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05/20/2009
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Whick of the following decimated the Indians of Virginia in the seventeenth century?
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warfare and disease
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The witchcraft hysteria in Salem:
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lasted nearly eight years
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Reforms of the colonial system under William and Mary included all of the following except:
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greatly lowering duties on most items imported
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Of the four major wars involving the European powers and their New World colonies, the climactic conflict between Britain and France was:
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the French and Indian War
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The British leader whose policies brought victory in the Seven Years' War was:
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William Pitt
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The decisive battle of the French and Indian War took place at:
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Quebec
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During the dispute over the Stamp Act, the Sons of Liberty became best known for:
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directing mob violence against British officials
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Which city did the British capture early in the Revolution and hold for the remainder of the war?
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New York
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Washington's army spent winter of 1777-1778 at:
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Valley Forge
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"Hessians" were:
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German mercenaries who fought for the British
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A major reason for the British shift to campaigns in the southern colonies late in the war was:
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the expectation of significant Tory help in the South
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The original purpose of the Constitutional Convention was to:
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revise the Articles of Confederation
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The so called Great Compromise at the Constitutinal Convention addressed the issue of:
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representation
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A key issue of disagreement between the northern and the southern states at the Constitutional Convention was:
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whether to count slaves in the population for determining representation in Congress
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As a result of Jay's Treaty:
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the British agreed to evacuate northwest posts by 1796
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The Alien Acts of 1798:
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were aimed especially at French and Irish Republicans
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The decisions of the Supreme Court in the early nineteenth century were generally:
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strongly in favor of national authority over the states
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The Eaton Affair resulted from:
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gossip concerning the wife of one of Jackson's cabinet memebers
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Jackson's veto of the Maysville Road Bill demonstrated his:
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belief that the federal government should not fund purely local projects
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The theory of nullification:
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is associated with the name of John C. Calhoun
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The factory system, in which all the manufacturing processes were brought under one roof:
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was developed by the Merrimack Manufacturing Company
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Early factory workers at Lowell were:
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mostly young women
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In the case of Commonwealth v. Hunt, the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that:
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forming a trade union was not illegal
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The most intense expression of romantic ideals was the transcendentalist movement of:
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Massachusetts
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Most of the institutions of higher education founded in the 1830s:
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were church supported
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The Oneida Community:
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had a complex marriage system, with every man married to every woman, and vice versa
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As president, John Tyler:
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vetoed a bill that would create a new national bank
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Why was President Polk's grand strategy concerning General Zachary Taylor's men in Mexico flawed?
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Polk wrongfully assumed that Taylor's men could live off the country and not depend on resupply
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Slave rebellions in the South:
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were sometimes betrayed before they started
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John C Calhoun believed that the Wilmot Proviso:
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violated property rights guranteed in the Fifth Amendment
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Popular sovereignty:
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would allow the people of each territory to decide the issue of slavery
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President Zachary Taylor wanted to admit California as a state immediately because he:
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wished to bypass the divisive issue of slavery in the territories
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Stephen A. Douglas was more successful than Clay in getting the Compromise of 1850 passed because:
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he split the issues into separate bills
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The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850:
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denied a jury trial for alleged fugitives
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The novel Uncle Tom's Cabin:
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was perhaps the most effective piece of antislavery literature
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The originator of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was:
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Stephen Douglas
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Charles Sumner:
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was attacked and beaten by Congressman Preston S. Brooks
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Dred Scott sued for his freedom because:
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he had lived in areas where slavery was forbidden
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On the issue of slavery, Abraham Lincoln:
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opposed its extension into the territories
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In his inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln emphasized:
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the "perpetual" nature of the Union
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To keep Maryland in the Union, Lincoln:
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suspended the writ of habeas corpus
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At the First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas):
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General Jackson earned his nickname of "Stonewall"
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Ulysses S. Grant:
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brought little political experience and judgment to the White House
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The lynching of blacks in the South:
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increased at about the same time that Jim Crow laws spread through the South
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Most workers on the Central Pacific Railroad crews were:
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Chinese
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The Knights of Labor declined for all the following reasons except:
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the death of Uriah S. Stephens, president of the union, in 1879
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The Pullman Strike ended:
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after mail cars were attached to Pullman cars
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The Industrial Workers of the World:
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had its origin in the mining and lumber camps of the West
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Urban political bosses:
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often were the biggest source of assistance for city dwellers
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Advocates of the social gospel:
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believed Christians should love their neighbors and address social problems
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Who was known as "His Fradulence"?
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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In the case of Munn v Illinois, the Supreme Court:
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upheld a law involving warehouse regulation
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Western imperialism in the late nineteeth century was stimulated by:
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All of the above are true
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The Teller Amendment:
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disclaimed any American designs on Cuban territory
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In the Spanish-American War:
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more American soldiers died from disease than from battle
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The muckrakers saw their primary objective as:
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exposing social problems to the public
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Progressives supported all of the following as measures to democratize government except the:
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poll tax
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The Ballinger-Pinchot controversy:
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contributed to the growing rift between Taft and Roosevelt
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Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom platform:
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proposed vigorous antitrust action to break up corporate concentration
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The Keating-Owen Act of 1916:
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is correctly represented by all the above statements
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When news of the European war first reached the United States:
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most high government officials were pro-British
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The most important of all the mobilization agencies was the:
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War Industries Board
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In the case of Schenck v United States, the Supreme Court:
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upheld the conviction of a man who had circulated pamphlets against the draft
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Al Capone:
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was the most celebrated criminal of the 1920s
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Part of the reason for the stock market crash was the:
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buying of great amounts of stock "on margin"
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The uneven distribution of wealth in America helped cause the Depression because:
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as production increased, demand declined
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Among the objectives of the Tennessee Valley Authority were all of the following except:
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the development of air transportation
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Which of the following statements about the Social Security Act is not true?
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it was based on a progressive tax that took a larger percentage of higher incomes
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The most significant legacy of the New Deal was:
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the rise of the "broker state", a government that mediated among various interest groups
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The Kellogg-Briand Pact:
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outlawed war among signatories as an instrument of national policy
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The National Socialist party was:
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led by Adolf Hitler
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The United States said that it would reopen trade with Japan only after that country:
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withdrew completely from China
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The destruction of Hitler's last reserve units at the Battle of the Bulge:
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left open the door to Germany's heartland from the west
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In response to a proposed march on Washington in 1941, President Roosevelt issued an executive order:
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prohibiting racial discrimination in defense work
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The Battle of Leyte Gulf:
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was the largest naval engagement in history
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The Yalta Conference:
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gave the Soviet Union control of eastern Germany
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The North Atlantic Treaty:
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was originally signed by twelve nations
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The person usually credited with formulating the policy of containment was:
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George F. Kennan
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The war in Korea:
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began in 1950, when North Korean forces invaded South Korea
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The author of Catcher in the Rye was:
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J.D. Salinger
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The youthful rebels known as the Beats:
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favored road trips, Buddhism, and jazz
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Elvis Presley's recordings:
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blended a variety of musical styles
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Eisenhower's "domestic conservatism" included all the following except:
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cutting support for the interstate highways
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to end the deadlock in the Korean peace talks, Eisenhower:
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hinted that the United States might use the atomic weapons
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Adlai Stevenson was:
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Eisenhower's opponent for president in both 1952 and 1956
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When Israeli forces invaded the Gaza Strip and Sinai peninsula in 1956, the United States:
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supported the Egyptians
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The U-2 Summit was a failure because:
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the Americans refused to repudiate U-2 flights
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Early in his presidency, all of the following could be considered Kennedy successes except:
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The Bay of Pigs invasion
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Victories for the women's movement in the 1970s included all the following except:
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ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment
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The student demonstrations at Kent State University that resulted in the deaths of four students were a response to:
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the "incursion" into Cambodia
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The economic malaise during the Nixon administration was caused by all the following except:
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a rapid contraction of the money supply
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Nixon's Watergate-related downfall came with the revelation that he had:
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ordered a cover-up of the original Watergate break-in
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President Carter's crowning failure was his:
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mismanagement of the economy
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The term "Teflon presidency" referred to the adminstration of:
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Ronald Reagan
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The Gulf War resulted from:
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Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait
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What made the recession during the presidency of George H. W. Bush so unusual was that its victims:
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included large numbers of white-collar workers
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Fourteen months after making the pledge of "No new taxes," President George H.W. Bush angered many:
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Republicans by promoting a tax increase bill
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In 1996, the Republican candidate for president was:
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Bob Dole
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In the mid 1990's, the Supreme Court:
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generally became more conservative
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The Bush Doctrine emphasized:
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preemptive military action against terrorists and terrorist regimes
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In 2005, Hurricane Katrina:
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destroyed much of New Orleans
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