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Test 12 Flashcards

1
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This man believed Communism should be stopped before it could attack and enslave a country

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Ronald Regan

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2
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This President’s welfare program was called the New Frontier

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John F. Kennedy

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3
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This man strengthened the military alliance of NATO

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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4
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This man was President during Operation Desert Storm

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George H.W. Bush

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5
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This man was the only President to resign from office

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Richard M. Nixon

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This President convinced the Soviet Union leader Gorbachev to hear down the Berlin Wall and begin Perestroika

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Ronald Regan

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7
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President Johnson’s plan for social reform was called

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The Great Society

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8
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This was an attempt to return America to the traditional values of church, family, and free enterprise

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The Regan Revolution

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9
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This is the legislation that guarantees voting, housing, and job rights for ethnic minorities

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1964 Civil Rights Act

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10
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This I one of the decisions handed down by the liberal Supreme Court of the 1970s was Roe vs. Wade, which

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Legalized abortion

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11
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The capital of California is

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Sacramento

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12
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The capital of Arizona is

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Phoenix

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13
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The capital of Montana is

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Helena

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14
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The capital of Nebraska is

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Lincoln

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15
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The capital of Texas

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Austin

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16
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The capital of New York is

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Albany

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17
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The capital of Florida is

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Tallahassee

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18
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The capital of Idaho is

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Boise

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19
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The capital of Alaska is

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Juneau

20
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The capital of Utah is

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Salt Lake City

21
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The capital of Wisconsin is

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Madison

22
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The capital of Virginia is

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Richmond

23
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The capital of Hawaii is

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Honolulu

24
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The capital of Maine is

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Augusta

25
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The capital of New Jersey

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Trenton

26
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The capital of Kentucky is

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Frankfort

27
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The capital of Vermont is

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Montpelier

28
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The capital of Pennsylvania is

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Harrisburg

29
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The capital of Oregon

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Salem

30
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The capital of Illinois

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Springfield

31
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The system of producing and distributing goods is called

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Economy

32
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Two events that caused a slowdown in the space program

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  1. The explosion of the space shuttle Challenger

2. The explosion of the space shuttle Columbia

33
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This is an Islamic terrorist group that is responsible for th attack on September 11, 2001

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Al Qaeda

34
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These are the two countries where the U.S. military attacked terrorists int eh “War on Terror.”

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1 - Afghanistan

2- Iraq

35
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The first black Major League Baseball player

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Jackie Robinson

36
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The Supreme Court Justice who stressed the importance of moral character

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Clarence Thomas

37
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This is the first American to orbit the earth

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John Glenn

38
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This is the first man to walk on the moon

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Neil Armstrong

39
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The first black President of the United States

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Barack Obama

40
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This woman refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery,Alabama, an act which led to a change in segregation laws

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Rosa Parks

41
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This is the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court by Ronald Regan

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Sandra Day O’Connor

42
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This is the doctor who developed a vaccine for polio

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Jonas Salk

43
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This is one of the greatest opera singers of her time

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Marian Anderson

44
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This is the first American to Fly in space

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Alan Shepard

45
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This is the person who helped bring about a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel

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Jimmy Carter

46
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This is the first black minister active in civil rights movement

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Martin Luther King,jr.

47
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This man was President during the Cuban Missile Crisis

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JOhn F.Kennedy

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