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Unit #21-#25 Exam Flashcards

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1
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Who were the candidates for President and Vice President in 1920?

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Republicans: Warren Harding (President) and Calvin Coolidge (Vice)

Democrats: James Cox (President) and Franklin Roosevelt (Vice)

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The Democratic candidate for President in 1928 was controversial because he was:

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A Catholic

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The reparations and war debt payments that Germany had been required to pay were eventually:

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cancelled

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The McNaity-Haugen Bill proposed a farm pricing system based on:

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parity

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The “noble experiment” was what Herbert Hoover called:

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Prohibition

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During the 1920s, immigration into the United States:

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was severely restricted

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The number of radios and cars in use during the 1920s did what?

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Increased dramatically

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8
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The NAACP was founded in 1910 to:

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help blacks

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The rebirth of what group during the 1920s troubled blacks, Jews, Catholics, and other minorities?

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The Ku Klux Klan

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10
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The Kellogg-Briand Treaty was what?

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A pledge to abstain from war

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11
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At the worst point of the Depression, how many of the nation’s workers were unemployed?

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About one-fourth

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12
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What was the overall name for FDR’s program?

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New Deal

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13
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What did the Civilian Conservation Corps do?

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Cleared forest land and helped build state parks

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14
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Roosevelt took the United States monetary system off what?

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The gold standard

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What new experiment unified planning for an entire region?

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TVA

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16
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What provided unemployment and retirement benefits?

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Social Security

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17
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Who was the boss of Louisiana politics, known as the Kingfish?

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Huey Long

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18
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Many people who lived in the Dust Bowl moved where?

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California

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Who was the humorist that was a star of stage and screen in the early 1930s?

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Will Rogers

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The Roosevelt Administration pursued a policy of being a partner and good neighbor with the countries of…

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Latin America

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What act created the statues of most favored nation for countries conducting trade with the U.S.?

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The Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act

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22
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When did World War II started?

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September 1, 1939 with Germany’s invasion of Poland

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Allied invasion of northern France at Normandy

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D-Day

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24
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Invaded by the Allies soon after victory in North Africa

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Italy

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25
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Document of principles by Churchill and Roosevelt

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Atlantic Charter

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26
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U.S. offer to help nations resisting Axis aggression

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Lend-Lease

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27
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Attacked by Japanese on December 7, 1941

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Pearl Harbor

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28
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German air attack on Britain, RAF defense

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Battle of Britain

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29
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MacArthur said “I shall return” when leaving:

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Philippines

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30
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First meeting of Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin

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Tehran, Iran

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31
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French coastal city where the English evacuated troops

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Dunkirk

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Line of French defensive forts along border with Germany

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Maginot Line

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V-E Day

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May 8, 1945, end of the war in Europe

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34
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Where Japanese-Americans were interned during the war

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Relocation camps

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35
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German breakthrough in Belgium, December 1944

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Battle of the Bulge

36
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Largest naval battle of World War II

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Leyte Gulf

37
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Island near Japan taken at cost of 7,000 American lives

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Iwo Jima

38
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Horrors discovered when Allies invaded Germany

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Concentration camps

39
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Naval battles that stopped Japanese advance in Pacific

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Coral Sea, Midway Island

40
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February 1945 meeting of Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin

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Yalta

41
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American project to develop an atomic bomb

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Manhattan Project

42
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Target of first atomic bomb

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Hiroshima

43
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The most powerful body in the United Nations in the:

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Security Council

44
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The mutual defense organization of the U.S. and European countries is called:

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NATO

45
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The Marshall Plan:

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helped European nations rebuild after World War II

46
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The Communist attempt to cut off supplies to West Berlin was defeated by:

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The Berlin Airlift

47
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After World War II, Communists sought to expand their power in:

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Eastern Europe, Turkey, and Greece

48
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The Korean War began when:

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North Korea invaded South Korea

49
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The conflict between Truman and MarArthur over policy in Korea was resolved when:

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Truman fired MacArthur

50
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The atmosphere that Joseph McCarthy’s accusations and hearings created was one of:

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fear and suspicion

51
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Alger Hiss was accused of being a Communist by:

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Whittaker Chambers

52
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The Hollywood Ten were

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Hollywood notables who appeared before a Congressional committee

53
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The GI Bill:

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gave benefits to veterans

54
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The generation born in the years following World War II is called:

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Baby Boomers

55
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The first black player in Major League Baseball was:

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Jackie Robinson

56
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Truman furthered civil rights for black by:

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ordering the desegregation of the military

57
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During the 1948 campaign, Truman called the Republican-led Congress:

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the Do-Nothing Congress

58
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Inter-continental ballistic missile

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ICBM

59
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Democratic presidential nominee in 1952 and 1956

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Adlai Stevenson

60
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Focus of 1957 and 1960 Federal civil rights laws

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Voting rights

61
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Upheld “separate but equal” practice

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Plessy v. Ferguson

62
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Russian satellite launched October 4, 1957

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Sputnik

63
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Attempted to break away from Soviet control

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Hungary

64
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Candidate for GOP presidential nomination in 1952 but lost out to Eisenhower

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Robert Taft

65
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Said separate was inherently unequal

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Brown v. Board of Education

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Scene of 1956 conflict over the Suez Canal

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Egypt

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Labor organizations that merged in 1955

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AFL and CIO

68
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Took over space program from the military

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NASA

69
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Got increased Federal funding after Sputnik

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Public education

70
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Dramatic school integration crisis in 1957

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Little Rock

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Her actions began Montgomery Bus Boycott

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Rosa Parks

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Investigated organized crime

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Kefauver Committee

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When U.S.S.R shot down U.S. spy plane

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U-2 incident

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Became Communist leader of Cuba in 1959

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Fidel Castro

75
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Leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin

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Nikita Khrushchev

76
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Transportation project begun by Eisenhower

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Interstate Highway system

77
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Declared Communist government in North Vietnam in 1945

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Ho Chi Minh

78
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What did President Hoover blame the Depression on?

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International economic conditions

79
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What state was Franklin Roosevelt the governor of before being elected President?

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New York

80
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The Dust Bowl was the area of:

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Western Kansas and Oklahoma

81
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Membership in conservative church did what during the 1930s?

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Increased

82
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Two popular forms of entertainment in the 1930s were:

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Movies and radio programs

83
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What significant diplomatic recognition was extended by the Roosevelt Administration in 1933?

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The U.S. gave official recognition to the Communist government of the Soviet Union

84
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British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain pursued a policy of what?

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Reaching an agreement with Hitler; an agreement to appease Hitler

85
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Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin were dictators who came to power:

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Before World War II

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