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The 1944 _________________ gave veterans subsidies for education or opening a small business.

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G.I Bill of Rights

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The diplomat whose article "The Sources of Soviet Conduct" shaped America's containment policy was ___________________________.

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George Kennan

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The Soviet Union's aggressive policies after World War II, especially in Eastern Europe, were called extending the "Iron Curtain" by ________________________.

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Winston Churchill

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The _____________________ provided for massive economic assistance for Europe.

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Marshall Plan

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After the United States proposed the Marshall Plan, _________________ sent representatives to the first meetings, but then withdrew because of fears that Soviet satellites in Eastern Europe would become tied to the American economy.

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Stalin

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In June 1948, the Soviet Union challenged the policies of the Allies in Western Europe by closing off Allied surface access to ________________.

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Berlin

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In 1946, _____________________ alienated southern conservatives by establishing a Committee on Civil Rights, which recommended anti-lynching legislation and anti-poll tax legislation.

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President Truman

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Harry Truman called his national policies and programs the ______________________.

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Fair Deal

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The original purpose of _____________________ was to create a mutual defense pact against the Soviet Union.

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NATO

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After _____________________ 1949 victory in China, Truman was criticized by conservatives for not backing Chiang Kai-shek strongly enough.

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Mao Zedong

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Officially, the Korean War was a struggle between North Korea and the _______________________.

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United Nations

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During the Korean War, Truman removed General ________ from his command for insubordination.

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Douglas Macarthur

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In the 1950s, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted and executed for ___________________________________.

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Spying

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The Wisconsin Senator identified with wild charges about communists in government was ___________________________.

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Joseph McCarthy

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Eisenhower and Dulles concluded that their "new look" policy of _________________________ worked when their willingness to use tactical nuclear weapons and their vague warnings seemed to force the Chinese to sign an armistice in Korea.

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Massive Retaliation

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Soviet leader ___________________________ announced that Soviet communism would conquer capitalism through science and technology.

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Nikita Khrushchev

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In 1948, the United States joined the __________, appearing to commit itself to a policy of true cooperation with Latin America.

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OAS (Organization of American States)

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During the Cold War, American policy toward _______________________ was characterized by support of military dictators who joined the United States in resisting Soviet influence.

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Latin America

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The successful Cuban revolution of January 1959 was led by ________________________.

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Fidel Castro

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The landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision, which ruled that, segregated "educational facilities [in public schools] are inherently unequal" and unconstitutional, was ________________________________.

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Brown vs. Board of Education

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In 1957, ____________________________ sent troops to protect black high school students in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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Eisenhower

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Campaigning in 1960, John Kennedy's __________ was a major obstacle for him in the presidential race.

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Catholic Religion

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The closely watched series of __________________________ between candidates John Kennedy and Richard Nixon in 1960 probably helped Kennedy win the presidency.

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Debates

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In 1962, Soviet Premier ______________________ precipitated what the text labels as "the most dangerous confrontation of the Cold War" by moving guided missiles to and building launching pads in Cuba.

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Khrushchev

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President Kennedy confronted the Cuban missile crisis by instituting a ______________________ of Cuba.

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Naval Blockade

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From the 1950s until his death in 1963, the United States backed the South Vietnamese regime of __________________________.

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President Diem

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The leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and of the nonviolent civil rights movement was ________________________________.

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Dr. King

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Elijah Muhammad and ________________________ of the Black Muslims urged solving racial turmoil by rejecting white American society.

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Malcolm X

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According to your text, the Warren Report on the assassination of President Kennedy did not end charges of a conspiracy because it protected information about CIA assassination attempts against _____________________.

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Castro

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Racial discrimination by employers and formal racial segregation of all sorts were outlawed by the ____________________________.

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

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In the __________ Resolution of 1964, Congress gave President Johnson a blank check for the war in Vietnam.

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Gulf of Tonkin

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In 1968, the low-keyed Senator from Minnesota who challenged Lyndon Johnson for the Democratic Party's nomination for the presidency was _________________________.

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Eugene McCarthy

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The Vietcong __________ offensive in January 1968 caught the U.S. totally by surprise and caused great chaos throughout South Vietnam.

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Tet

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In 1968 __________ was assassinated just after he won the Democratic primary in California.

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Bobby Kennedy

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The Democratic party's nominee for president in 1968 was ________________________.

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Hubert Humphrey

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President Richard Nixon's principal plan for ending the American commitment in the Vietnam conflict was building up the _____________________________ in order to withdraw American troops.

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South Vietnamese Army

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Early in 1970, Americans learned of a massacre by U.S. forces of defenseless villagers in ______________________.

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My Lai

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The demonstrations at ___________________ and Jackson State in which six students were killed were a response to Nixon's decision to attack North Vietnamese sanctuaries in Cambodia.

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Kent State

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Richard Nixon relied heavily on the judgments of his foreign policy advisor, ______________________.

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Henry Kissinger

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Nixon's new policy of trying to relax tensions with the Chinese and the Soviets was called __________________________.

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Détente

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In February 1972, Nixon dramatically reversed previous American policy by visiting and establishing relations with ____________________.

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Communist China

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The major economic problem facing President Nixon when he took office in 1969 was _________________________.

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Inflation

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In 1971, President Nixon tried to control inflation by freezing _______________________ for 90 days.

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Wages

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The _________________________ began on June 17, 1972 when burglars from the Committee to Re-elect the President were arrested while installing eavesdropping devices at the Democratic headquarters.

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Watergate

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When Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned because of charges of income tax evasion in 1973, he was replaced by ___________________________.

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Gerald Ford

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In July 1974, the Supreme Court ruled that ________________________ had to give the subpoenaed tapes to the special prosecutor because no person could withhold evidence that was demonstrably relevant in a criminal trial.

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Nixon

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The major improvement in public transportation, which the federal government began to fund under the Eisenhower administration, was the ______________________ system.

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Interstate Highway

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As a means of communication after World War II, _____________________ became indispensable to the political system as a means of advertising candidates.

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Television

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During the 1950s, Americans tended to glorify people who were ________________________.

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Conformists

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The ___________________ of the 1960s was identified with satirizing American life through everyday images.

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Pop Art

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American society during the 1960s was characterized by affluence and _________________________.

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Social Fragmentation

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The militant former Black Muslim who launched the Organization of Afro-American Unity in 1964 shortly before his assassination was ________________________.

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Malcolm X

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By the mid-1960s, black militants like ___________________________ generally rejected any support from whites.

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Stokely Carmichael

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In August 1965, the first of the major destructive urban riots of the sixties erupted in _____________________________.

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Watts, Los Angeles

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Stokely Carmichael, H. Rap Brown, and Eldridge Cleaver were all supporters of ______________________.

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Black Power

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In the 1960s, the Chicano leader who had the widest influence and who led the drive to organize migrant farm workers was ____________________________.

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Caesar Chavez

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The militant Native American group demanding the return of lands taken illegally from their ancestors was the _______________________________.

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American Indian Movement

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In 1973, radical Native Americans occupied __________ to protest continuing white injustice.

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Wounded Knee

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The black heavyweight-boxing champion who became a hero to people of all races even though he militantly advocated racial equality and adopted the Muslim religion was _________________________.

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Muhammad Ali

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The launching of the Russian satellite ___________________ in 1957 sparked the passage of the National Defense Education Act.

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Sputnik

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As a result of the launching of the Soviet Sputnik in 1957, American __________________ stressed academic achievement at all levels.

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Education

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The most influential radical student organization of the late sixties was the _______________________ for a Democratic Society.

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Students

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One of the causes for the drive for ________________________ in the 1960s was that women's work in the civil rights struggle awakened them to their own oppression.

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Woman's Rights

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One of the earliest leaders of the new women's liberation movement, whose book, The Feminine Mystique (1963), raised the consciousness of numerous women, was _________________________.

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Betty Friedan

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The organization working for equal employment opportunities for women, which Betty Friedan helped found in 1966, was the ___________________________.

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National Organization for Woman (NOW)

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The new feminists of the 1960s differed from those of the ______________________ because they insisted upon total equality between the sexes.

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Progressive Era

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The members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries united to boycott the West in response to American aid to _________________ in the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

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Israel

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When President Nixon was forced to resign because of the Watergate scandal, he was succeeded by ________________________.

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Gerald Ford

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When the South Vietnam army and government collapsed in 1975, ___________________ refused to send more arms to South Vietnam.

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Congress

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When Gerald Ford decided to seek the Republican presidential nomination in 1976, he faced stiff opposition from ___________________________.

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Ronald Reagan

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As president, ______________________ was noted for trying to set a tone of democratic simplicity and moral fervor in his administration.

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Jimmy Carter

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According to the text, the most disturbing economic problem to vex the nation during the Carter years was a combination of ________________ and ________________.

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Stagnation and Inflation

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According to the map, "Failure of the Equal Rights Amendment, 1972-1982," those states that did not ratify the ERA or ratified it and later rescinded their ratification tended to be located in the __________________________.

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South

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President Carter withdrew the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT II) from the Senate and boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics after the Soviets invaded ____________________________.

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Afghanistan

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President Carter's most striking diplomatic achievement was helping to negotiate the __________ between Israel and Egypt.

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Camp David Accords

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Under the terms of the Camp David Accords, Israel promised to withdraw from the territory it captured from Egypt in the _____________________ Israel-Egypt war in exchange for Egypt's recognition of Israel as a nation.

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6 Day War

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From November 1979 to January 1981, American embassy personnel were held hostage as a result of the dramatic revolution in _______________________.

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Iran

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During the early stages of the Iranian hostage crisis, here was a remarkable emotional response and sense of __________________ in America.

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Unity

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In response to an August, 1981 strike, President Reagan basically destroyed the union representing ________________________________.

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Air Traffic Controllers

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Reagan justified his tax policy on the basis of "_________________________" which argued that reduced taxes would increase investments and in turn stimulate production, jobs, and prosperity.

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Reaganomics

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In 1984, Democrat presidential nominee Walter Mondale chose ___________ as his running nominee mate because she was expected to appeal to conservative Democrats and Republican women.

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Geraldine Dean Ferraro

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In 1986, NASA programs suffered a setback as a result of the explosion of the space shuttle____________________.

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Challenger

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In 1981, President Reagan appointed the first woman to the Supreme Court, Sandra ______________________.

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Day O'Connor

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The text notes that the public did not hold President Reagan personally responsible for the financial scandals of his administration or the _____________________ Arms deal because he was not an able or involved administrator.

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Iran Contra

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In 1988, Massachusetts governor __________ was nominated by the Democrats for president based on his record as an efficient manager.

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Michael Dukakis

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After his election in 1988, President ___________________ tried to shed the tough image he created during the campaign.

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Bush

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According to the text, the main reason for the collapse of Soviet-style communism in Eastern Europe in 1989 and 1990 was Soviet leader __________________________ refusal to use force to keep old-line communist governments in power in Eastern Europe.

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Mikhail Gorbachev

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In August 1990, Iraq's President __________ launched a massive attack on Kuwait, precipitating a major war in the Persian Gulf.

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Saddam Hussein

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According to your text, after the War in the Persian Gulf, President George H. W. Bush was criticized because he did not capture _____________________ and crush the Iraqi army.

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Baghdad

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The failed real estate development that led to an investigation of Bill and Hillary Clinton for illegal financial dealings was called ______________________________.

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White Water

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This Texas billionaire ran as an independent candidate for president in 1992, spending his own money to present a direct platform that combined both liberal and conservative planks. ________________________________.

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Ross Perot

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Despite his extensive experience as Senate majority leader, Kansas Republican _______________ proved to be a poor campaigner as the Republican nominee for president in 1996.

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Bob Dole

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President Clinton's attempt to hide his sexual encounters with White House intern, _____________, was a major factor in his impeachment and trial on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.

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Monica Lewinsky

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Clinton's economic policies helped his political survival because the _________________________ grew steadily while avoiding unemployment, inflation, and recession.

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Economy

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In the 2000 presidential campaign, Vice President Al Gore faced what dilemma? How could he identify with the economic growth engineered by President Clinton without identifying with his _____________________________?

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Scandals

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Although the Reagan administration had supplied them with money and weapons in the 1980s, the _________ became the first target of George W. Bush's "war on terror" because he believed they were protecting Osama bin Laden.

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Taliban

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