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The term Gilded Age refers specifically to a time when:

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shallow worship of wealth and sharp social divisions existed.

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After 1870:

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...American inventiveness and technological progress flourished.

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An effect of the rise of corporations in America was:

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...a stimulation of capital investment and technological advance.

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One disadvantage for American workers of the rise of corporations was:

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...corporations now controlled the conditions and nature of work.

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Upton Sinclair‟s The Jungle focused on the problems of what industry?

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meat packaging on the field

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The workplace of the late 1800s included all of the following conditions except:

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...a safe and healthy environment.

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The purpose of the settlement house movement was to:

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...help the working poor by providing education and social services, and community reconstruction

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The Great Uprising of 1877 was a general strike against the nation's:

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...railway companies

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The American Federation of Labor emphasized the tactic of:

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...collective bargaining

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Which statement would most likely have been said by a nativist?

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..."The nation‟s purity is being ruined by Catholics and undesirable foreigners."

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The American Protective Association focused specifically on:

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...limiting the civil rights of Catholic Americans

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The term "Great Migration" refers to the

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...mass movement of American blacks from the rural South to the urban North.

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Stereotypes of blacks were reinforced:

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...by portrayals of blacks in vaudeville and film.

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the Central Pacific Railroad company relied heavily on the low-paid, hard work done by:

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...Chinese immigrants

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Which statement best describes the cultures of the tribes that lived throughout the West?

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...A wide spectrum of tribes had successfully adapted their lives to a variety of environments

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What event in 1848 started a huge influx of whites into Indian territory?

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...the discovery of gold in Indian territories

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The leader of the Sand Creek Massacre, John Chivington, was:

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...Methodist minister.

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The second Treaty of Fort Laramie

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...required the United States to abandon routes traveling through Sioux territory.

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Which statement about the Sand Creek Massacre is not true?

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...The fighting began when Indians attacked a mining town.

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Whites destroyed the buffalo herds for all of the following reasons except:

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...the government believed the Indians would survive better with fewer buffalo

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An American force commanded by George A. Custer was overwhelmed during the

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...Battle of the Little Bighorn

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The Sioux were finally defeated:

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...because it was difficult for them to sustain their traditional Indian economy.

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It took 5,000 U.S. troops to capture 36 Apaches led by:

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...Geronimo

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What happened at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, in 1890?

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...At least 150 Sioux men, women, and children were slaughtered

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All of the following statements about the Cattle Kingdom are true except:

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...large-scale capital investment was not a major part of the Cattle Kingdom‟s growth.

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The Homestead Act:

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...guaranteed free acres of land to citizens who farmed the land for five years.

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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 word suffrage is synonymous with the right to:

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...vote

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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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In 1888 Lord James Bryce said the most important reason for the mediocrity of American presidents was

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...America‟s loyal political parties

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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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Throughout the 1890s, Supreme Court decisions tended to:

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...support the powers of big business.

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The "progressive movement" was driven by:

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general belief that moderate reforms were needed to help end social disorder.

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After the depression of the mid-1890s, a majority of Americans began to:

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feel that new measures were needed to promote social progress.

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All of the following are true about working conditions in the early 1900s except:

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industrialists refused to resort to the subdivision of labor

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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 stability.

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Prohibition went into effect in

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1920.

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The Nineteenth Amendment

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gave women the right to vote.

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Major focuses of Theodore Roosevelt‟s presidency included all of the following except:

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using subsidies to bolster the failing Standard Oil Company

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Roosevelt‟s accomplishments as president included all of the following except:

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promoting an amendment to establish an income tax.

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Which statement best describes Woodrow Wilson‟s style as president?

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He built upon Roosevelt‟s model of strong executive authority

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Rationales for imperialism in the era 1890-1910 included all of the following ideas except:

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...the United States needed a vast buffer zone to offset communist expansionism

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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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The American government used all of the following methods to take control of Hawaii except:

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...enlisting the help of Great Britain and France in establishing imperial control

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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 U.S. ship, the Maine

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The Teller Amendment

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...called for Cuban self-government.

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The crucial role in capturing San Juan Hill was played by:

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...the 10th Negro Cavalry.

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As a result of the Spanish-American War:

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...William McKinley expressed the desire to acquire the Philippines.

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Which of the following was NOT acquired by the United States as a result of the Spanish-American War?

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...Midway Islands

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All of the following are true about America‟s presence in Puerto Rico except:

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...the Supreme Court ruled that Puerto Rico deserved the right to statehood

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The Roosevelt Corollary was seen by Theodore Roosevelt as:

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...logical extension of the Monroe Doctrine.

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Which statement about Woodrow Wilson‟s foreign policy is true?

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...Despite campaign claims, Wilson ended up aggressively using interventionism

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Woodrow Wilson took all of the following actions in Mexico except:

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...signing an agreement of friendship with Porfirio Diaz.

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Which statement about Pancho Villa is not true?

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...He had little impact on U.S. foreign policy in Mexico

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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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All of the following nations belonged to the Central Powers except:

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...Japan

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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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A policy of war preparedness was advocated by:

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...Theodore Roosevelt

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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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What happened only two weeks before America‟s declaration of war against Germany?

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...German submarines sank four American freighters. d. The War Industries Board was approved by

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The National War Labor Board accomplished all of the following goals except:

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...keeping wages ahead of inflation

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The women‟s suffrage movement in America ________________ during World War I.

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...made major gains

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Which statement about the American military in World War I is not true?

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...African Americans were not allowed to join either the army or navy.

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The leader of the American Expeditionary Force was:

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...John Pershing.

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Which statement about the Battle of Argonne Forest is true?

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...The massive Allied assault led to the most decisive victory in the war

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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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Postwar society in America was plagued by all of the following problems except:

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...a recession caused by huge wage increases.

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The Red Scare was caused by all of the following factors except:

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...Lenin‟s open threats of toppling the U.S. empire

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Which event happened last?

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...Women were given the right to vote in a constitutional amendment

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Which statement about industry in the 1920s is not true?

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Businesses rejected any implementation of Taylor‟s scientific management.

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The main force behind the 1920s economy was

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...automobile production.

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All of the following were aspects of the open shop campaign except:

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...the extension of collective bargaining rights for unskilled laborers

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Proponents of welfare capitalism believed that:

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...corporations could undercut unions by providing certain benefits.

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The Republican presidents of the 1920s:

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...emphasized the importance of business interests.

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Which statement about living patterns in the 1920s is not true?

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...The majority of Americans still lived in rural areas.

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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 following 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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Which statement about the Ku Klux Klan is not true?

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...The Ku Klux Klan‟s membership was restricted to whites of any ethnic background.

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What would be the only group viewed favorably by the Ku Klux Klan?

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...German Protestants

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Nativists promoted:

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...restricting immigration of people who were not Anglo-Saxon

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The most ominous trend of the 1920s was:

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...the uneven distribution of wealth that existed beneath apparent prosperity.

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What is the correct order of presidential succession?

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...Harding, Coolidge, Hoover

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Which headline would have appeared in 1927?

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..."Lindbergh Greeted in France by Roaring Crowd"

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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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In the first years of the depression, personal income:

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...dropped by more than half

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Which statement about women during the depression is not true?

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...Firing women usually opened up more job opportunities for men.

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The Great Depression affected Germany in all of the following ways, except

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...it slowed the rise of Adolph Hitler to power.

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Franklin Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover in 1932 for all of the following reasons except:

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...Roosevelt had announced the specifics of his New Deal package of legislation

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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 plight of American farmers during the depression was magnified by:

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...evastating droughts and dust storms throughout the 1930s.

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The Social Security Act:

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...established federal responsibility in providing social welfare.

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All of the following statements about Eleanor Roosevelt are true except:

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...despite her active role, she did not become involved in lobbying Congress.

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A significant shift in voting demographics occurred in the 1930s when:

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...blacks shifted their loyalties from the Republicans to the Democrats

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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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The earliest Fascist aggression took place when

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...Japan launched a brutal invasion of China

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Which is the correct trio of Axis Powers in World War II?

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...Germany, Japan, Italy

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Germany‟s invasion of _________ on September 1, 1939 marked the start of World War II.

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...Poland

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Nazi aggression finally was stalled in 1940 and early 1941 when:

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...England steadfastly resisted the Nazis in the Battle of Britain.

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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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Which statement about Pearl Harbor is true?

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More than 2,000 Americans were killed in the surprise Japanese attack

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The first check to Japanese expansion came at the Battle of the Coral Sea when:

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U.S. aircraft carriers halted a Japanese advance toward Australia

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Which statement about American support for World War II is true?

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The support for the war unified Americans across regional, national, and class divisions

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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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What prompted J. Robert Oppenheimer to say, "Now I am become death"?

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Seeing a nuclear fission bomb tested for the first time

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All of the following statements about women workers on the home front are true except:

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the percentage of women working in manufacturing jobs did not increase

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After the fall of Mussolini:

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bitter fighting for the control of Italy took place between the Allies and Germany

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"Operation OVERLORD" was the code name for the:

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D-Day invasion

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The purpose of the D-Day invasion was to:

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...liberate France from German control.

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Which statement about the Holocaust is not true?

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...Jews and Poles were the only people killed in Nazi death camps.

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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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The popular film The Best Years of Our Lives reflected Americans‟:

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desire to stabilize and prosper during the years after the war.

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Civil rights reforms enacted by the Truman administration included:

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desegregation of the armed forces.

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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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Aspects of the Democratic Party‟s "vital center" from 1948 to 1968 did not include:

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showing wide tolerance toward communist ideology

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Harry Truman‟s successful campaign of 1948 featured all of the following except:

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sophisticated use of television in televised debates

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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 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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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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Which statement about the role of possible atomic war in the 1950s is not true?

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The United States-U.S.S.R. rivalry did not threaten the safety of western Europe

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The world was brought to the brink of World War III surrounding a civil war in:

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Korea.

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Effects of the Korean War included all of the following except

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the Soviet Union became once again convinced of the United States‟ military invulnerability

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All of the following statements about the Second Red Scare are true except:

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Democrats used the scare to discredit Dwight Eisenhower‟s political coalition.

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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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The Eisenhower administration used "New Deal-style" government spending in modernizing:

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national highway system.

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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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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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John Kennedy‟s New Frontier focused on

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creating a new era of scientific and social progress.

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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 C.I.A.-backed invasion.

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The Cuban Missile Crisis began when:

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the United States discovered that the U.S.S.R. was installing offensive nuclear weapons in Cuba.

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President Kennedy‟s main strategy in dealing with the Cuban Missile Crisis was:

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imposing a naval blockade around Cuba until the crisis was resolved

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In Brown v. 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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The Freedom Riders

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challenged segregation of interstate bus terminals.

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In 1963, many Americans were sickened by

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violence committed by authorities against civil rights activists in Birmingham, Alabama

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Which statement about the March on Washington of 1963 is not true?

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It began a period of uninterrupted unity within the civil rights movement.

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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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Effects of the Vietnam War included the:

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erosion of the nation‟s confidence in its government

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Millions of young people in the second half of the 1960s expressed their alienation from American society by sampling drugs or chasing the rainbow of a youth culture; this is referred to as:

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counterculture

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The growth of the "Woodstock Generation" in the 1960s revealed that:

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a feeling of alienation existed within American society.

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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 strategies.

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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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All of the following statements about the Black Panthers are true except:

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they focused entirely on national rather than local goals

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All of the following statements are true about the American Indian Movement except

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the organization refused to ally itself with other Indian groups.

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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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In the wake of the Tet crisis

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advisers told Lyndon Johnson that the war was not winnable in traditional American terms.

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Which two men were assassinated within months of each other in 1968?

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Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr.

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The development of the Weather Underground was indicative of:

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a split within the New Left‟s strategy of civil disobedience.

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Four students were killed by the National Guard at Kent State University during a protest of:

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American bombing of Cambodia.

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Troubling aspects of the Watergate scandal included all of the following except:

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John Dean‟s refusal to tell the truth at Senate hearings.

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The Pentagon Papers detailed American military involvement in

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Vietnam.

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Jimmy Carter‟s presidency was troubled by all of the following except:

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a lack of idealism and vision.

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Former president ______________ won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002

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Jimmy Carter

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Ronald Reagan won the election of 1980 because

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Americans felt threatened by political and economic forces they couldn‟t control.

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In its first term, the Reagan administration did all of the following, except

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increase federal funds for school lunches.

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The Economic Recovery and Tax Act of 1981 did all of the following things except:

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provide more funds for social welfare programs.

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One effect of deregulation was:

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the destruction and bail-out of the savings and loan industry

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Which statement about the American poor is true?

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In the 1980s, there was an increase in the number of Americans living in poverty

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Evidence of a renewed Cold War in the 1980s included all of the following except:

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the American public‟s belief that the government had been infiltrated by Communists.

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Which statement about the Iran-Contra affair is not true?

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President Reagan and Vice President George Bush were unaware of any wrongdoings.

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President Bush‟s call for U.S. military involvement in the Persian Gulf came when

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Iraq invaded Kuwait and gained control of its oil production

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Outcomes of the Persian Gulf War included all of the following except

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the toppling of Saddam Hussein from power.

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Title IX of the Education Amendments (1972) forbade discrimination by gender

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in all educational programs receiving federal aid.

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In what year did communism collapse in eastern Europe?

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1989

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This event ended a decade of prosperity at home and complacency about the place of the United States

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The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001

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Which of the following was not one of the promises Bill Clinton made in this campaign of 1992?

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To make a return to "family values"

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The outcome of the budget wars in 1995 and 1996:

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revealed that centrist solutions were preferred by most Americans.

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What happened to unemployment between the years 1992 and 2000?

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It dropped from 7.2 percent to 4 percent.

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Supporters of the North American Free Trade Agreement include:

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professional businesses that want foreign customers.

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The first woman named to the Supreme Court was:

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Sandra Day O‟Connor

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In supporting political ideals, women often show that they are especially concerned with:

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practical problems of schools and neighborhoods.

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Despite holding a lead in the popular vote, Al Gore needed this state to secure the electoral votes and the White House.

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Florida

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Who decided the election of 2000?

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The Supreme Court

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In the aftermath of the 2000 election, President George W. Bush pursued ______________ on domestic issues.

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a strong shift to the right

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George W. Bush‟s tax cuts

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caused huge federal budget deficits.

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Vice president Dick Cheney developed the George W. Bush administration‟s energy policy in consultation with

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energy companies.

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The September 11 terrorist attacks are often compared to:

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the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

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In the aftermath of the 9-11-01 attacks, the United States ousted the Taliban regime in

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Afghanistan.

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American policy toward Israel and the Palestinians includes all of the following, except

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creating a Palestinian state in southern Lebanon.

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Prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, George W. Bush focused primarily on Iraq‟s

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supposed possession of weapons of mass destruction.

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In what year did the United States send troops to Bosnia?

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1995

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