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the third party with the greatest importance in the late nineteenth century was the _______ party

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populist

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the democrats of the late 1800s portrayed themselves as the party of

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limited government and personal liberties

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which political party expressed ideas that were close to the goals of the Grange

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populist

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the word suffrage is synonymous with the right to

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vote

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by the mid-1890s, female reformers had succeeded in

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gaining the right to vote for women in some western states

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the leader of the women's christian temperance union argued that

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alcohol abuse was a result of poverty and social disorder

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the presidents in the era 1868-1896 were known for

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their weak use of presidential powers

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the actions of congress in the late 1800s were characterized by

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repeated shifts in party control that impeded effective action

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the most accurate description of the spoils system is

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awarding patronage jobs based on party activism and loyalty

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the pendleton civil service act began the move toward

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separating partisan politics from attaining government jobs

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advocates of high protective tariffs asserted all of the following ideas except

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tariffs were needed to restrict competition

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advocates of low tariffs proclaimed all of the following except that lower tariffs would

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protect domestic manufacturers

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the mckinley tariff act

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raised tariffs to unprecedented levels

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the rapid growth of great industrial corporations had all of the following effects except

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producing an alliance between industrialists and small farmers

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the interstate commerce commissions was

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unsuccessful in enforcing the public's call for regulating the railroad industry

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support for the free silver movement was strongest

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with farmers in the south and west

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the sherman antitrust act

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failed to stop the unfettered growth of large corporations

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as a presidential candidate, william jennings bryan was appealing to populists due to his

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support for free-silver economic policies

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the "progressive movement" was driven by

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a general belief the moderate reforms were needed to help end social disorder

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public outrage against unsafe working conditions peaked when

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young female workers died in the triangle shirtwaist company fire

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the immigrants known as new immigrants included all of the following groups except

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irish protestants

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americans of "Old Stock" sometimes disliked new immigrants because

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they viewed predominantly catholic and jewish immigrants as threats to social stabiltiy

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leaders of the social gospel movement sought to

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introduce religious ethics to industrial relations

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the main goal of the muckrakers was to

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raise the public's awareness of social promblems

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the american federation of labor

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primarily represented skilled workers

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the industrial workers of the world differed from the A.F.L by

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organizing all types of workers from a wide variety of ethnic groups

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most settlement houses were staffed by

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middle-class women

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reformers who focused on ending child labor faced resistance from big business and

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some poor parents who needed the extra income

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in general, american reforms that addressed awful working and living conditions were

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far less effective than social reforms passed in western europe

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john dewey and jabob riis were activists in the move to make progressive reforms

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in public education

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all of the following statements about margaret sanger are true except

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women failed to follow-up on the cause she championed

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many progressive reformers supported prohibition legislation because

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they believed alcohol was a cause of poverty and many other social problems

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prohibition went into effect in

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1920

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in the early 1900s, the involvement of white reformers in the black struggle for equality

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was limited to small numbers of progressive activists

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reformers who called for use of the australian ballot succeeded in getting

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the right of voters to have privacy in the voting process

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the seventeenth amendment

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provided for the direct popular election of U.S. senators

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the nineteenth amendment

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gave women the right to vote

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a major difference between theodore roosevelt and the president of the gilded era was

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roosevelt was much more aggressive in his use of presidential powers

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when mine owners refused to meet with coal workers at the white house, roosevelt

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made it clear that he would not use his influence to break the union

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major outcomes of the spanish-american war included all of the following except

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reluctance of the government to get involved in other foreign conflicts

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which statement would most likely have been said by a believer in social darwinism who was addressing the issue of imperialism

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"we must promote the superiority of our culture in an effort to ensure world stability"

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american imperialists often rationalized actions by

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expressing the opinion that people of anglo-saxon descent were from a superior culture

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mahanism emphasized

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the importance of the navy in imperial expansion

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one reason for the widespread support for a larger navy was

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its use to expand and protect america's international trade

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the primary goal of the american government's imperialistic policies was

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commercial expansion

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which statement best describes the duality of causes for american intervention in cuba

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americans were motivated by both commercial concerns and their support for freedom

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before the spanish-american war, the yellow press

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used sensationalism to stir up war fever

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popular anger against spain was ignited by

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the destruction of the US ship, the maine

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the teller amendment

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called for cuban self-government

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after dewey's victory, filipino leader emilio aguinaldo

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declared the philippines an independent country

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the united states and european nations contested spheres of influence in

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china

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the overall effect of the platt amendment was to

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restrict cub'as autonomy at home and abroad

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american investment, through dollar diplomacy, increased dramatically

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during the presidency of william howard taft

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in august of 1914, as war erupted in europe, most americans

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felt that america should maintain a neutral role in the conflict

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even before direct american involvement, the united states was linked to the allie's cause

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because of the valuable loans that banks had issued to allied nations

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germany resorted to submarine warfare

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in its effore to break england's naval blockade on trade with the central powers

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all of the following statements about the sinking of the lusitania are true except

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it led to the immediate american involvement in the great war

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president wilson's response to the sinking of the lusitania

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included the president's assertive demand that germany end its submarine warfare

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in january 1917, president wilson outlined a "new world order" in which

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self-determination would be the foundation of world relations

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in the zimmerman note, germany promised

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that Mexico could regain lost territory in America if it joined the Central Powers.

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one effect of the war industries board's success was

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big business recognized the advantages of government economic planning

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the food administration

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succeeded at raising farm incomes

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one important effect of the collective importance of wartime agencies was

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it set a valuable precedent of government activism in the economy

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the committee of public information

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served as the foundation of the government's pro-war propaganda

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the main use of the espionage act was to

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harass and arrest leaders of the anti war movement

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the leader of the american expeditionary force was

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john pershing

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major aspects of president wilson's fourteen points included all of the following except

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promotion of regulated international trade

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of the following, which gained territory as a result of WWI

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france

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in october 1917, the provisional government in russia was overthrown and the _____ came to power

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bolshevics

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the irreconcilables opposed participation in the league of nations because they

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felt it would strengthen the power of imperialist nations

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in the 1920s, europeans used the term fordize as a synonym for

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americanize

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effects of the automobile industry's growth included all of the following except

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reducing the use of assembly-line producion

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the main force behind the 1920s economy was

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automobile production

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a major industrial trend of the 1920s was

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the concentration of wealth in the largest firms of an industry

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the term ______ refers to a situation in which a few large corporations control an industry

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oligopoly

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proponents of welfare capitalism believed that

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corporations could undercut unions by provided certain benefits

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when "real wages" failed to keep pace in the period from 1923-1927

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consumers began to rely more heavily on installment plans

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the republican presidents of the 1920s

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emphasized the importance of business interests

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the teapot dome scandal

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involved government officials illegally leasing land to oil companies

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the sheppard-towner act

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provided feral funds for infant and maternity care

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blacks migrated to the urban north for all of the following reasons except

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racial discrimination was not a part of life in the north

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effects of the great migration included all of the follwoing except

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ending housing and job discrimination in the north

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the harlem renaissance

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featured some of the greatest literature, music, and visual art of the era

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charles lindbergh became a celebrity when he

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became the first pilot to fly a plane across the atlantic

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what would be the only group viewed favorable by the ku klux klan

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german protestants

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the scopes trial revealed fundamentalists' discomfort with

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evoultionary science

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the "good neighbor policy" was designed to

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improve relations with nations in latin america

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what occurred on "black tuesday"

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a stock market crash wiped all the gains of the previous year

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the wall street crash

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marked the beginning of the depression, but did not cause it

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all of the following were causes of the great depression except

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a drop in agricultural production in the mid-1920s

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what were hoovervilles

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they were squalid collections of shacks where the homeless of america's cities lived

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social effects of the depression included all of the following except

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higher divorce rates

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"the 100 days" refers to

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the active first three months of FDR's first term of office

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franklin roosevelt's first goal as president was to

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strengthen the faltering bank industry

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the feral emergency relief administration

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furnished funds to local and state governments

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the agricultural adjustment administration attempted to

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raise farm incomes by attacking overproduction

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huey long felt that FDR should

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enact wider social welfare programs

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the social security act

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established federal responsibility in provided social welfare

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the election of 1936

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revealed that an overwhelming number of americans supported FDR and the new deal

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a significant shift in voting demographics occurred in the 1939s when

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blacks shifted their loyalties from the republicans to the democrats

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most southerners supported the tennessee valley authority because it

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brought jobs and modern conveniences to an impoverished region

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"court packing" refers to FDR's proposal to

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assert more presidential control over the makeup of the supreme court

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in the early 1930s, hitler established this type of government in germany

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fascist

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in the 1930s the united states took no substantial action when japan engaged in military actions in

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china

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many scientists who helped develop the atomic bomb for the united states

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had escaped from facist and nazi aggression in europe

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which is the correct trio of axis powers in WWII

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germany, japan, italy

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germany's invasion of _____ on september 1, 1939 marked the start of WWII

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poland

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FDR's "lend-lease" program allowed

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britain to borrow military equipment from the united states

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in the months leading up to pearl harbor

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FDR froze japanese assets and increased US naval presence in the pacific

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the first check to japanese expansion came at the battle of the coral sea when

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US aircraft carriers halted a japanese advance toward australia

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the manhattan project was the code name for

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the project to develop the atomic bomb

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which statement about native americans in WWII is true

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they often served as effective code-talkers by using native american languages

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FDR's issuance of executive order 8802

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banned racial discrimination in employment for defense industries

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britain and the united states began their european offensive against germany by invading

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italy

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"Operation OVERLORD" was the code name for the

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d-day invasion

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as the allies began to defeat the germans from the east and the west

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they began to uncover the horrors of nazi death camps

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the american strategy in the pacific has often been called

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island hopping

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at the yalta conference

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the soviet union asserted control of land it already controlled

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the main reason behind harry truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb was

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american officials believed the japanese would fight up to the point of annihilation

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japan surrendered to the united states

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after the united states dropped a second atomic bomb

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which countries each controlled a zone within germany after WWII

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united states, soviet union, britain, france

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civil rights reforms enacted by the truman administration included

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desegregation of the armed forves

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the GI bill was geared at helping veterans in the areas of

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housing and education

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one immediate problem in the first few years after the war was

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a housing shortage

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which of the following had the highest population growth rate between 1940 and 1998

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suburbs

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levittown represented a change toward

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affordable homes in american suburbs

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the courageous athlete who broke the "color line" in major league baseball was

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jackie robinson

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one trend of the period 1946-1950 was

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a significant increase in the number of babies being born

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harry truman's economic package was known as the

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fair deal

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the period 1946-1950 began a 40-year era of

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rivalry with communism and the soviet union

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the main western economic alliance that developed in the early years of the cold war centered on

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united states, western europe, japan

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the content of george kennans "long telegram" depicted

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an aggressive USSR driven by expansionist communism

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the main purpose of the truman doctrine was to

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contain communism by not letting it spread to other nations

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a major effect of the marshall plan was

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a strengthening of the economic relationship between the united states and western europe

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in his july 1947 foreign affairs article, george kennan argued that

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the united states should seek to "contain" soviet expansion

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the united states and other western nations responded to the berlin blockade by

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airlifting supplies into the isolated city

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the north atlantic treaty organization

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solidified ties between the united states and its western european allies

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the content of national security council paper 68 argued that

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military solutions should be encouraged to contain communism

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most development and production of american nuclear weapons took place in the _____ united states

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western

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the world was brought to the brink of WWIII surrounding a civil war in

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korea

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dean acheson and president truman believed that north korea's invasion of south korea

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involved planning by the soviet union

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the loyalty program

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resulted in the firings and resignations of many innocent americans

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one of the HUAC's first targets was to investigate alleged communism in the

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film industry

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julius and ethel rosenberg

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were convicted and electrocuted for passing atomic secrets to the soviet union

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joseph mccarthy's downfall came as a result of

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his poor showing in the army-mccarthy hearings

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a key to dwight eisenhower's political success was his

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positive image with both liberals and conservatives

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between 1950 and 1964, the american economy

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grew at a consistent pace

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the eisenhower administration used "new deal-style" government spending in mondernizing

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the national highway system

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changes in the domestic economy during the 1950s included

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consumers bought more commodities on credit

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patterns in family living of the 1950s included

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pressure on women to pursue husbands rather than professional aspirations

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situation-comedy television shows of the 1950s portrayed american families as

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white, polite, and happy

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the success of films such as The Robe and Ben Hur

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reflected a renewed public interest in organized religion

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during the eisenhower administration, official american policy for a soviet attack on western europe called for

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massive nuclear retaliation against the USSR

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one trend in governmenatl spending during the 1950s was

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a significant increase in defense spending

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effects of the soviet union's launching of sputnik included all of the following except

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many americans believed that sputnik's inferior quality revealed american superiority

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one of the pitfalls of the US policy of containment was that it

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often caused america to support undemocratic regimes

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during the eisenhower presidency, disarmament was set back for years after

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the united states refused to apologize for the use of U-2 spy planes

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john kennedy's new frontier focused on

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creating a new era of scientific and social progress

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a major factor in john kennedy's victory in the election of 1960 was

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kennedy's charismatic charm and wit

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in the incident at the bay of pigs, the united states

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failed to overthrow fidel castro with a CIA-backed invasion

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the cuban missile crisis began when

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the united states discovered that the USSR was installing offensive nuclear weapons in cuba

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in brown vs. board of education, the supreme court ruled that

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segregation in public schools was unconstitutional

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in little rock, arkansas, in 1957

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federal troops ensured the safety of black students from angry white mobs

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the young, charismatic leader of the successful montgomery bus strike was

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martin luther king jr

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in february 1960, four black college students began a trend toward mass involvement in

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lunch counter sit-ins

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the freedom riders

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challenged segregation on interstate bus terminals

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who was sworn in as president immediately after john kennedy's death

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lyndon johnson

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the civil rights act of 1964

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prohibited segregation in public facilities

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during the freedom summer

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black and white activists registered black voters in mississippi

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prior to the voting rights act of 1965

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the vast majority of blacks in the south were denied the right to vote

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the gulf of tonkin resolution

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gave president johnson the power to wage undeclared war in vietnam

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presiden johnson's advisers convinced him that

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controlled military escalation could secure vietnam

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the majority of the draftees and enlistees for military service in vietnam

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were from working-class families

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the phrase "black power" was connected to all of the following except

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the emphasis of christian love in civil-rights stategies

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malcolm x was assassinated by rivals within the black muslims after he

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began to consider limited acceptance of white culture

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the impact of the tet offensive was magnified by all of the following facts except

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the permanent loss of saigon due to the viet cong's surprise offensive

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the search-and-destroy strategy began to fail because

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the united states was reluctant to back up infantry detachments with air strikes

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after richard nixon's election, it became apparent that

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he did not have a secret plan to end the war

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four students were killed by the national guard at kent state univeristy during a protest of

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american bombing in cambodia

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the term detente has been used to describe president nixon's

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foreign policy that eased tensions between the united states and china and the soviet union

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