Question 1

1. In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt's "quarantine" speech

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received a decidedly hostile response by the American people.

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warned Japan it faced a U.S. embargo if it continued to be aggressive.

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saw Roosevelt challenge England and France to limit the aggression of Germany.

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saw the president call for further isolation from the nation's enemies.

Question 2

2. The Neutrality Act of 1937

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allowed warring nations to purchase nonmilitary goods in the United States if they paid cash.

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loosened the trade policy for England, while tightening it for Germany and Japan.

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stripped the president of many of his powers as commander-in-chief.

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exempted Asian nations from the provisions of the 1935 Neutrality Act.

Question 3

3. In 1932, the Hoover administration, in response to the Japanese invasion of Manchuria,

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issued warnings to the Japanese government.

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sent Americans to Manchuria to train Chinese pilots.

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called for Japanese recognition of the Open Door policy.

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imposed economic sanctions against Japan.

Question 4

4. In what became known as the 1933 "bombshell" message, Franklin Roosevelt declared that

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America would reject any international agreement on currency stabilization.

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all foreign war debts would be forgiven.

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America would no longer recognize fascist governments.

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the Monroe Doctrine was now null and void.

Question 5

5. The America First Committee

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was a powerful lobby against U.S. involvement in the war.

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called for increased U.S. assistance to England without any actual intervention.

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tried and failed to enlist the support of Charles Lindbergh.

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was strongly opposed by both major political parties.

Question 6

6. By September 1941,

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the United States extended lend-lease privileges to the Soviet Union.

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Germany claimed it had no interest in engaging America in war.

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Germany had agreed with Japan to fight against the United States.

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President Roosevelt made a secret agreement to send American troops to England.

Question 7

7. In 1941, prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,

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President Franklin Roosevelt froze all Japanese assets in the United States.

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the Japanese developed a new, unbreakable communication code.

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President Franklin Roosevelt ordered Japan's diplomats to leave Washington.

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Japanese troops attacked the Philippines.

Question 8

8. The Washington Conference of 1921

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attempted to prevent a global naval arms race.

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sought to expand the global markets of the United States.

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saw the Harding administration refuse to participate in it.

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attempted to create a world court.

Question 9

9. In 1941, the Atlantic Charter

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saw the United States and England claim to share common principles.

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saw President Roosevelt agree to an eventual invasion of Europe to drive out the Nazis.

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was completed by senior military officials in the United States and England.

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was signed in Washington, D.C.

Question 10

10. The Munich agreement of 1938

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was supported by President Franklin Roosevelt.

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was signed by Joseph Stalin despite misgivings about German intent.

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was the result of negotiations involving the League of Nations.

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put most of Poland under German control.

Question 11

11. The Burke-Wadsworth Act of 1940

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approved the first peacetime draft in American history.

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reaffirmed the desires of isolationists to stay out of the war.

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saw the United States end all trade with any nation allied with Nazi Germany.

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approved sending U.S. weapons to England.

Question 12

12. President Franklin Roosevelt's decision in 1940 to give fifty American destroyers to England

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circumvented the cash-and-carry provision of the Neutrality Acts.

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was in response to requests by the U.S. ambassador to London.

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both circumvented the cash-and-carry provision of the Neutrality Acts and was in response to requests by the U.S. ambassador to London.

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was cancelled by Congress.

Question 13

13. In 1942, the United States and Mexico agreed to the braceros program, which

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admitted Mexican contract laborers into the United States for a limited time.

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allowed U.S. businesses to establish war production factories in Mexico.

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accepted Mexican citizens into the U.S. armed forces.

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increased the number of Mexican immigrants the United States would accept as new citizens.

Question 14

14. The 1943 "zoot-suit riots" in Los Angeles

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led the city to prohibit the wearing of zoot suits.

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began when off-duty Mexican American soldiers refused to wear their military uniforms.

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both began when off-duty Mexican American soldiers refused to wear their military uniforms, and led the city to prohibit the wearing of zoot suits.

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resulted from tensions between the African American and Mexican American communities.

Question 15

15. The costliest battle in the history of the United States Marines Corps was the Battle of

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Iwo Jima.

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Guadalcanal.

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Okinawa.

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Leyte Gulf.

Question 16

16. The Allied decisions that delayed an invasion of France

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All these answers are correct.

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left the Soviet Union deeply embittered.

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occurred after the Soviet Union had won a significant victory in Stalingrad.

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put the Soviet Union in a better position to control eastern Europe.

Question 17

17. In 1942, in the North African campaign against the Nazis, the

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Americans successfully regrouped from a defeat at Kasserine Pass.

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Americans advanced under the command of Omar Bradley.

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Germans suffered a major defeat at Stalingrad.

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British lost a key early battle at El Alamein.

Question 18

18. During World War II, the War Production Board

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favored large over small contractors.

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was maintained under the auspices of the Department of Labor.

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had complete control over military purchases.

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was directed by Roosevelt ally Leon Henderson.

Question 19

19. During World War II, the U.S. military

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began to relax its practices of racial segregation.

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used quotas to limit the number of black servicemen in the military.

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excluded blacks from combat duty.

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doubled the number of black servicemen to 200,000.

Question 20

20. In April 1945, American and British forces halted their advance on Germany at the Elbe River

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to wait for the Russian army to arrive.

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because all bridges over the river had been destroyed.

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because their supply lines had become overextended.

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due to fierce German resistance.

Question 21

21. The U.S. government acquired definite knowledge of the Holocaust

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as early as 1942.

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prior to World War II beginning in Europe.

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before the U.S. had entered the war.

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only after the war was over.

Question 22

22. The Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942

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marked the first important victory by the United States against Japan.

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saw the Japanese lose most of its aircraft carriers.

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saw the Americans take the offensive for the first time.

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saw the United States forced to withdraw its naval forces.

Question 23

23. In 1942, when the United States interned Japanese Americans in "relocation centers,"

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there was no evidence that the Japanese Americans were a domestic security risk.

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a powerful popular movement sprung up to protest the internments.

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all of the affected Japanese were American citizens.

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the move was protested by California Attorney General Earl Warren.

Question 24

24. Prior to ordering the use of an atomic bomb against Japan, President Harry Truman

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issued an ultimatum to Japan to surrender or face utter devastation.

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sent evidence of a test explosion to the Japanese government.

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did not send any kind of message to Japan.

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warned the Japanese about the atomic bomb but sent no evidence of its effect.

Question 25

25. The Truman administration responded in 1950 to the onset of fighting in Korea by

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calling on the United Nations to intervene.

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telling South Korea to stand down.

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warning China not to intervene.

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declaring war on North Korea.

Question 26

26. President Harry Truman initially decided to "get tough" with the Soviet Union

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after his first few days in office.

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at the Potsdam Conference.

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once the United States had successfully used the atomic bomb.

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following the end of the war in the Pacific.

Question 27

27. The McCarran Internal Security Act

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required communist organizations to register with the government.

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created the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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stripped American citizenship from all known communists.

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outlawed all communist organizations in the United States.

Question 28

28. The election of 1952 saw

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television play a role in the campaign.

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a contest between two war heroes, neither of whom had ever held elective office.

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President Harry Truman run for another term.

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Richard Nixon forced to step down from the Republican ticket.

Question 29

29. In 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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declared that an attack on one member nation was an attack on all.

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was created in response to the Soviet Union's Warsaw Pact.

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called for a de-militarized zone across Western Europe.

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both was created in response to the Soviet Union's Warsaw Pact, and declared that an attack on one member nation was an attack on all.

Question 30

30. In the last months of 1949, events in the Soviet Union and China included

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Russia's successful test of an atomic weapon.

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Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

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the death of Joseph Stalin.

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the collapse of Mao Zedong's government to communist forces.

Question 31

31. U.S. aid through the Marshall Plan

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was offered to the Soviet Union.

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failed to significantly revive European industrial production.

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had little impact on communist influence within nations that accepted aid.

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was opposed by many Republicans in Congress.

Question 32

32. In 1950, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were accused of spying for

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the Soviet Union.

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Poland.

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North Korea.

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China.

Question 33

33. The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944

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gave economic and education subsidies to veterans.

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was limited to servicemen who had been wounded in combat.

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helped to reduce government spending.

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mainly provided counseling for emotionally troubled veterans.

Question 34

34. Beginning in 1947, the United States' policy of "containment" was

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the basis for its foreign policy for more than forty years.

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first applied in Poland.

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the reason for the United States to invade China.

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an extension of the Atlantic Charter.

Question 35

35. The rapid rise in the popularity of rock music was partly due to

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All these answers are correct.

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innovations in radio programming.

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the success of American Bandstand.

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innovations in television programming.

Question 36

36. In 1954, the United States Senate voted to

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censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct unbecoming a senator."

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expel Joseph McCarthy from the Senate.

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charge Senator McCarthy with slander and libel.

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convict Senator McCarthy of perjury.

Question 37

37. The Montgomery bus boycott of 1955-1956

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marked the emergence of an effective form of racial protest.

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was sparked by a beating of an African American woman.

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failed to end the segregation policies on public city buses.

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was ruled illegal by the Supreme Court.

Question 38

38. The Eisenhower administration responded to Fidel Castro's coming to power in Cuba by

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ending diplomatic relations.

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establishing a military presence in Guantanamo Bay.

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sending troops to Cuba.

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blockading Cuban ports.

Question 39

39. The first American to be launched into space, in 1961, was

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Alan Shepard.

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John Glenn.

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Yuri Gagarin.

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Neil Armstrong.

Question 40

40. The primary goal of the American Apollo program was to

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land men on the moon.

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build an orbiting space station.

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launch manned vehicles into space to orbit the earth.

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send men to Mars.

Question 41

41. Between 1945 and 1959, U.S. policy in the Middle East saw

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the CIA engineer a coup that brought the shah of Iran to power.

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the Truman administration refuse to recognize the state of Israel.

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the Eisenhower administration assist in the construction of the Aswan Dam.

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President Eisenhower seek to end the rule of Egyptian leader Gamal Nasser during the Suez crisis.

Question 42

42. In 1954, the Eisenhower administration ordered the CIA to help overthrow the government of

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Guatemala.

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Panama.

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Colombia.

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Haiti.

Question 43

43. The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

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declared that separate educational facilities were unlawful.

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set specific timetables for enactment.

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reaffirmed the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision.

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passed by a narrow 5-4 vote.

Question 44

44. Martin Luther King Jr. was leader of the

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

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United Negro Improvement Association.

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

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Congress of Racial Equality.

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