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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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