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What was Franklin Roosevelts political experiance before he won the presidential election of 1932?

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He had served as president Wilson's assistant secratary of the navy and as governor of New York

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In order to win the presidential election of 1932, Franklin Delano Roosevelt had to

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unite Democrats from the Northeast, South, and west

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What was the name of Roosevelts signature program?

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The New Deal

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What made the election of 1932 particularily Historic?

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt won 57 percent of the popular votes, and democrats swept both houses of congress

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To what was roosevelt referring to when he said, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself"?

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The terror caused by depression

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What was the three-part goal of roosevelts New Deal?

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Releif, Recovery, Reform

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Which woman became the New Deal's unofficial ambassador in 1933?

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Elanor Roosevelt

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What belief lay at the foundation of Roosevelts New Deal?

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Capatalism held the solution to the nations economic crisis

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The Emergency banking act of 1933 strengthened American banks by

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releasing federal funds to bolster the banks assets

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Which of thew following describes the Federal deposit Insurance Corporation

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It guaranteed bank customers that the federal government would reimburse them for deposits if their bank failed.

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What strategy did president roosevelt use to restore America's confidence in government and the private banking system

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Roosevelt broadcast his reassuring fireside charts on the radio

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What was the purpose of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) program that begun in 1933?

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The TVA helped supply jobs and power impoverished rural communities

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How did the agricultural adjustment and farm credit acts of 1935 aim to help American farmers?

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the acts paid farmers not to grow crops and provided long-term credit on mortgaged farm property

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what event dealt the final blow to the National Recovery Administration in May 1935?

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The supreme court ruled that the agency was unconstitutional

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Why did southern tenant farmers benefit from the programs developed by the agricultural adjustment act, the commodity credit corporation, and the farm credit act?

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landlords controlled the distribution of the benfits and denied benefits to many of their tenants

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Dr. Francis Townsend and Huey P. Long both opposed the New Deal, calling instead for

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the redistribution of income through taxation

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the purpose of the national labor relations act, or wagner act, when it was enacted in 1934 was to

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create the National Labor Relations Board and guarantee workers the right to organize

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in 1937, disgruntled workers as the General Motors plant in Flint, Michigan, acted on their grievances by

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staging a sit-down strike

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the farmers of the social security act agreed to fund the program

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with tax contributions from workers and their employers

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The social security act of 1935 provided

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old-age pensions, grants to states for dependent mothers and children,and unemployment insurance.

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What impact did New Deal programs have on the average national unemployment rate during the 1930's?

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The programs reduced the average unemployment rate, but it remained high, at about 17 percent through the 1930's

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what was the outcome of the 1934 Indian Reorganization act on Native Americans

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it restored indians right to own land communally and have greater control over their own affairs.

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What accounted for Franklin Delano Roosevelts landslide victory in the 1936 presidential election?

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The New Deal's extreme popularity among American voters

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President Roosevelt's plan to remove judicial obstacles to New Deal reforms in his second term of office

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was popularly known as court packing

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President Roosevelt's plan for enlarging the Supreme Court

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became unnecessary when 4 conservative judges retired

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To change the economy in 1937, President Roosevelt

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cut funds for relief projects and decreased deficit spending

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What was the outcome of President Roosevelt's fiscal decisions in 1937?

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The country suffered a recession.

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In his book The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money, John Maynard Keynes argued that

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Government intervention is needed in bad economic times to pump enough money into the economy to revive production and increase consumption

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Which of the following statements describes the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938?

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It sets standards for wages and hours

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Which of the following describes the overall impact of the New Deal?

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It prevented the United States from turning toward authoritarian solutions to the nation's economic crisis

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During the 1930's, the tide of fascism , millitarism, and violent nationalism that most concerned the United States rose in

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Italy, Japan, and Germany

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A reluctant isolationist, President Roosevelt believed during the 1930's that

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free trade was necessary for America's domestic prosperity

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The objective of the Neutrality act of 1937 was to

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Prevent increasing American involvement in foreign affairs

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Which of the following occurred as a result of the Nazi-Soviet treaty of nonaggresion in August 1939

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Hitler's invasion of Poland

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What event sparked the beginning of World War II

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Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939

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What was the significance of the Battle of Britain in 1940?

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The British victory handed Hitler his first major defeat`

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The purpose of the Lend-lease act of 1941 was to

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Make arms, munitions, and other supplies available to Britain

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President roosevelt justified the proposed Lend-lease Act in January 1941

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by citing the need to defend freedom of speech, freedom to worship, freedom to want, freedom to fear, and other ideals

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In the Atlantic Charter in August of 1941, The united States end England Aggreed to

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Protect the freedom of the seas, free trade, and the right of National Self-Discrimination

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In the Tripartite Pact of 1940, Germany, Italy, and Japan agreed to

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form a defensive alliance among imperial powers

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The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, was part of the Japanese plan to

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Knock out a significant portion of American Naval bases in the Pacific

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What was the immediate consequence of the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941?

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Congress endorsed President Roosevelts call for a declaration of war

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President Roosevelt authorized the roundup and interment of all Americans of Japanese descent in 1942 because

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a large number of people believed that Japanese Americans were potential sources of espionage and subversion

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Which group was forced to train in segragated camps, live in segragated barracks, and serve in segragated units during World War II?

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African Americans

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How did American Labor unions respond to the production demands of Worls War II

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Labor Unions granted the goverments request that they pledge not to stike

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Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's fundimental military strategy after the attack on Pearl Harbor was to

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quickly conquer and secure Japan's targets, before the United States could mobilize its manpower and resources

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During the Bataan death March of 1942

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Japanese soldiers forced US and Filipino soldiers to march sixty-five miles to a concentration camp

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the naval battles in the Coral sea and at Midway Island signaled to the American Military that

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Japanese domination of the Pacific was weakening

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What technilogical development ultimitely led Hitler to withdraw the infamous U-boats from the North Atlantic?

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Radar Detector

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At their meeting in Casablanca in January 1943, Allied leaders Roosevelt and Churchill

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announces that they would accept nothing less than the unconditional surrender of Germany and Italy

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Women who remained at home contributed to the American War effort by

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planting Victory Gardens of home-grown vegetables

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The double V campaign called for both victory in the war and victory for

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African Americans fighting racial prejudice at home

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Why did the US fail to act on reports of Hitler's Genocidal atrocities?

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The American Public and its officials believed the reports were exaggerated

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The allied assault against the German army on the beahces of Normandy on June 6, 1944 is commonly known as

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D day

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As the allies closed in on him in DEcember 1944, Hitler ordered a desperate counterattack through Belgium known as

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The battle of the Bulge

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In February 1945, the Big Three met at Yalta to discuss

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postwar self-determination for the people of Eastern Europe

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Who succeeded president Roosevelt in the white house after his death on April 12, 1945?

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Harry Truman

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What occurance made April 30, 1945, a turning point in the war?

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Adolf Hitler killed himself in his underground bunker

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Why did American Scientist begin to develop a superbomb in 1942?

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They didnt want the Germans to develop one first.

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The US dropped a second atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki only three days after the attack on Hiroshima

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Because Nagasaki was the center of Japan's Wartime Military and government operations.

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One factor that aroused Soviet suspicions on the Wester Aliies during World War II was

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the Western Allies long delay in opening a second front in Western Europe

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By 1947, the intense rivalry between the Soviet union and the United States was called

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the Cold war

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Joeseph Stalins' primary goal after world war II was to

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ensure friendly governments on its boarders in Eastern Europe

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What allowed the united States to emerge from worl war II as the most powerful nation in the world?

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it had both a monopoly on atomic weapons and expanded production capacity

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Why did Joseph Stalin feel that US foreign policy after World War II was hypocritical?

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Americans were demanding democratic elections in Eastern Europe but supporting friendly dictatorships in Latin America

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The allies divided Germany in 1946 because

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they could not agree on the countries future

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The US government's policy of containment was first implemented when President Truman asked congress to send military and economic missions and 400$ million in aid to

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Greece and Turkey

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What message did President Truman emphasize when he presented the domino theory to congress in 1947?

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he warned that if Greece fell to the rebels, confusion and disorder might well spread throughout the entire middle east

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European Nations used most of the funds provided by the American Marshall plan of 1948 to

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stimulate their economies and buy American Products

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How did president Truman respond to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin in 1948 and 1949?

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He ordered the air lifting of more than two million tons of good to West Berliners

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why did president Truman approve the development of a hydrogen bomb in 1949?

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The united States had confirmed that the Soviets had detonated an atomic bobm

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The purpose of the National Security Act of 1947 was to

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place oversight of all branches of the military under the security of defense

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The peacetime military alliance created by the United States, Canada, and Western Europe countries to deter attacks from the Soviet Union was the

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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The Central Intelligence Agency was established to

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gather information relevant to the National Defense and to perform any functions and duties related to intelligence affecting the national security

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How did the Collapse of the Nationalist Government in china influence American actions in Asia in 1949

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The focus of US foreign policy shifted to Japan

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What was President Trumans initial response to the Israeli declaration of statehood in 1948

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Truman Quickly recognized Israel and Pledged to make its defense cornerstone of US policies in the Middle East

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In post World War II economy

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Women's Earnings saw significant decline

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Which of the Following was among the factors responsible for the postwar economic boom in the Unites States?

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War-torn countries' spending on American products

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The GI bill help to boost the US economy after World War II

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with the provision of Job training, education, and low-interest home loans

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The executive order President Truman issued in 1948 during his reelection campaign was designed to

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Desegragate every aspect of the American Armed Services

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Congress rejected a number of President Truman's fair deal proposals, including

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civil rights measures and federal aid to education

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Which of these men was the most infamous crusader against communism after World war II?

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Joseph R. McCarthy

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During the anti-communist scare of the late 1940's and early 1950's

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federal employees were investigated, people were blacklisted, and homosexuals were harrassed

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US military action in Korea in 1950 was triggered by

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The invasion of South Korea by troops from communist North Korea

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Why did U.S policymakers support a non-communist South Korea?

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The believed South Korea was key to the revival of the Japanese economy and Crucial to US defense strategy in Asia

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In his Campaign for the presidency in 1952, Dwight D Eisenhower emphasized

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the threat of communism and the need to win decisively in Korea

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One consequence of the Korean war was a

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massive increase in US defense spending

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What did anit-communist zealot Senator Joseph McCarthy do that led to his condemnation by the US Senate?

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McCarthy conducted televised hearings in which he charged that the US army was full of communists

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What was the Eisenhower administration's approach to social welfare programs?

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It allowed the welfare state to grow and the federal government to take on new projects

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What was President Eisenhowers most important and far-reaching domestic initiative?

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The passage of the interstate highway and defense system act of 1956

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In the context of President Eisenhowers policy toward Native Americans, termination meant

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ending the federal governments special relationship with the Indians by transferring jurisdiction over tribal lands to state and local governments

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In what direction did Eisenhower, the first republican to serve as president after the New Deal, take the federal government during his second term?

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He left the size and functions of the Federal Government intact

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The key to president Eisenhowers new look in foreign policy

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a smaller conventional army bolstered by strength in airpower and nuclear weapons

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President Eisenhower veiwed communism in Vietnam as

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a force that had to be stopped before it spread to Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippeans

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Betwen 1955 and 1961, the US spent 800 million in South Vietnam, most of it to

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fund the South Vietnamese army

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In the 1950's, the CIA intervened in the internal affairs of

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Iran, Guatamala, and Cuba

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Why did many Cuban people support the uprisisng led by Fidel Castro against Fulgencio Batista in 1959?

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Many Cuban people had a strong desire for political and economic autonomy

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The purpose of the Eisenhower Doctrine was to

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aid any Middle Eastern nation requesting assisstance against armed aggression from any country controlled by international communism

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The US reacted to the Soviet Unions successful launch of Sputnik in 1957

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with a feeling of of inferiority about US scientific and technilogical development

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What impact did technilogical advances have on American industry in the 1950's?

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They chipped away at the number of jobs in the steel, copper, and aluminum, industries

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in the 1950's, most employed American women worked in

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clerical, service, and domestic jobs

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Lvittown, New York, was

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an example of the assembly-line approachto producing affordable housing

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Which of the following describes higher education in the US between 1940 and 1960?

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It became increasingly available to veterans, the middle class, and African Americans

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One cause of the unparalleled material abundance of the US in the 1950's was

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a population increase of about 30 millions

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Between 1950 and 1960, the percentage of American families with television sets grew from less than 10 percent to

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almost 90 percent

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Some critics suggested that the reason for renewed interest in religion during the 1950's was

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American's need for conformity and social outlets

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In which of the following ways did television affect US politics in the 1950's?

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It allowed candidates to appeal directly to voters in their homes, which elevated the importance of politicians personal attractiveness

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What did federal communications Commission chairman Newton Minow "our hero" call television after he surveyed what it offered to Americans in 1961

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A vast Wasteland

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What was sociologist David Riesman's critisism of American society in his 1950 book the Lonely Crowd

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Riesman lamented the growing conformity in American Society

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How did Rock and Roll challenge American social and cultural norms in the 1950's?

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It was sexually suggestive

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The most important changes in civil rights in the US in the 1950's were instituted by

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ordinary African Americans

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The Supreme Court's decision in Brown vs. Board of Education (1954) overturned which of the following precedents?

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Seperate but equal established in Plessy vs Ferguson

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How did president Eisenhower ultimately respond to the Arkansas National Guard's attempts to block the enrollment of nine black students in Little Rock's Central High School in 1957

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He sent army troops to little rock to oversee the integration of the school

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The civil rights acts of 1957 and 1960 can be characterized as

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symbolic

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The Montgomery, Alabama, police arrested Rosa Parks on December 1, 1955, because she

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refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man

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The Montgomery bus boycott of 1956 persisted until

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The US supreme court overturned Alabama's state and local laws requiring segregation on buses

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Which new civil rights organization chose Martin Luther King Jr. as it's Leader in January of 1957?

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The Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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