Question 1

Israel gained control of territory in which many Palestinians lived

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Six-Day War in the Middle East

Question 2

some thought it violated the 4th Amendment protections from unreasonable searches and seizures

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Patriot Act

Question 3

peace between Egypt and Israel

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Discussed at Camp David in 1978 (Camp David Accords)

Question 4

the first formal US contact with China in 25 years

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Nixon's visit to China in 1972

Question 5

pardoned Nixon after Watergate

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President Ford

Question 6

bailed out companies that were in financial crisis in 2008

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President Obama

Question 7

grants of money often from the government for an action intended to benefit the public

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subsidies

Question 8

Nixon resigned as a way to avoid this

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impeachment

Question 9

hurt the US economy in 1973 and led to efforts to conserve energy

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oil embargo

Question 10

a pioneer of the assembly line method of manufacturing

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Henry Ford

Question 11

refers to people from Mexico, the Caribbean, and of Hispanic descent

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Latino

Question 12

the minimum income needed to survive

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poverty line

Question 13

United Farm Workers

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UFW

Question 14

not ratified by enough states to become law

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Equal Rights Act of 1972

Question 15

the blossoming of culture that spread from Harlem

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Harlem Renaissance

Question 16

sometimes causes many Americans to be suspicious of foreigners and become eager to return to normal life

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war

Question 17

caused by pollution

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acid rain

Question 18

needed to control illegal immigration

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border enforcement

Question 19

makes rules about environmental issues

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EPA

Question 20

large ocean waves caused by earthquakes

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tsunamis

Question 21

transfer of work to other countries

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outsourcing

Question 22

Kennedy's economic development plan for Latin America, an attempt to stop the spread of communism

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Alliance for Progress

Question 23

victory that prevented the Germans from capturing the Suez Canal during WWII

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El Alamein

Question 24

the German defeat here marked a major turning point in the war

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Stalingrad

Question 25

divided Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam

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Geneva Accords

Question 26

women's organizations

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WAC and WAVES

Question 27

the top-secret operation that President Roosevelt organized to build the atomic bomb

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Manhattan Project

Question 28

invaded Ethiopia in the beginning of WWII

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Benito Mussolini

Question 29

freed Hitler to invade Poland

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Hitler's treaty with Stalin

Question 30

this was the goal after the Korean War

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democratic Korea

Question 31

controls a nation by force

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dictator

Question 32

vice president under Clinton

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Al Gore

Question 33

where students and workers staged protests calling for democracy in China

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Tiananmen Square

Question 34

passed by Congress in 1947

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National Security Act

Question 35

marched on Washington in 1932 demanding promised payment

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WWI Veterans

Question 36

stock prices decreased

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as more and more people sold stock in Sept 1929

Question 37

80 million people per week spent time doing this activity during the Depression

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movies

Question 38

claimed by both Jews and Arabs

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Palestine

Question 39

holding back

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containment

Question 40

secret attempts to overthrow the government from within

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subversion

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