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President Hoover was generally criticized for
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not taking dramatic steps to bring immediate relief.
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President Herbert Hoover
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encouraged Americans to be optimistic
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All of the following conditions proved harmful to farmers during the Great Depression except
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rural free delivery
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Which one of the conditions of international finance was true in the 1920s
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America was lending large sums of money to Germany
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In the 1920s Americans tended to invest in the stock market for all of the following reasons except that they were
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concerned with the earnings of the corporation and the dividends their stock would pay
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Because of the loyalties gained during the New Deal era, the Democratic Party could expect to win many votes from all of the following groups except
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Business executives
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all of the following were parts of the New Deal except
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the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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the winner of the presidential election of 1932 was
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Franklin Roosevelt
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During his first term in office, Toosevelt received a large measure of support for his programs from
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congress
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When Franklin Roosevelt became president, he quickly did all of the following except
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stir up the hostility of the press.
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The policies Franklin Toosevelt promised would solve the economic problems of the nation were called
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the New Deal
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The Great Depression brought about all ofthe following except
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a major religious revival
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President Hoover believed in
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Local responsiblilty for giving aid to the needy
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Which of the following programs was intended to eliminate wasteful competition in business and was declared to be unconstitutional
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the National Recovery Adminstration
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the New Deal programs brought about all of the following for athe nation except
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recovery for the economy
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The naval and air strength of the United States was severely crippled in an attack at
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pearl harbor
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The leader of the Nazi Party in Germany was
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Adolf Hitler
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The man, known as II Duce, who tried to establish a Second Roman Empire was
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Benito Mussolini
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All of the following were Axis powers except
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the Soviet Union
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The method introduced by President Hoover for dealing with Latin America was called
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the Good Neighborhood Society
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"Appeasment" is most closely identified with
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Neville Chamberlian
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Before attacking Poland, Hitler made a nonagression pact with what nation
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the Soviet Union
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The only Allied Power standing against Germanyduring the early part of 1941 was
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Britain
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Hitlers invasion of what country proved to be a serious mistake for him
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the Soviet Union
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Before America entered World War II because of an action taken by
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Lend-Lease Act
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All of the following were part of the civilian effort to support the war except
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a bank holiday
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the primary objective of the Allies at the beginning of America involvement in the war was to
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defeat Germany
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All of the following men were Allied leaders involved in the meetings to determine Allied strategy except
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Emperor Hirohito
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A significant part ofthe fighting of World War II took place in
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Africa
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THe code name for the Normandy Invasion was
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Operation Overlord
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The D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, occured on
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June 6, 1944
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One of the major reasons the American forces did not push to capture Berlin was
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the Yalta Meeting
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Amajor part of hte war in the pacific invovled America's trying to maintain or regain control of
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the Philippines
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The location in the Solomon Islands where, after a long and costly fight, Americans stopped the Japanese from completing a stratigic airfield was
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Guadalcanal
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The costliest chunk of rock and black sand ever captured by the U.S. Marine Corps was
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Iwo Jima
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One of the most devastating tactics used by the Japanese in World War II was
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Kamikaze Attacks
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The last islan taken from the Japanese before the final assault on the Japanese mainland began was
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Okinawa
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At which conference did President Truman warn Japan to surrender unconditionally or face total destruction
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Postdam
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One of the Japanese cities on which an atomic bomb was dropped was
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Nagasaki
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The "green revolution" refers to
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Agriculture improvements
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In 1950 a conflict between United Nations peacekeeping forces and Communists began in
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Korea
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The Truman Doctrine was the president's policies regading
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containment
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Each of the following was createdto defent the free world against Communist advances exccept
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the Marshall Plan
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The United Nations organization includes all of the following parts except
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the Works Progress Administration
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The power that in 1948 began denying all road, rail, and riveraccess acrossthe zone of Germany that it controlled to West Berlin was
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the Soviet Union
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Part of President Truman's Fair Deal was
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the G.I. Bill
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All of the following could be described as incidents ofthe Cold War except
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the building of the St. Lawrence Seaway
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All of the following are closely associated with postwar Germany except
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the Warsaw Pact
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All of the following were the Big Three countriesthat called for the formation of another world peacekeeping organization except
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Germany
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The United States finally entered World War II because of an action taken by
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Japan
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Ho Chi Minh was the Communist leader in
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Vietnam
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The Republican candidate for president in 1952 was
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Dwight Eisenhower
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All of the following awere COmmunist leaders except
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Chiang Kai-shek
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One of the new states addeddto the Union during the Eisenhower administration was
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Alaska
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The Korean War ended with
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a divided Korea
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Who popularized the phrase " Iron Curtain," referring to the division of the free countries of Europe from the Communist-controlled lands
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Winston Churchill
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Which one of the following countries received the most extensive aid from the United States following World War II
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Japan
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All of the following conditions occured in America following World War IIexcept
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a depression
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The New Frontier was a political program proposed by
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John F. Kennedy
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All of the following incidents created great ensions for the United States during the Kennedy administration except
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the Gulf of Tonkin attack
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All of the following were major issues in America during the 1960s except
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progressivism
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All of the following men were assassinated during the 1960s except
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Lyndon Johnson
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Which one of the following is most closely associated with the Kennedy administration
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Peacecorps
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Lyndon Johnson called his domestic policy program
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the Great Society
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All of the following decisions or legislations were steps taken in the 1950s and 1960s to guaruntee the civil rights of blacks except
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Plessy v. Ferguson
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Allof the following tactics were used by blacks inthe 1960s to gain their civil rights except
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yellow journalism
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Matin Luther King Jr.
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spoke of using social action to liberate the poor
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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was an act that was probably favored most by
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Hawks
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The president responsible for sending large numbers ofAmerican soldierds to Vietnam in combat roles was
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Lyndon Johnson
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American efforts in Vietnam were hindered by all of the following except
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the lack of sophisticated weapons
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The most disturbing incident ofthe Vietnam War for many Americans was probably
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the tet offensive
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The winner ofthe Democratic nomination for president in 1968 was
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Hubert Humphrey
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South Vietnam fell to Communist control in 1975 largely because of
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the refusal of congressto vote for aid to force North Vietnam to remain faithful to peace agreements
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Because of its inability to control Americas involvement in the Veitnam War, Congress in 1973 passed the
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War Powers Act
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WHich president was responsible for bringing an era of detente in Soviet-American relations
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Richard Nixon
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Shuttle diplomact was instrumental in settling
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Israel Yom Kippur War
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The president who ordered wage and price controls to curb inflation was
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Richard Nixon
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The only bice president to resign his office because of criminal charges was
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Spriro Agnew
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The first president to resign his office was
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Richard Nixon
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The most important lesson learned from Watergate was that
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the Constituion's system of checks and balances works
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Among the American celebrations in the 1970d and 1980s were all of the following except
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the Bicentennial of the founding of Jamestown
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The only man to serve as president without being elected to national office was
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Gerald Ford
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As president, Gerald Ford did all of the following except
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engineer a major peace agreement between Israel and Egypt
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Which one of the following was a Democrat
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Jimmy Carter
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President Carter based his foreign policy decisions on the principle failures of
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Human Rights
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All of the following could be classified as foreign policy failures of President Carter except
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The meeting of Sadat and Begin at Camp David
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The president directly responsible for turning over the control of the Panama Canal to Panama was
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Jimmy Carter
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The person most responsible for the Iranian Hostage Crisis was
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Ayatollah Khomeini
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Reagan's remedy for the nation's economic troubles was
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supply- side economics
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All of the following were justices on the U.S. Suprme Court except
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Henry Kissenger
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In 1986 the United States, in an effort to curb terrorist activities, made a serprise bombing raid on
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Libya
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During the 1980d, Conttras were fighting against the Communist Sandinistas who had control of
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Nicaraugua
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What incident hampered the effectiveness of President Reagan during his secon term
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The Iran- Contra scandal
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Which phrase was spoken by Ronald Reagan
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"evil empire"
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Which word best describes the administration of George H.W. Bush
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Pragmatic
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oreign success occurred during Bush's administration
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Invasion of panama
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Thhe most controversial result of the Persian Gulf War was
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the failure to capture Saddam Hussein
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An unfunded federal mandate
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a federal requirement not paid for by the government
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What desastrous decistion ledd to Bush's defeat i nhis reelection campaign
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1990 budget deal
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What independent cadidated received 19 percent of the vote in the 1992 presidential election
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Ross Perot
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Why did Toss Perot receive so much support in his bid for the presidency
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He proposed drastic measures to wipe out the deficit
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Which statement best describes the first two years of the Clinton administration
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He found hiself mired in controversy over his liberal nomination an new social policies
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Which piece of legislation did President Clinto succesfully push through Congress
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Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances
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Which statement is true about the major tax plan that Clinton passed soon after becoming president
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It increased taxes by $496 billion
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Which program was first propsed during Clinton's 1992 election campaign
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AmeriCorps
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What was the main cause for the failure of health-car reform
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Taxpayers feared the high costs of government supervision
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What plan did Newt Gingrich propose for Republicans to retake control of Congress
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Contract with America
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Which one of the folowing was not a part of the Contract of America
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Goals 2000
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Which of the following rolled back a major New Deal program
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Welfare Reform Act
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Which of the followng was a provision of the Welfare Reform Act
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to put a lifetime cap of five years for welfare assistance
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What two issues ledto the impeachment of Bill Clinton
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Perjury and Ovstruction of justice
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Who was the first woman to serve as secretary of state
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Madeleine Albright
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The Dayton Accords helped to end the fighting in
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bosnia
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NAFTA created fre trade between Canda, the United States and
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Mexico
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Bush called his policies of working with religious organizations to seek solutions to urban problem
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compassionate conservatism
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On the votes of which state did the presidential election of 2000 hang
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Florida
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President Bush called the war on terror the
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first war of the twenty-first century
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Which act of Congress made it easiert for the U.S. government to fight internal terrorist threats
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Patriot Act
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Which woman has been called the "First Lady of the civile rights movement"
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Rosa Parks
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Bush's administrion included a faily large representation of conservative
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evangilical christians
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Bush's tax cut plans abolished which important disciminatory feature
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the marriage penalty
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The biggest corpotate bankruptcy in American history occurred in 2001 and involved
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Enron
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Which Aeab nation was Bush able to convince to renounce terrorism
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Libya
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The 2004 presidential election was shaped by
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national security
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All of the following families had presidential dynasties except the
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Clinton family
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The first country that the United States invaded in its war on terrorism was
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Afganistan
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The symbol of the evangelica megachurch is the
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Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois
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What did the United States use in the wars in Afganistan and Iraq to minimize civilian casualties
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"Smart" weapons
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