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The agreements at the Yalta conference included stalin's pledge to enter the war against japan three months after Germanys defeat

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true

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In the 1940's presidential, election FDR promoted ____ while his opponent favored _______.

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preparedness, isolationism

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Before Germany fell to the Allies

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Hitler killed himself

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At the battle of ______ the threat of Japan seizing Australia was ended.

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The coral sea

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In his inaugural address, president Franklin Roosevelt outlined what he called his ______ which stated that no nation had the right to intervene in another nation's matters.

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Good Neighbor Policy

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When president Franklin D. Roosevelt died in office, he was succeeded by

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Harry S. Truman

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According to a Nazi engineer the US beat Germany in WW2 became

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The US had out produced Germany

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Thanks to WW2 US workers

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experienced a better life than they had since the Great Depression

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The US and Britain adopted a pacific first strategy during WW2 in response to Japanese attacks in the pacific

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false

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The bracero program mobilized Native Americans to support the war effort

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false

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To prevent another world war from erupting after the second one came to an end the _____ was created

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United Nations

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To assist Great Britain and their need for supplies FDR secured an agreement to patrol more of the Atlantic in exchange for

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British bases in the Atlantic

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What inspired FDR to set up the Manhattan Project?

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Einstein warned him that the Germans were working on the same project

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What ratio represents the approximate casualties of Americans to Japanese at Guadalcanal

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1 to 10

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By the end of WW2 more than 6 million women had entered the workforce

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true

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Heading into the second World War ______ and _____embraced facism

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Germany, Italy

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Why did the Japanese often experience such high casualty rates during WW2

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they refused to surrender

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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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African American soldiers generally served in desegregated units during the WW2

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false

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The strategic bombing of Europe in 1943 and 1944 completely and utterly devastated German industrial production

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false

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How did the cold war change in 1949?

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the soviets detonated a nuclear bomb

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Israel's creation in 1948 was followed immediately by a war with its Arab neighbors

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true

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When the United Nations forces drew too close to the North Korean northern border, which nation attacked them?

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china

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What was the executive order issued by Truman to ensure there were no communists or their associates in the US government called

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The loyalty Order

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In the Korean War who supplied south Korea with war material?

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The United States

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What did Joseph Stalin do to West Berlin to try to force the US to leave

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He ordered it blockaded by soviet forces

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What was the name of the policy proposed by George F. Kennan to combat the growing Soviet threat after WW2?

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containment

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Why did president Truman not seek a second term of his own

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he knew he would not win

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The problem with the Truman administrations policy toward controlling the aggression of the Soviet union was that it took a ____approach instead of a ______ approach

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military, political

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In the early months of the Korean war UN forces encountered little resistance until they reached the Chinese border

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false

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Of all the political which hurts during the Truman administration the one most damaging to his administration involved

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Alger Hiss

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What was the name of the financial and technical assistance package provided to war-ravaged Europe after WW2?

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the marshal plan

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Because of his behavior president Truman fired this general during the Korean War

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Douglass MacArthur

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Whittaker chambers accused Alger Hiss of supplying US secret documents to the soviets

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true

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Who was placed inn command of the US forces in Korea during the Korean war?

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Douglass MacArthur

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President Truman's domestic policy was called the

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fair deal

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Why were the Russians not concerned about the threat of nuclear war with the US

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

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Who is best associated with the second red scare hunt for communists

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Joseph McCarthy

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What was not one of the factors that occurred after WW2 that led to the Cold war

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the return of fascism in Italy forcing a division in the United Nations

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In the presidential elections of 1948 republicans saw little hope for victory

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false

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During the cold war what did soviet agents use to draw attention to defects in the American way of life?

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the treatment of minorities

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In the 1950's what became the primary force in American life for conveying information

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television

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During Eisenhower administration the conflict in _____ came to an end

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Korea

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What was a major stumbling block to the policy of massive retaliation

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that both the US and the soviet union had created more powerful hydrogen bombs

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The post war era witnessed tremendous economic depression and failing social contentment

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false

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

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false

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

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contain

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A new group to emerge in the 1950's that rejected traditional values and materialism were the

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beats

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The first supreme court case to tackle the separate but equal standard in the 20th century was

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Sweatt v. Painter

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Encouraged by radio free Europe this group of nationalists rebelled against their communists overlord in 1956

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Hungary

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The first author to illustrate the increasing feeling of anxiety inn the US after WW2 was

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John Galbraith

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After WW2 your textbook states that two out of every three American's feared this

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destruction by nuclear war

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Which statement best describes president Eisenhower's belief on ending segregation

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that it must start at the state and local levels

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In an attempt to provide for the returning US soldiers after WW2 congress passed the

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GI bill of rights

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

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of corruption charges

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What contributed to the economic boom in Texas after the second World War?

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the oil boom

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Eisenhower considered this the biggest mistake he had ever made

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appointing Chief justice Earl Warren

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During the 1950's the US experienced a wave of juvenile delinquency. What was a primary cause?

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access to automobiles

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During the Eisenhower administration all but which of the following were desegregated in Washington DC

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schools

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The goal of Egyptian general Gamal Abdel Nasser in overthrowing King Farouk in 1952 was

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seizing the Suez canal

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Between 1940 and 1950 the average African American income

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grew by 400 percent

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President George w bush gave control of Iraq's oil supply as one major reason for the 2003 invasion

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False

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In 2008 Barack Obama ran an impressive internet-based campaign

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true

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by 2000 for the first time in the nations history the majority of immigrants came not from other parts of the world

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true

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The troubled asset relief program was aimed at assisting ailing

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banks

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Bush clinched re-election in 2004 by carrying the electoral votes of Ohio

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true

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in 1980 which of the following was not a state that had a high percentage of Hispanic residents

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Maine

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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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In may 2012 president Obama jumped headfirst into the simmering cultural wars by courageously changing his longstanding position and announcing his support for the rights of gay couples to marry

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true

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Bill Clinton was impeached by the house of representatives

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true

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during the first decade of the 21st century the US received ______ immigrants as all other countries combined

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twice as many

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

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eric holder

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For the first time since the 1950's this party captured control of both the house of representatives and the senate

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republicans

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in the 2008 campaign John McCain had less political experience than Barack Obama

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false

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during George w. bush's presidency what event boosted his public approval rate the most

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September 11 2001

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What federal agency was caught off guard by the damage done by hurricane katrina in 2005

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FEMA

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Thanks to president bush's level of popularity in 2006 his party was able to win control of congress

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democrats

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The terrorists that struck the US on September 11 2001 were headed by

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Osama bin laden

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who did not oppose the passage of NAFTA

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republicans

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Who developed president Clintons health care plan

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Hillary Clinton

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in1994 this man became the first republican speaker of the house of representatives since 1953

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Newt Gingrich

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what is the outcome of the camp David accords

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Egypt recognized israels right to exist

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despite his loss to Reagan in 1984 Walter Mondale made a close race of it

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false

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What was not a failure of the carter presidency

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bombing of a marine barracks in Libya

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The sunbelt includes the southern and western states

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true

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The worst was street crash since the depression occurred on a day known as

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black monday

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Ronald Reagan made AIDS research a top priority of his administration

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false

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What was Ronald Reagans nickname during the 1980 election

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the great communicator

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president carter suffered a major defeat when the senate blocked his effort to return the canal zone to panama

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false

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

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Mikhail gorbachev

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Which of the following did not play a role in the election of 1980

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amnesty and granting of voting rights to illegal immigrants

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what was an early success of president carters

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he reduced the white house staff by a third

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Before becoming president Ronald Reagan was governor of which state

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texas

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the 1991 Persian gulf war was provoked by Iraq's invasion of Saudi arabia

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false

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Which organization was embraced by Ronald Reagan in the 1980 election

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moral majority

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Which statement best describes the 1980 election

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it was a landside for Reagan

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

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true

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president Reagans plan to contain the soviet union was called

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the Reagan doctrine

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the religious right was a protestant-dominated movement in which Catholics were not allowed to participate

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false

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during the Reagan administration El Salvador fell to the communists

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false

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during the 1980's

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americans spent more than they made

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In working with the Russians president Nixon pursued a policy of

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détente

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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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What is the government program that provides preferential treatment to minorities and women to atone for past injustices

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affirmative action

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which word best describes president nixons strategy in dealing with the Russians in his second administration

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negotiation

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according to tom hayden during the 1960's most rebellious young americans were not political they were just

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interested in changing lifestyles

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for pardoning Nixon president ford suffered a huge decline in his popularity

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true

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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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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

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pentagon papers

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the statement that the US "cannot - and will not - conceive of all the plans design all the programs execute all the decisions and undertake all the defense of the free nations of the world" is known as the

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Nixon doctrine

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president nixons greatest success came in the field of

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foreign policy

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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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president nixons new federalism plan promoted

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

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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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in 1962 tom Hayden and al harbor created this first campus organization based on the tactics employed during the civil rights

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students for a democratic society

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in 1960 unemployment among native Americans was ten times the national average their life expectancy was twenty years lower and their suicide rate was a hundred times greater

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true

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What helped the sexual revolution grow in the 1960's

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the birth control pill was approved by the FDA

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