined by an undercurrent of suspicion
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D-Day refers to
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the invasion of Normandy by Allied troops on June 6, 1944.
