HST316B Final
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| Which action signaled the beginning of the Cold War? | show 🗑
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| show | keeping the Soviet Union from expanding communism outside its borders
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| Which was the original purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)? | show 🗑
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| show | Marshall Plan
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| Which was the result of the Korean War? | show 🗑
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| Which term describes the widespread fear of communism in the 1950s? | show 🗑
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| show | Church attendance increased and many Americans were willing to give up some civil liberties.
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| Why did the CIA support covert activity to restore the shah to power in Iran? | show 🗑
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| show | the significant population growth following World War II
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| What happened when developers built affordable, mass-produced houses? | show 🗑
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| Which was one effect that television had on American society in the 1950s? | show 🗑
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| John F. Kennedy said, "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." How did those words affect young voters? | show 🗑
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| show | the election of Dwight D. Eisenhower as president
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| show | eliminating segregation in most public places
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| Which was a major achievement of Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty? | show 🗑
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| show | Separate but equal schools were inherently unequal and unconstitutional.
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| show | Many black leaders began to take a more militant approach to civil rights.
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| show | Bloody Sunday in Selma
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| show | the discovery of Soviet missiles in communist Cuba
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| Which theory did four U.S. presidents use to justify U.S. participation in the Vietnam War? | show 🗑
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| Which event resulted in President Johnson sending additional troops to Vietnam without a formal declaration of war? | show 🗑
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| Why was waging war in Vietnam difficult for U.S. soldiers? | show 🗑
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| show | Richard Nixon
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| What was the eventual outcome of the Vietnam War? | show 🗑
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| Which 1960s group opposed the traditional values of the establishment? | show 🗑
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| show | an increase in the number of women enrolling in professional schools
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| Which proposal aimed to ban discrimination based on sex? | show 🗑
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| show | African American successes with their civil rights movement
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| show | the founder of the National Farm Workers Association
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| show | Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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| show | People became more skeptical about politics and less trusting of government.
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| show | an Arab oil embargo
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| Which was not an issue during the 1980 presidential election? | show 🗑
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| Which was one reason some people supported supply-side economics and others opposed it? | show 🗑
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| Why were many conservatives in favor of government deregulation? | show 🗑
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| In which country did Lech Walesa and Pope John Paul II play a role in ending communism? | show 🗑
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| In which area is Ronald Reagan's legacy usually considered strongest? | show 🗑
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| show | They brought the outside world and different economic and political options to the people.
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| show | operating systems and software that made personal computers possible
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| Which was one impact of reducing the size and cost of computers? | show 🗑
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| show | It made the Internet widely accessible.
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| show | outsourcing
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| Which issue largely related to Mexico became a major controversy in the 1990s? | show 🗑
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| What agreement reduced trade barriers between the United States, Canada, and Mexico, but raised issues about protecting American jobs? | show 🗑
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| show | providing universal health care to all Americans
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| show | to stop a vote recount in Florida
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| show | His administration had a shaky start while controversy continued.
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| show | separation of powers
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| Who was responsible for the 2001 terrorist attacks aimed at driving Americans out of all Islamic nations? | show 🗑
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| Which legislation was intended to improve U.S. security after the September 11 attacks, but also raised concerns about American civil liberties? | show 🗑
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| show | Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.
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| show | The United States elected its first African American president.
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