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| The Democrats lost control of the house in 2010 election because of issues involving what? |
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| The rise of this in the 21st century has caused a weakening of mainstream media. |
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| Percentage wise more children live in poverty today than in 1970 |
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| By 1939 the New Deal had completely solved the unemployment problem |
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| This book induced Congress to pass the meat inspection act |
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| The result of this treaty after WWI lead directly to WWII. |
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| Japanese Americans were put in relocation camps in WWII because of widespread sabotage |
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| The counter culture in the 60s grew mostly in response to this |
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| Much of the Sunbelt growth after WWII occurred because of this |
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| Most muckrakers in the early 20th century believed their primary function was to help devise solutions to societies problems |
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| Political progressivism in the early 20th century emerged in both parties, in all regions, at all levels of government |
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| The real heart of the progressive movement was to use the government as agency of human welfare |
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| The primary reason Clinton was able to defeat George HW Bush in 1992 was what |
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| no new taxes, economic problems |
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| The long economic boom from 47-70 was fueled by |
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| George W Bush's slow response to this tragedy caused many Americans to criticize his administration |
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| The US invaded this country in search of weapons of mass destruction |
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| Which of these social issues was not a primary concern for the New Right in the 80s |
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| The 2 charges on which President Clinton were impeached |
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| perjury and obstruction of justice |
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| Teddy Roosevelt advocated his 3 C's what were they |
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Consumer Production
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| Progressive reformers came primarily from what group or class |
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| The huge baby boom after WWII crested or peaked around what time |
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| Since 1945 the population of the United States has grown most in what area of the country |
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| Americans mainly feared that the end of WWII would bring back what |
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| This showed that the North Viatnamese were not losing the war as the military has said |
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| During the 1950s and early 60s the chief goal of the black civil rights movement of the south was |
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| The primary push for civil rights within the federal government in the 1950s came from what |
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| The largest public works program under Eisenhower was this |
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| Interstate Highway System |
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| Becamae the leading spokesmen for civil rights after the Montgomery bus boycott |
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| The 1954 Supreme Court case that ruled segregated schools were inherently unequal |
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| Brown vs Board of Education |
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| nixon resisted giving the tapes to Congress citing they were |
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| He won the election of 2000 but lost the popular vote |
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| He was elected in 1980 on a conservative platform |
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| He was president during the Golf War |
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| He won a Nobel Peace Prize for the Camp David accords |
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| He was elected president in 1992 |
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| The only president to not be elected to VP or president |
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| He failed to live up to TRs reputation but became a great cheif justice of the Supreme Court |
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| His New Deal helped end the Great Depression |
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| His election was a victory of business over agrarian |
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| He resigned from office because of Water Gate |
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| he was blamed for the Great Depression |
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| his Great Society was over shadowed by Vietnam |
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| An idealist who tried to change the world with his 14 points |
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| It was his decision to drop the atomic bomb |
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| Elected president in 1924 as a pro business president |
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| President during most of the 50s |
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| Won the Nobel Peace Prize and was a trustbuster |
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| In 1920 e promised a return to normalcy |
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