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Who helped pioneer the efforts to use electricity in cities with Thomas Edison?

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George Westinghouse

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Who invented the telegraph?

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Samuel Morse

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What was the significance of the Bessemer Process?

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It led the building of skyscrapers

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In what state did the Wright Brothers conduct the first flight?

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North Carolina

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Who invented the telephone?

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Alexander Graham Bell

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Which option below correctly defines imperalism?

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When a large nation controls another region

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After the Spanish American war, the USA controlled all of the following areas EXCEPT:
Philippines, Guam, Venezuela, Puerto Rico

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Venezuela

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Who expanded Germany to become a naval power?

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Wilhelm II

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All of the following were causes of World War I EXCEPT:

Nationalism, Communism, Imperalism, Militarism

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Communism

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All of the following nations were in the Triple Entente EXCEPT:
Britain, France, Germany, Russia

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Germany

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What invention helped Germany to stop a British blockade against their country?

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The U Boat

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What was the final action taken by Germany that encouraged Woodrow Wilson to finally ask Congress to enter the war on the side of the Allies?

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The issuing of the Zimmerman Note: Britain

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_______ contributed greatly to the efforts of the USA to produce propaganda during WWI?

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George Creel

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What was the Great Migration?

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A large group of African Americans who left the South during and after WWI

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What did the 19th Amendment do?

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It gave women the right to vote

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What tactic did Vice Admiral William Sims use to fight against the German U Boats in WWI?

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He implemented the use of convoy systems

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Who had the idea to create the League of Nations?

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Woodrow Wilson

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Who led the effort in America to prevent the USA from joining the League of Nations?

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Henry Cabot Lodge

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______ private businesses control a significant portion of the economy.

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Capitalism

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______ wrote the Communist Manifesto.

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Karl Marx

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All of the following were critiques offered by many against Communism EXCEPT:

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The system gave too much control to wealthy businesses owners.

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______ rose to become the first Communist Dictator of Russia after WWI

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Vladimir Lenin

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What correctly describes the Red Scare?

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It was a movement in which many feared the spread of Communism and Anarchism.

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Who assisted Alexander Palmer with the Palmer Raids?

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J. Edgar Hoover

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All the reasons that American leaders gave for why the USA should not join the League of Nations EXCEPT:

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The League of Nations would make Germany too powerful

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Correctly match every leader with their country:

USA, France, England, Italy

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Woodrow Wilson (USA), George Clemenceau (France), David George (England), and Vittorio Orlando (Italy)

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What court case determined that segregation could be implemented in the USA?

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Plessy vs. Ferguson

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What lawyer won the famous supreme court case Brown vs. Board of Education?

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Thurgood Marshal

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How were the tactics to achieve Civil Rights by Martin Luther King Jr. different from the initial tactics of Malcolm X?

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Malcolm X didn’t support a nonviolent approach

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30
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What was Martin Luther King Jr’s occupation?

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Pastor

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31
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Who became president after John F. Kennedy was assassinated?

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Johnson

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____ led the Communist takeover of North Vietnam

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Ho Chi Minh

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What European power claimed Vietnam as a region of their colony in the mid-20th century?

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France

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34
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Who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr?

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James Earl Ray

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Which word describes the attitudes and opinions of the members of the students for a Democratic Society toward the Vietnam conflict?

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oppositional

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36
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President Nixon tried to give more power to local and state governments through his economic policy of

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New Federalism

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Who was the leader of South Vietnam in 1969 when Nixon was sworn in as President?

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Nguyen Van Thieu

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38
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What was the goal of Vietnamization?

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To gradually withdraw American troops out of Vietnam and allow the Southern Vietnamese troops to defend themselves

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Who refused to give up her seat on bus in Montgomery Alabama and initiated a series of boycotts to protest discrimination in the area?

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Rosa Parks

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What describes the “Great Society” as Lyndon Johnson envisioned it to be?

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America would provide insurance for the poor and elderly while seeking to eradicate poverty

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What evidence would a historian use to prove that Nixon practiced Realpolitik?

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Nixon pursued friendly cooperation between USA and China

42
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Who called for the United States to pursue Vietnamzation?

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Henry Kissinger

43
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What describes the content of the Pentagon Papers?

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The documents proved Lyndon Johnson was not going to reduce American involvement in Vietnam while he was president

44
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Roughly, how many Americans soldiers died in the Vietnam War?

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Over 58,000

45
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What describes the Watergate Scandal?

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Men working for the President broke into a building

46
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What describes the attitude that Nixon appeared to have concerning his political pursuits and his political rivals in 1972?

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Paranoid

47
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What happened during the Saturday Night Massacre?

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Nixon was told that his various audio tapes must be handed over to the government

48
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What two reporters were known for persistently reporting on the Watergate Scandal?

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Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward

49
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How did Nixon avoid facing charges in the Watergate Scandal and with other issues?

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President Ford pardoned Nixon of all crimes related to the scandals

50
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Who did Nixon lose to in the election of 1960?

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John F. Kennedy

51
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The USA tried to keep ______ secret from the USSR.

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The Manhattan Project

52
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________, an American diplomat suggested that Truman practice the policy of Containment.

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George Keenan

53
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________ became the dictator of the USSR after Joseph Stalin died.

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Nikita Khrushchev

54
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________ is forever remembered as unfair tactics and accusations.

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McCarthyism

55
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Why did Nikita Khrushchev want an alliance with Cuba?

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Khrushchev wanted to put weapons on the island

56
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JFK and ______ had the first televised presidential debate.

A

Nixon

57
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What describes the Bay of Pigs operation initiated by the USA?

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A disaster

58
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Who was the first man in space?

A

Yuri Gagarin

59
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In order to get the USSR to leave Cuba, the USA promised to allow Cuba to remain Communist and they also:

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promised to remove weapons in Turkey

60
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Who assassinated JFK?

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Lee Harvey Oswald

61
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Who killed the assassin of JFK?

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Jack Ruby

62
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What was the first satellite in space?

A

Sputnik

63
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Which president practiced the policy or Brinkmanship?

A

Eisenhower

64
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Which senator unleashed massive attacks against many individuals accusing them of being Communist?

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Joseph McCarthy

65
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Who led the Communist revolution in Cuba?

A

Fidel Castro

66
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All of the following nations were NATO EXCEPT:

a. France
b. Britain
c. USA
d. USSR

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d. USSR

67
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What criminal activity did Ford pardon Nixon for in 1974?

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Nixon was connected to a burglary that occurred in the Democratic National Headquarters

68
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What was the purpose of Ford’s WIN strategy?

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To limit inflation

69
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What advisor to Ford urged that the USA continue to practice Realpolitik?

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Henry Kissinger

70
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Who was the last president to be in office while the Vietnam war was occurring?

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Gerald Ford

71
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Who did Jimmy Carter defeat in the election of 1976?

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Gerald Ford

72
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What explains why Carter was hesitant to pursue an open, political relationship with Nicaragua?

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Nicaragua did not protect human rights within their country

73
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What best describes the impact of OPEC’s political and business tactics on the American economy in the 1970’s?

A

harmful

74
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Which political party gained massive support from Fundamentalist Christians in the election of 1980?

A

The Republicans

75
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What is an example of deregulation?

A

The government reduced the amount of rules a television company has to follow to operate

76
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All of the following were critiques that many Democrats offered toward the Strategic Defense Initiative EXCEPT:

A

It was not needed since the USSR ceased practicing Communism in 1980

77
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Which person would most likely support Reagan’s appointment of Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, and Sandra Day O’Conner to the Supreme Court?

A

A member of Jerry Falwell’s Moral Majority Group

78
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What tactic pursued by President Ronald Reagan contributed to a budget deficit?

A

Greatly funding defense in the government’s budget

79
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What did President Ronald Reagan want to fund expansively in the nation’s budget?

A

Defense

80
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Who was the leader of the USSR during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

A

Nikita Khrushchev

Note: refused to let him into Disneyland

81
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Who won the Presidential election of 1988?

A

George H.W. Bush

82
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Who signed an agreement acknowledging that the Cold War was over in 1992?

A

Boris Yeltsin

83
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What explains the historical impact of Nelson Mandela?

A

He challenged racism in his nation

84
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What happened in the election of 1992?

A

A Democrat, Bill Clinton won the election

85
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What man ran as a third party presidential candidate in the elections of 1992 and 1996?

A

Ross Perot

86
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Which company created some of the first practical computers in the USA?

A

The International Business Machines corporation

87
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Which two men helped transform computers into mass produced machines that the average American could use?

A

Bill Gates and Steve Jobs

88
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What company began selling books online in 1994 and became one of the largest online markets by the 21st century?

A

Amazon

89
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What describes one impact that Bill Clinton had on the internet revolution that occurred in the 1990s?

A

Clinton strongly encouraged schools to become connected to the internet

90
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What describes the Whitewater Scandal?

A

Bill Clinton was accused of accepting money in a corrupt manner from a real-estate business

91
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Who led the movement to implement the Contract with America?

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Newt Gingrich

92
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What did Bill Clinton NOT support as president?

A

Vetoing the Federal Medical Leave Act

93
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Why did Kenneth Starr assert that President Clinton should be impeached?

A

Clinton had lied under oath about an extramarital affair.

Note: with Monica Luenski

94
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Which state could not immediately determine the winner of their electoral college votes after the election of 2000?

A

Florida

95
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Which terrorist group was responsible for the attack on the USA on 9/11/2001?

A

Al-Qaeda

96
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What word defines the relationship that existed between Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein?

A

Hostile

97
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The _________ Act gave more power to the government to pursue suspected terrorists.

A

Patriot

98
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Why did George W. Bush pursue operation Iraqi Freedom?

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Saddam Hussein refused to allow UN inspectors in his nation

99
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Why did many Republicans support George W. Bush’s economic policy?

A

They wanted consumers to be allowed to keep more money

100
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In what nation did the USA discover Osama Bin Laden was hiding in when President Obama sent in a navy seal team to apprehend the terrorist mastermind of 9/11?

A

Pakistan

101
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What economic tactic did George W. Bush and Barack Obama both pursue during the Great Recession?

A

They each supported bailing out various banks

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