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  1. How did the concept of black power differ from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s approach to civil rights?

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  2. What was the reasoning behind "massive retaliation“ and “brinkmanship” and how did Eisenhower use these concepts to help end the Korean War?

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  3. How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act contribute to tension between the North and the South?

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  4. How did the conservative policies of the Reagan and Bush administrations affect women and minority groups in the 1980s?

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  5. What were some reforms during the Progressive Era and what were their goals?

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  6. Which government branch increased its power as New Deal programs and federal agencies created?

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  7. What proposal was included in Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton's financial plans in the 1790s?

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  8. Which man was president at the end of the Reconstruction Period?

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  9. What was the significance of the Fisher-Miller Grant to German immigrants, and who was involved in the purchase of the land grant?

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  10. According to the Confederacy, how had the national government violated the contract among the states?

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  11. Which two major political leaders organized the opposition to the Federalists?

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  12. Why was the United States described as a "police officer" in Latin America under President Theodore Roosevelt?

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  13. What was proposed in the Zimmerman Telegram?

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  14. What action did the U.S. government take during World War II in response to suspicion of foreign immigrants?

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  15. According to How the other Half Lives, how did the living conditions in buildings to in the slums affect babies?

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  16. What caused the Dust Bowl?

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  17. What is the best single adjective to describe Confederate General Robert E Lee?

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  18. What were the "three Rs" of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's program to end the depression?

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  19. Why were U.S. and South Vietnamese troops unprepared for the Tet Offensive?

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  20. Who were some of the African American poets of the Harlem Renaissance?

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  21. What started the financial crisis of 2008?

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  22. During the Dust Bowl, farmers were forced to leave their homes. Where did they move to?

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  23. Why did American college enrollment rise early in the Vietnam War?

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  24. What was the first war where American women could serve? When was this war?

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  25. To what extent did the Great Depression impact the United States?

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  26. Which American president's image was used first on a circulation coin?

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  27. What two things did President Dwight D. Eisenhower do on October 8th, 1954?

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  28. What branch of government gave Jefferson trouble?

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  29. Why was the Montgomery bus boycott a tremendous victory for African Americans?

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  30. What does Dr. King want his children to be judged by?

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  31. What are some ways in which African Americans have been denied equal rights?

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  32. Which nations claimed the Oregon Country? How did John Quincy Adams help resolve the claims?

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  33. Why do you think South Carolina refused to ratify the 14th and 15th amendments?

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  34. What were key precedents established by George Washington during his presidency?

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  35. What was Tin Pan Alley, and how did it become important to the music industry?

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