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| the roots of intolerance that influenced the 1920s can best be seen in all of the following EXCEPT |
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| the conviction and execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg for passing on atomic secrets to the Soviets |
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| in the 1920s the reborn Ku Klux Klan |
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| turned its wrath on Catholics, Jews, immigrants, and blacks |
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| is synonymous with the Roosevelt administration's deficit spending to stimulate the economy |
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| which of the following was NOT part of the coalition that comprised the Populists in teh late 19th century? |
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| grain-elevator operations |
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| which of the following was NOT a problem that faced the US immediately after the end of WWII |
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| rebuilding sections of the nation that had been destroyed by the war |
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| Richard Nixon's vice president, Spiro Agnew, was forced to resign his office because |
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| as governor of Maryland he had received payoffs from businessmen, which he did not report to the IRS |
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| in the mid-19th century, strong opposition arose in the US to immigrants who came from |
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| which of the following is consistent wtih President Lincoln's attitudes about slavery |
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| he sought to contain the spread of slavery, not abolish it |
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| the emancipation proclamation |
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| abolished slavery in those states that were in open rebellion against the US government |
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| which of the following statements about the flow chart above, which shows the evolution of the major parties, is INCORRECT |
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| the democrats evolved from the whigs |
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| general douglas macarthur was dismissed as commander of UN forces fighting in the korean war because |
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| he publicly criticized president truman's handling of the war |
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| was passed by a republican congress over president truman's veto |
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| which of th efolloiwng is NOT associated wth radical republican reconstruction |
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| which of the following initially supported the new deal but later became a harsh critic of roosevelt an dthe new deal |
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| this labor union was formed right after the end of the civil war and was the first major union to organize workers regardless of their race, gender, or skill level |
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| all of the following acts were passed in order to promote britain's mercantilist policy EXCEPT |
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| the treaty of trodesillas |
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| was the papacy's plan to prevent conflict between portugal and spain as a result of their competition to acquire colonies |
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| the populist party platform included all of th efollowing EXCEPT |
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| a gold- and silver-based currency |
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| which of the following is associated with the post-WWII civil rights movement |
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| brown v. board of education of topeka, kansas |
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| which of the following is associated with the transcendentalist movement |
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| which of the following did NOT occur during the Cold War |
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| this supreme court case upheld a state law limiting maximum working hours for women |
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| the impressments of american sailors was an important cause of |
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| all of the following are groups of contemporaries EXCEPT |
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| thomas jefferson, henry clay, william mckinley |
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| the gag resolution was adopted by the US senate in order to |
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| prevent senators from discussing abolitionist proposals |
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| the first southern state to be readmitted into the union during reconstruction was |
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| as a result of the spanish-american war, which of the following was ceded to the US |
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| which of the following is NOT associated with the presidency of jimmy carter |
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| believed that blacks should forgo political equality until they achieved economic success |
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| was the first major reform of th nation's banking system since the civil war |
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| was the first woman to run for vice president |
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| which of the following statemetns best articulates president andrew jackson's policy towards native americans |
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| jackson favored a policy whereby native americans would be forced to migrate west |
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| which of the following best articulates the meaning of the monroe doctrine |
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| it warned the european powers not to attempt recolonization in the western hemisphere |
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| marcus garvey's universal negro improvement association |
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| found considerable support among blacks in northern urban areas |
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| in order to ensure that his reform programs would not be ruled unconstitutional by the conservative majority on the supreme court, this president attempted to increase the number of supreme court justices from nine to fifteen |
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| in the 19th centruy the federal government helped to settle the great plains with the passage of this act |
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| in 1911 a horrific fire that killed over 140 workers, many young women, an dled to reforms that addressed lax building codes occurred at the factory of which company |
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| triangle shirtwaist company |
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| which of the following statements best describes the US government's policy in the spanish civil war |
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| the US maintained a policy of neutrality |
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| thsi president sent a naval force to fight against the barbary pirates |
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| "article III: th egovernment of cuba consents that the US may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of cuban independence..." this is an excerpt from |
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| which one of th efollowing did president andrew jackson veto because he maintained it was unconstitutional |
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| which fo the following is NOT associated with the war in vietnam |
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| the albany congress of 1754 was an assembly of seven colonies that sought to improve relations with which native american tribe |
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| were members of a southern faction of th edemocratic party who opposed their party's 1948 platform on civil rights |
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| which of the following best characterizes the south in the antebellum period |
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| the south was opposed to a high protective tariff |
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| put the following in the correct order: 1 mexican cession 2 louisiana purchas 3 adams-onis treaty 4 gadsden purchas |
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| strengthened the interstate commerce act of 1887 |
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| critics referred to this as seward's folly |
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| the purchas of alaska fromt he russians in 1867 |
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| in which of the following nations did the US NOT intervene in the early 20th centry |
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| the essex decision, th leopard-chesapeake incident, and the berlin decree are all associated with events that led to |
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| which of the following statemetns about the table above is INCORRECT |
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| the largest number of slaveowners owned between five and nine slaves |
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| in the election of 1884 the republican party was divided into conservative and reform-minded factions known as |
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| "muchrakers" weas a derisive term used by theodore roosevelt to describe |
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| journalists whom he claimed were sensationalizing their stories of corrupt business practices |
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| in his farewell address washinton recommended that |
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| the united states should maintain a policy of neutrality with othe rnations |
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| which of the following played a major role in the first great awakening |
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| this event took place in 1794 when pennsylvania farmers refused to pay an excise tax |
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| the first united states secretary of war (now defense) was |
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| which of the following would an advocate of states' rights NOT use to support his view |
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| the compact theory of government |
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| one of the most famous perspectives in the study of US history is frederick jackson turner's frontier thesis, in which he claims that |
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| the western frontier stimulated the growth of democracy |
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| which of th efollowing was NOT a border state in the antebellum period and the civil war era |
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| "from stettin in the baltic to trieste in the adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the continent." what did british prime minister winston churchill mean when he uttered these words in a apeech in 1946 |
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| europe was divided between two hostile camps, the communis and non-communist nations |
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| which statement accurately reflects the information regarding the occupational distribution of working women from 1900 to 1998 in the table above |
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| the percentage of farm workers has steadily declined from 1900 to 1998 |
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| this early-20th-century leader for educational reform espoused a "learn by doing' approach to education. he was also greatly influenced by a theory of educational knowledge known as pragmatism |
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| upton sinclair's the jungle convinced congress to |
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| pass the pure food and drug act |
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| a major riot occurred in new york city in july 1863. one of the causes of the riot was |
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| strong opposition to the military draft |
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| an example of government corruption in the post-reconstructions era is |
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| the constitutional convention's great compromise of 1787 addressed |
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| how states would be represented in congress |
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| the republican party in the antebellum period comprised all of the following except |
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| southern planter-slaveholders |
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| was the republican party's first presidential candidate |
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| which of the following is the name for president harry truman's reform program |
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| which of the following actions did president eisenhower take during his two terms as president |
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| he sent troops to integrate little rock, arkansas' central high school in 1957 |
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| which of the following made a significant contribution to assembly-line mass production |
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| the keating-owen act of 1916 |
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| barred from interstate commerce products made by child labor under the age of fourteen |
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| at the end of the american revolution (1783) the US border extended to |
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| native americans received their citizenship rights as a result of |
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| an act of congress in 1924 |
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| which of the following groups of political leaders was opposed to US entry into WWI |
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| jeanette rankin, robert la follette, george norris |
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| in 1947 president truman responded to the request from two nations for military assistance to fight communist groups attempting to overthrow |
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| which of the following is NOT associated with a slave rebellion |
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| W.E.B. du bois was instrumental in helping to establish the |
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| contress of racial equality |
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