What term describes Britain, France, Russia, and other countries that joined them during World War I?
Allied Powers
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Which American president was in office during World War I?
Woodrow Wilson
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Which of the following was a serious concern of the Triple Entente?
Germany's growing nationalism
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What term was used to describe World War I at the time of the war?
The Great War
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Which of the following events triggered the start of World War I?
Assassination of Ferdinand
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Which of the following countries was a part of the Central Powers during World War I?
Austria-Hungary
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Which of the following happened first during World War I?
Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
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What did Austria-Hungary do as a result of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination?
Declared war on Serbia
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What term describes the feeling of pride that Americans may feel toward their country?
Nationalism
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What is it called when one country gains control over another territory?
Imperialism
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Which of the following countries fought against Germany during World War I?
Belgium
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Approximately when did World War I occur?
1910s
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What was the main purpose of the alliance system?
To balance political power across countries
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Which one of the following best defines nationalism?
Putting your own country's needs and interests before that of other countries
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Who was responsible for killing Austria-Hungary ruler Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Black Hand
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Which two countries encouraged America to enter the war because they needed fresh troops?
Britain and France
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Which World War I ship was sunk in violation of the rules of neutrality?
Lusitania
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During World War I, which one of the following was required to raise funds to supply the U.S. Army?
Liberty bonds
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Why did Wilson feel it necessary to convince other countries to accept his plan?
Other countries preferred to punish the Central Powers for their part in World War I.
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What term identifies one country's responsibility to pay for the damage it has done to another country?
Reparation
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The leader of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), John J. Pershing, was also known for pursuing Pancho Villa through Mexico.
True
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When the Lusitania sank, President Wilson was furious and blamed *BLANK* for the attack.
Germany
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Which of the following resulted in Russia leaving the war?
The Bolshevik Revolution
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To mobilize for war, which one of the following did America have to do?
Pass the Selective Service Act
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When Russia pulled out of the war, what advantage did that give to Germany?
Germans were now able to surge forward on the western fronts, and so they launched several attacks.
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Liberty bonds were sold during World War I to help support the Committee for Public Information
False
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What is the term for the document that the Central Powers signed that resulted in a cease-fire?
Armistice
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Which of the following countries is most known for its accomplished naval force?
Britain
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Which type of warfare led to a stalemate during World War I?
Trench warfare
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What was President Wilson's reason for his plan to rebuild Europe without destroying its countries?
To prevent future wars from happening as the result of continued disputes
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Which country was blamed for sinking the Lusitania?
Germany
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During World War I, more civilian tragedies occurred during trench warfare than any other type of warfare.
False
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During World War I, more civilian tragedies occurred during trench warfare than any other type of warfare.
False
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One country gains control over another territory through some means
Imperialism
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What was the longest battle of World War I?
Battle of Verdun
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Of the following, which were the two reasons why the U.S. joined World War I?
Breaking of the Sussex Pledge and the Zimmerman Note
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As a direct result of pressure from the AEF, Russians revolted against their own government, the event which is known today as the Bolshevik Revolution.
False
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Countries that form partnerships known as alliances do so for which one of the following reasons?
Prevent any one country from dominating political affairs
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Which term means that a nation has forced its way into another country, and taken over territorial and governmental control?
Militarism
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Nationalism could be both a positive and a negative force within or between nations.
True
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In which treaty did Russia give up possession of Finland, Estonia, and other countries?
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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Which President's vow to remain neutral in World War I helped him to get elected?
Wilson
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During World War I, the United States joined the Allied Powers and fought against Austria-Hungary, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire.
True
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What does mobilize mean?
To prepare a country for war
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President Wilson's plan to rebuild Europe without destroying any countries was known as the Fourteen Points.
True
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The building up of troops and arms by one country, often in an effort to claim territory, is referred to as which of the following?
Militarism
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What was the Schlieffen Plan?
Germany's plan to take France quickly and move on to Russia
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The first American victory against the Germans took place at Chateau-thierry in which battle?
The Second Battle of the Marne
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Which of the following was one of Britain's most important allies during World War I?
France
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What was the land between two opposing trenches called?
No man's land
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What organization did Wilson want to see formed in order to further his Fourteen Points?
League of Nations
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What is the strategy of putting all a country's resources toward a war?
Total warfare
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A person feels a connection with and a responsibility towards a particular country
Nationalism
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Germany and Austria-Hungary, and other countries joined to form the *BLANK*.
Central Powers
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Which one of the following is NOT associated with Red Summer of 1919?
Garvey Race Riot
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In 1917, what was the result of Americans having associated the philosophy of Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin with American socialists who sought a peaceful transition to a new democratic state?
Red Scare
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What name is given to the process a country goes through in trying to regain normalcy after having been involved in a war?
Demobilization
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What is the name of the philosophical work by Karl Marx that claimed the working class would overthrow their government?
Communist Manifesto
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Prohibition made drinking illegal, but it did not stop many people from drinking.
True
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In 1920, which two individuals were arrested and tried because a crime had been committed in which the criminals looked like they were Italians?
Sacco and Vanzetti
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Due to the process involved in returning to a normal state of affairs after a war, the United States economy was in crisis before the start of the Roaring Twenties.
True
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The founder of the company who built the Model-T was also known for inventing the assembly line.
True
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Which company owner's industry flourished during the Roaring Twenties as a result of his own innovation in production and modernization?
Henry Ford
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Eugene Williams was a victim whose death helped to spur which one of the following during the summer of 1919?
Chicago Race Riot
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Which one of the following best defines the term anarchist?
Anyone who does not believe in governmental authority
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What riot was started in the summer of 1919 by a shooting at a union organization meeting for African-American sharecroppers?
Elaine Race Riot
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The Great Migration was named such because of the influx of immigrants that came to the U.S. during the Roaring Twenties.
False
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What was the main effect of the passage of the Twenty-first Amendment?
It eliminated prohibition.
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Why were some women of the Roaring Twenties called Flappers?
They challenged and often worked against the social norms of the time.
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Which president during the Roaring Twenties supported business by supporting high tariffs?
Warren G. Harding
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What was the event that involved government oil reserves leases and bribery later to become known as?
Teapot Dome Scandal
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Warren G. Harding was elected to the presidency on a platform that has come to be known as which of the following?
Return-to-normalcy platform
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Which one of the following best describes the Revenue Act of 1926?
A bill aimed at reducing taxes for the richest in the country
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Which president was responsible for passing the law that eliminated taxes for the wealthy on monetary gifts and reduced estate taxes?
Calvin Coolidge
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Conservatives who did not like the moral changes in society were known as preachers.
False
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Originally termed, "The New Negro Movement," what was this time during the Roaring Twenties later called?
Harlem Renaissance
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Fundamentalists strongly opposed Prohibition.
False
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The Scopes Trial made it legal to teach fundamentalism in school.
False
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Fundamentalism gave rise to the return of revivalist preachers.
True
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Fundamentalism means a literal or direct interpretation of the Bible.
True
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Which one of the following was a baseball player turned fundamentalist preacher?
Billy Sunday
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Which president had also been Secretary of Commerce under another president and felt comfortable that prosperity would continue for some time to come?
Herbert Hoover
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In the 1920s, the Secretary of the Treasurer presented a bill to Congress that appeared to be a simple reduction in income taxes for all, but ended up favoring the rich and burdening the poor. What was this bill called?
Mellon Plan
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Which one of the following was not involved in the Scopes Trial?
Aimee Semple
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What is the name of the biology teacher who decided to take on the state of Tennessee and teach evolution in class?
John Scopes
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This president ran on the election platform of continued economic success, but was unable to live up to that promise.
Hoover
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Based on the 1910 census, which law passed by Congress restricted immigration by nationality to just 3%?
Emergency Quota Act
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Aimee Semple was the first female fire-and-brimstone preacher.
False
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Which law discriminated against Europeans because it set immigration restrictions to 2% of the census taken in 1890?
Immigration Act of 1924
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Which one of the following preachers claimed to have been kidnapped?
Aimee Semple
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The latter years of this president’s time in office were scandalous ones, the Teapot Dome Scandal being one of the biggest.
Harding
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What Russian event caused Russia to pull out of World War I and was also the result of Karl Marx's influence on Lenin?
Bolshevik Revolution
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What is the name given to identify an irrational fear of foreigners?
Xenophobia
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How did the booming industry in the 1920s affect the daily life of Americans?
It made household appliances more affordable.
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Who was the Jamaican immigrant set on building an independent state in Africa for African-Americans?
Marcus Garvey
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The Twenty-first Amendment made it illegal to have or transport alcohol.
False
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The only workers not affected by demobilization after World War I were farmers.
False
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What was the main and initial conflict that propelled prohibition?
A clash between urban and country values
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What aspect of prohibition furthered the rise of crime bosses and mobs?
Bootlegging
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Which one of the following would NOT be associated with a flapper of the Roaring Twenties?
Supporting fundamentalist beliefs
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Greater independence for women was also part of the Jazz Age.
True
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What is the name given to the production technique in which the parts are moved to the individual instead of the worker going after the parts?
Assembly line
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The Great Depression occurred while this President was in office.
Hoover
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Within the first eight months of this President’s term, the stock market plummeted, causing a dramatic fall in the country’s economy.
Hoover
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Who was responsible for resurrecting the KKK during the Roaring Twenties?
William Joseph Simmons
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From 1918-1921, many raids and arrests took place that were designed to capture communist radicals in the U.S. Who was considered responsible for these raids?
Mitchell Palmer
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This isolationist President did not support America’s involvement in world affairs.
Harding
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The Great Migration was at least in part the result of people's need for jobs and freedom.
True
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How does the stock market affect businesses?
Businesses can sell stock to increase their funding, allowing for growth and expansion.
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The crash of the stock market in 1929 had a renewing effect on the economy as it freed a great deal of money for other uses.
False
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Businesses sell shares of ownership in their company by issuing which of the following?
Stock
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The goal of one of Roosevelt's programs was to provide unemployment insurance to workers. Which program was this?
Social Security Act
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When production increases, what happens to the gross national product (GNP)?
The GNP increases.
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The gross national product (GNP) is a measure of the rate of production in the United States.
True
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Which of the following is TRUE of American society BEFORE the stock market crash of the 1930s?
The stock market was becoming more and more available and therefore more popular.
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Which program did Roosevelt put into effect in order to restore confidence in the banking system?
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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When people spend money they don’t have by taking out loans, which of the following is a probable outcome when looking at the big picture?
Economy would fail
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After the stock market crash, banks
lost money and closed.
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President Hoover was blamed by many for the suffering experienced during the Great Depression.
True
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Which of the following helped pull the U.S. out of the Great Depression by increasing production, employment, and sales?
Start of World War II
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The relief, recovery, and reform programs instituted by President Roosevelt came to be known by what name?
New Deal
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Franklin Roosevelt was elected as president primarily because people were unhappy with the way Hoover had responded to the suffering masses.
True
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Of the following, which is NOT considered one of the causes of the Great Depression?
Lower class citizens took advantage of the welfare system, resulting in a false distribution of money.
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When the country's gross national product (GNP) is high, employment opportunity is most likely high as well.
True
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What is it called when, within a short period of time, masses of people withdraw all their money from their accounts in fear that the banks will collapse?
Bank runs
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Where do banks keep the majority of the deposits made by their customers?
It is sent to the appropriate Federal Reserve Bank.
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During the great crash, unemployment caused a reduction in consumer purchases, which generally caused unemployment to raise even further.
True
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Roosevelt actively worked to help the suffering public even before he was elected to the presidency.
True
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Which of the following statements is a TRUE of America at the end of 1928?
Americans believed that the good times would never end.
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Although things looked pretty good by the end of 1928, most of the population foresaw the bad times that were coming.
False
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When the country's gross national product (GNP) is high, employment opportunity is most likely high as well.
True
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If companies are forced to downsize, which of the following is mostly likely to happen?
Stocks would decrease.
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ManyRepublicans believed Roosevelt was granting himself too much power through his New Deal programs.
True
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Despite the horrific economic conditions, the gross national product (GNP) in the U.S. only fell a couple percentage points from 1929 to 1934.
False
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Which of the following statements is a TRUE of America in the 1920s?
Society was setting itself up for a dramatic economic fall, but, due to a general unawareness, optimism remained high.
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Of the programs that Roosevelt instituted in order to provide relief to the country during the Great Depression, which one was aimed at putting people back to work?
Civil Works Administration
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A production growth from $43 billion to $83 billion would be considered which of the following?
Increase in gross national product
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When local agencies needed funds to provide relief to suffering people, which Roosevelt administration program could they turn to?
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
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How did President Hoover respond to the onset of the Great Depression?
Hoover did nothing in response to the steep rise in unemployment.
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Which of the following can be considered part of the reason for the stock market crash in 1929?
Consumers relied too much on the use of credit, so they overspent.
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Which of the following is one cause of the Dust Bowl?
Severe lack of rainfall
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Which of the following saw more than 5,500 closings during the Great Depression?
Banks
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During the 1920s, it became a common practice to take out a loan in order to buy shares in a company. What was this practice called?
Buying on margin
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Which of the following was a direct result of the Dust Bowl?
More than 60% of farmers lost their farms.
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One effect of the stock market crash was that people could not pay their bank loans, ultimately leading to a run on banks.
True
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After World War I, European countries were hesitant to get involved in armed conflict so they chose to negotiate with aggressive nations.
True
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Hitler was a native-born German, making his rise to power in the Nazi party quick and easy.
False
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Which area did Hitler ask for Great Britain's help in invading?
Sudetenland
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Was the founder of the Fascist movement
Benito Mussolini
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Established Nazism in Germany
Adolf Hitler
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Adolf Hitler used his power over the National Socialist German Workers' party to help enforce the Treaty of Versailles.
False
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Pushed the Enabling Act through legislation, gaining ultimate power
Adolf Hitler
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Known for his hatred and persecution of Jews
Adolf Hitler
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What military strategy did Hitler follow in order to ensure he could safely invade other countries?
He entered a non-agression treaty with some countries that let each of them invade other countries.
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The conference that kept Czechoslovakia independent but placed Sudetenland under German control was known by what name?
Munich Conference
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Why was Winston Churchill opposed to the appeasement policy of the 1930s?
He felt it would lead to the Axis domination of Western Europe.
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When one country tries to prevent war by attempting to bribe another country to keep the peace, this is known as which one of the following?
Appeasement
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The agreement between Hitler and Stalin that allowed Hitler to quickly conquer Poland was known as the Blitzkrieg.
False
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Under whose leadership did Hitler's plans for Europe's domination suffer its first defeat?
Churchill
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After the invasion of Poland in 1939, Great Britain and France declared war on Germany. Why didn't the United States also enter the war at this time?
American public opinion was firmly against joining the war.
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When General Tojo Hideki came to power in Japan, he warned America to remain neutral in the war.
False
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Which 1941 Congressional act made it possible for an otherwise neutral U.S. to give aid to countries considered vital to the U.S.?
Lend-Lease
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Who replaced President Roosevelt and had the responsibility for bringing the U.S. back into peacetime restoration?
Harry Truman
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Around 10,000 Filipino and 600 captured American troops died in which event of World War II?
Bataan Death March
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Led by Hitler, the *BLANK* was a mass genocide of Jewish people in Germany.
Holocaust
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Who was the Japanese leader responsible for the attack on America at Pearl harbor?
Hideki
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Who is credited with the line, "I shall return"?
General Douglas MacArthur
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America entered World War II in 1941 when Germany attacked U.S. ships in Hawaii.
False
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What was the term given to German prisons where non-Aryans and those not deemed fit to be Aryans, such as Gypsies, were executed?
Concentration Camps
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On what date did the attack on American ships and soldiers at Pearl Harbor occur?
December 7, 1941
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What does the term "Double V" stand for?
Victory at home and victory abroad
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Which laws were passed in Germany that outlawed interracial marriages that involved Jews?
Neuremberg
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What happened to American industry during World War II?
Production of military supplies increased dramatically.
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Which event of World War II took place near Australia and resulted in defeating the Japanese attempt to take New Guinea?
Battle of the Coral Sea
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Sought to create a completely communist government in the Soviet Union
Josef Stalin
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Why did Franklin Roosevelt publically support neutrality before the United States entered the war?
He knew that the American people did not want to get involved in the war.
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The term used to define the systematic elimination of people due to their race is known by which of the following names?
Genocide
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The acts passed by Congress that forbid aiding aggressive countries were known as which of the following?
Neutrality Acts
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Which victory in the Pacific gave the U.S. forces a strategic location from which to begin moving one island at a time closer to Japan?
Guadalcanal
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During which Pacific ocean battle of World War II did the U.S. Navy have its first real advantage over the Japanese due to the U.S. having cracked the Japanese's codes?
Battle of the Coral Sea
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Hitler was the chief architect of fascism.
False
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Followed the Hitler's lead in his adoption of anti-Semitic views
Benito Mussolini
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Rose to power under Vladimir Lenin
Josef Stalin
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Which country was not part of the Allied Powers during World War II?
Germany
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Wasn’t a part of the Tripartite Pact
Josef Stalin
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Genocide is the systematic movement of one race of people from one country to another.
False
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Why did several European countries feel it necessary to agree to Hitler's demand to free the people of Sudetenland?
They had been devastated by World War I and prefered to appease rather than fight Hitler, believing it would forever satisfy his imperialist desires.
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Which country was not affected in any way by the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact?
England
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On what date did the attack on American ships and soldiers at Pearl Harbor occur?
December 7, 1941
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Under whose leadership did Hitler's plans for Europe's domination suffer its first defeat?
Churchill
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What was the outcome of Executive Order 9066 signed by Franklin Roosevelt?
Japanese Americans were relocated to internment camps.
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After the invasion of Poland in 1939, Great Britain and France declared war on Germany. Why didn't the United States also enter the war at this time?
American public opinion was firmly against joining the war.
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When General Tojo Hideki came to power in Japan, he warned America to remain neutral in the war.
False
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After being attacked by Germany, Poland signed the Nazi-Allies Non-Aggression Pact.
False
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Is sent by the German government to investigate the German Workers’ Party
Adolf Hitler
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General Douglas MacArthur was in charge of the American and Fillipino forces in the Phillipines when the Japanese attacked.
True
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Hitler's persecution of Jews began in 1938 on a night that has been come to be known as Kristallnacht because of the amount of broken glass.
True
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Why were Navajo Indians used as radio operators for the Marines during World War II?
Their language couldn't be deciphered by the enemy.
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What term describes moving from one island to another by capturing them one at a time, moving closer to Japan with each success?
Island hopping
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Why did the Allied Powers choose to help rebuild Japan after the World War II?
To implement democracy in the country
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Believing that economic depression was at least one catalyst to the outbreak of World War II, what program did the U.S. institute to prevent further war resulting from economic woes?
Marshall Plan
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Which one of the following was the result of the Yalta Conference?
United Nations
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Which country served as the United States’ biggest opposition during the Cold War?
Russia
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The Cold War was a time in when communist nations and capitalist democracies mistrusted each other but avoided direct military confrontations.
True
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Which two countries did the U.S. support to prevent them from becoming communist countries as Stalin had wanted?
. Turkey and Greece
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Of the following, which is not one of the reasons the U.S. and Allies wanted to rebuild the Axis countries?
Communist rule
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Which policy was put forth by a U.S. president when Greece and Turkey were fighting communist uprisings in their countries and needed U.S. aid to defeat it?
Truman Doctrine
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What became the dividing line between North and South Korea even after advances and retreats by both forces?
The 38th parallel
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The Cold War was solely a *BLANK* war.
psychological
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What was not one of the reasons that Stalin held a grudge against the U.S. after World War II?
He considered the United State's association with Great Britain to be a potential future threat to the security of his country.
Question Number 14
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"What we have to consider here today while time remains, is the permanent prevention of war," is part of what speech given by Churchill?
The Iron Curtain speech
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How much did the U.S. loan to Greece and Turkey to fight communism as part of the U.S. policy's desire to aid countries trying to fight communism?
$400,000,000
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After World War II, Korea was split at the 38th parallel.
True
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Who was accused of passing atomic bomb secrets to the Soviets during World War II and later convicted and executed for spying?
The Rosenbergs
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South Korea was ruled by a communist dictator after the country was split into North Korea and South Korea.
False
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Which one of the following was not one of the reasons for the reoccurrence of the Red Scare?
The blacklisting initiated by the Soviet Union
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What was the difference in beliefs between Truman and MacArthur when it came to the Korean War?
MacArthur wanted total warfare against the North Koreans, even to the point of using nuclear weapons if possible, but Truman wanted to limit warfare.
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What is the term given to the fear of communism that took hold of the U.S. after World War II?
Red Scare
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What is the current status of the Korean War?
An official cease fire was declared so there was no real winner.
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Who was responsible for stopping the conflict in Korea?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Which of the following terms best describes the outcome of the Korean war?
Stalemate
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The Rosenbergs were U.S. leaders in the fight against communism at home.
False
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What was North Korea's stated reason for starting the Korean war?
They wanted to join the two halves together again to return to being one country.
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Under whose administration did the first red scare occur?
Woodrow Wilson
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The Soviet Scare was the term applied to a fear of anything communist.
False
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What was the purpose of the House on Un-American Activities Committee?
To root out communists in American society
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During which event were Nazi officers tried and convicted by war crimes?
Nuremberg Trials
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What was revealed during the trials of Nazi war criminals that eventually aided Israel?
Atrocities of the holocaust
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What was the United State's reason for getting involved in the Korean War?
To counter what they believed was the Soviet Unions' influence on and attempt to spread communism throughout Korea
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What became the dividing line between North and South Korea even after advances and retreats by both forces?
The 38th parallel
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Why was the Berlin Airlift necessary?
Because the Soviet Union's blockade was preventing food and supplies from reaching the city.
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Which leader in China did the U.S. support before and after it fell to communist forces?
Chang Kai-Shek
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The Security Council was a branch of the League of Nations developed to prevent the United Nations from succeeding.
False
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What was the Soviet Union's response to the creation of NATO?
Forming of the Warsaw Pact
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North Korea had South Korea's support in its efforts to reunite the two into a single country.
False
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Who was most responsible for ruining many U.S. government officials by labeling them as communists as a result of the company they kept?
Senator Joseph McCarthy
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Which leader was responsible for the U.S.'s refusal to recognize the People's Republic of China
Mao Tse-tung
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Why was the launching of the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth not a pleasant event for Americans?
They feared that a nuclear bomb could be sent to the U.S. via a rocket, the same thing which put the satellite into orbit.
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What was the name of the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth?
Sputnik
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What type of government did the United States want Poland and Germany adopt?
Democracy
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The Marshall Plan was the U.S.'s way of fighting communism by providing funds to those countries working towards or supporting communism.
False
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What type of government did Josef Stalin want Poland and Germany adopt?
Communism
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The Truman Doctrine was implemented as a way to help prevent the economic depression that led to World War II.
False
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What does the abbreviation "NATO" stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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What was the result of the U.S., Britain, and France once again uniting the zones that they'd previously occupied and returning them to the people of that area?
Federal Republic of Germany
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Which of the following cannot be attributed to the Republican Senator from Wisconsin who claimed that hundreds of communists were active participants in the U.S. government?
House on Un-American Activities Committee
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Which of the following did not contribute to the birth of the fear of communism in the U.S. after World War II?
The Un-American Activities Committee activation
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What role did Joseph McCarthy play in the Red Scare?
He brought it to the forefront by accusing many politicians of being communists and homosexuals, adding to the nation's fear.
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Redlisting was the practice of denying work to actors, writers, and directors who may have been communists.
False
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Who was the defense attorney in the Scopes Trial who conducted what later came to be known as one of the most famous cross-examinations in history?
Clarence Darrow
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How does the stock market affect businesses?
Businesses can sell stock to increase their funding, allowing for growth and expansion.
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Which laws were passed in Germany that outlawed interracial marriages that involved Jews?
Neuremberg
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Which one of the following best describes the Cold War?
A psychological rather than physical battle
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Why were the events at Dunkirk in May and June of 1940 called miraculous?
The English were able to evacuate their troops who were trapped.
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What term describes Britain, France, Russia, and other countries that joined them during World War I?
Allied Powers
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Which of the following helped pull the U.S. out of the Great Depression by increasing production, employment, and sales?
Start of World War II
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The scandal over government oil reserves and revenue from secret leases fell under which one of these leader's watches?
Warren G. Harding
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Which of the following is said to measure the pulse of the economy?
Stock market
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Why did Hitler refer to Queen Elizabeth I as "the most dangerous woman in Europe"?
Her courage and determination was a morale boost for the English people.
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What was the difference in beliefs between Truman and MacArthur when it came to the Korean War?
MacArthur wanted total warfare against the North Koreans, even to the point of using nuclear weapons if possible, but Truman wanted to limit warfare.
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Which of the following events triggered the start of World War I?
Assassination of Ferdinand
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How did the everyday person’s life change as a result of the depression?
People lost money when banks closed; they couldn’t find jobs and many resorted to eating out of garbage cans.
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Why were Navajo Indians used as radio operators for the Marines during World War II?
Their language couldn't be deciphered by the enemy.
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When the United States became involved in World War I, on what country did they declare war?
Germany
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In which type of government does a single dictator maintain supreme power?
Totalitarian
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What is one way in which other countries contributed to the Great Depression in the U.S.?
European countries were still recovering from WWI and were unable to help.
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What military strategy did Hitler follow in order to ensure he could safely invade other countries?
He entered a non-agression treaty with some countries that let each of them invade other countries.
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On what date did the attack on American ships and soldiers at Pearl Harbor occur?
December 7, 1941
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"What we have to consider here today while time remains, is the permanent prevention of war," is part of what speech given by Churchill?
The Iron Curtain speech
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What was President Wilson's reason for his plan to rebuild Europe without destroying its countries?
To prevent future wars from happening as the result of continued disputes
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The acts passed by Congress that forbid aiding aggressive countries were known as which of the following?
Neutrality Acts
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Which of the following countries was a part of the Central Powers during World War I?
Austria-Hungary
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Which type of warfare led to a stalemate during World War I?
Trench warfare
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What is another name for a secret club that served alcohol during prohibition?
Speakeasy
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Which company owner's industry flourished during the Roaring Twenties as a result of his own innovation in production and modernization?
Henry Ford
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When it comes to casualties, what is significant about the U.S. versus all other primary countries involved in World War II?
The U.S. suffered no civilian casualties.
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What was NOT one of the reasons Stalin held a grudge against the U.S. after World War II?
He considered the United States' association with Great Britain to be a potential future threat to the security of his country.
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Which one of these presidents ran on a return-to-normalcy policy?
Warren G. Harding
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Which of the following did not contribute to the birth of the fear of communism in the U.S. after World War II?
The Un-American Activities Committee activation
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Which African- American is credited with starting the organization known as the Universal Negro Improvement Association?
Marcus Garvey
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Eugene Williams was a victim whose death helped to spur which one of the following during the summer of 1919?
Chicago Race Riot
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Which area did Hitler ask for Great Britain's help in invading?
Sudentenland
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Businesses sell shares of ownership in their company by issuing which of the following?
Stock
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Which of the following resulted in Russia pulling out of World War I?
The Bolshevik Revolution
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What was the main idea of Americanization?
To help foreigners assimilate into the U.S. mainstream or culture
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The goal of one of Roosevelt's programs was to provide unemployment insurance to workers. Which program was this?
Social Security Act
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Why did Wilson feel it necessary to convince other countries to accept his plan?
Other countries preferred to punish the Central Powers for their part in World War I.
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Who was selected as John F. Kennedy's running mate in the presidential election of 1960?
Lyndon B. Johnson
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The New Frontier Policy was established by Robert F. Kennedy.
False
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Which of the following was NOT instituted to deal with health issues of the underprivileged?
HUD
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Of the following, which one is not associated with the election of 1960?
Barry S. Goldwater
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HUD was created to address which issues?
Targeted housing issues
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Which of the following presidential candidates in the election of 1960 had served as vice president under Eisenhower?
Richard M. Nixon
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Which of the following best describes the result of the committee Johnson appointed to investigate Kennedy's assassination?
The commission determined that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone
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Which two programs were successfully implemented during Kennedy's presidency?
Housing Act and Peace Corp
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The Alliance for Progress was part of Kennedy's New Frontier Policy.
False
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Which of President Kennedy's programs was implemented to aid developing countries?
Peace Corps
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Seniors today receive assistance with paying medical bills as the result of which one of Johnson's programs?
Medicare
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Jack Ruby was accussed of assasinating John F. Kennedy.
False
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Kennedy created an organization that provided $10 billion in economic aid to Central and South America, pulling them out of economic depression.
False
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Richard M. Nixon served as Attorney General and was responsible for raising minimum wage during his term.
False
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One of Johnson's programs that since has been the debate of many politicians was designed to assist the payment of medical expenses for people over age 65.
True
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Johnson's platform established to assist the poor in America was known as the Great Social Program.
False
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When Kruschev ordered the building of the Berlin wall, what was Kennedy's first reaction?
To send troops to West Berlin
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Medicaid was created by Johnson to teach job skills to the underprivileged.
False
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What was the result of the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty?
It stopped the testing of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere.
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Which one of the following was not a result of the crisis over missiles that occurred in Cuba in 1962?
Soviet Union's promise not to invade Turkey
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The result of the commission charged with investigating JFK's assassination was that the assassin acted alone; according to the commision, there was no conspiracy.
True
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What was Kennedy's biggest concern about the Soviet Union's missile movement in Cuba in 1962?
The proximity (closeness) of those missiles to the U.S.
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Medical insurance for the poor is part of which Johnson program?
Medicaid
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Which of the following was NOT an event associated with the assassination of John F. Kennedy?
Alliance between southern Democrats and communists to assassinate Kennedy
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Ich bin eine Berliner means "Reunite Berlin!"
False
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What action in Birmingham, Alabama, led Dr. King to write his best known work?
Dr. King's arrest and subsequent eight month stint in jail
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What organization did Dr. King head up that let him put into practice his belief in nonviolent action as an effective way to deal with the white establishment?
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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Business owners across the South established the White Citizens Council to support equal opportunity for African American businessmen.
False
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In Montgomery, Alabama, Dr. King had to fight the SCLC, led by Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, to succeed at desegregation.
False
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Who was responsible for striking down desegregation of public schools?
Earl Warren
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What approach did the Freedom Riders take in order to aid desegregation in the south?
They recruited students to ride across the country with them to bring attention to discrimination in the South.
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Who was responsible for forcing President Eisenhower to protect African American students attending an otherwise all white school?
Orval Faubus
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Which individual worked with Dr. King to desegregate the downtown businesses of Birmingham, Alabama?
Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth
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Martin Luther King delivered his famous I Have a Dream speech on the steps of the Washington Memorial in 1962.
False
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Which segregationist in Birmingham, Alabama, planned to prevent desegregation no matter what had to be done?
Eugene Connor
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The writing and release of the Letter From Birmingham Jail was responsible for the death of the desegregation movement in Birmingham, Alabama.
False
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The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee almost ended the student movement because of its inability to focus and instruct students on how to cope with the violence and harassment.
False
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Success in the South spurred African American leaders to conduct a March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
True
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Success in the South spurred African American leaders to conduct a March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
True
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Laws in the South that were detrimental to African Americans were referred to by what description?
Separate but equal laws
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Although President Kennedy never passed any civil rights laws, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy protected Freedom Riders by sending in U.S. Marshals.
True
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President Lyndon B. Johnson wanted to finish what Kennedy had started, so he took a hands-on approach to passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
True
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3,600 students were arrested during the student movement. What was the ultimate result of their actions?
Many Southern businesses chose to integrate as a result of what the students did.
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In what state did the Freedom Riders suffer the most violence?
Alabama
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Why did the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom take place?
Civil rights leaders thought it was the best way to show their discontent for the lack of government action towards civil rights for African Americans.
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Which governor stood in the doors of the University of Alabama to prevent African Americans students from entering?
Wallace
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made discrimination illegal in hotels as well as other public business places.
True
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The Brown v. Board of Education case established to eliminate racial discrimination in elementary and secondary schools.
True
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Where is Saigon located?
South Vietnam
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Immediately upon his inauguration, President Nixon pulled all American troops out of Vietnam and put the war behind him.
False
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Upon captureing Hanoi, Vietnam was declared an independent country.
True
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Hue was the capital of which of the following?
South Vietnam
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President Johnson didn't run for reelection; who became President in 1969?
President Nixon
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As the spread of communism picked up in the late 1940s, how did the U.S.'s national security advisors react?
Wrote a memo asking President Truman to build up U.S. military force
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Which three countries did France combine to create French Indochina?
Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam
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Which of the following was established in an effort to build up U.S. military forces?
NSC-68
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Minimizing the influence of a particular source through separation is called containment.
True
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Which of the following similes did President Eisenhower use to describe the spread of communism?
Like dominoes knock themselves over, countries are falling one after another to communism.
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What was antiwar culture called?
Counterculture
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According to the War Powers Act, the President of the United States can go to war for how many days without the approval of Congress?
60 to 90 days
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China forced the unwilling Vietnam to divide into two parts: North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
False
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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed unanimously by Congress.
False
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The United States didn't find the Command Office of South Vietnam (COSVN) until after the war.
False
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The name of the newly independent Vietnam was the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, or the DRV.
True
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In July of 1976, the two Vietnamese countries were officially united as what?
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
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It has not been proven that the Command Office of South Vietnam (COSVN) ever actually existed.
True
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Who moved the capital of Vietnam to Saigon?
France
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Hundreds of thousands of American soldiers were sent into Vietnam during the war. What did President Johnson call this?
Americanization
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The May 1970 demonstrations at Kent State resulted in four student deaths.
True
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The American public strongly supported President Johnson in the country's involvement in Vietnam.
False
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Which of the following is an example of a cease-fire?
To end all military actions against your opponent
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On this Vietnamese holiday, the Viet Cong attacked 27 U.S. and South Vietnamese bases at once.
Tet, Vietnamese New Year
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Ronald Reagan ordered the bombing of which country in an effort to yield international terrorism?
Libya
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While in office, President Nixon established a broad environmental program.
True
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Nixon's gradual withdrawal of American troops out of Vietnam took how long?
4 years
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Why did Irani student militants take Americans hostage in 1979?
America supported the ailing Shah of Iran and didn't support the new Iranian government.
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To what did "the Reagan magic" refer?
Reagan's sense of humor and charm
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Nixon sought to improve America's relationships with the Soviet Union and China but failed miserably.
False
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Who won the presidential election of 1992?
Bill Clinton
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President George H.W. Bush compared Saddam Hussein with what totalitarian leader?
Hitler
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To whom can the following quote be credited? But it is not the ultimate fate of Richard Nixon that most concerns me, though surely it deeply troubles every decent and every compassionate person. My concern is the immediate future of this great country.
Gerald Ford
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Which American president made a pledge to put a man on the moon within a decade?
Kennedy
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President Ford quickly replaced most of Nixon's staff with his own people.
True
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Despite his own vibrant personality, President Reagan was unable to restore self-confidence in the American public after the Iran Hostage Crisis.
False
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Nixon had a true interest in international affairs.
True
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Ford was suspected of having made a "deal" with the former president to pardon him if he would resign, but those allegations were never proven.
True
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What was at the center of the Iran-Contra scandal?
Arms for hostages
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Vice President Spiro T. Agnew resigned as a result of the Watergate Scandal.
False
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Despite pressure from Congress to do so, President Carter refused to relinquish control of the Panama Canal.
False
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President Carter was fairly unsuccessful in negotiating with Congress.
True
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Who replaced Vice President Spiro T. Agnew when he resigned?
Gerald Ford
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Which of the following phrases best desribes Reagan's foreign policy?
Peace through strength
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Who was held responsible for the break-ins at the Democratic National Committee offices in 1972?
Committee to Re-Elect the President
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Which President was involved in the Iran-Contra scandal?
Reagan
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Who defeated President Ford in the 1976 presidential elections?
Carter
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Nixon reorganized the White House in order to give himself more time dealing in domestic affairs.
False
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In the 1991 Gulf War, what happened after Kuwait was liberated?
American troops ceased operations, allowing Hussein to stay in power.
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The Senate convicted Clinton of "high crimes and misdemeanors."
False
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Countries from what area joined NATO along with Canada and the United States?
Europe
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What attracts immigrants to large cities?
Familiar foods and customs
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Under what President did Condoleezza Rice serve as Secretary of State?
George W. Bush
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Who ran on the Democratic ticket during the 2000 presidential election?
Al Gore
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The 9/11 terrorist attacks strengthened the U.S. economy
False
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Who won the popular vote during the 2000 presidential election?
Al Gore
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What word best describes the role of economic policy in the 1990s?
Globalization
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Who could vote in ancient Greece?
Land-owning male citizens
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Why was the role of NATO questioned during the 1990s?
It seemed unecessary after the fall of the Soviet Union.
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What industry emerged as the United States efficiently globalized?
Information technology
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Where were troops deployed on September 17, 2001?
Afghanistan
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What challenges did Bill Clinton have during his second term?
Scandal over personal involvement with an intern
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What organization did the World Trade Organization replace?
GATT
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Terrorists are people living outside the U.S. who target Americans for attacks.
False
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What was the purpose of Operation Iraqi Freedom?
To free Iraq from the rule of Saddam Hussein
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What type of group is al Qaeda?
Terrorist
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During the late 1990s, where did the second-largest group of immigrants come from?
Asia
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The Patriot Act helps law enforcement agencies fight terrorism.
True
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President Bill Clinton was impeached.
True
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What was NAFTA's purpose?
To increase trade with Canada and Mexico
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Who was blamed for the terrorist attacks on Septermer 11, 2001?
Al Qaeda
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Why did the U.N. Security Council inspect the weapons arsenal in Iraq?
Iraq may have had access to weapons of mass destruction.
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Where was Osama bin Laden suspected of hiding after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001?
Afghanistan