bell Ringer 12/2

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The trade agreement signed by Bill Clinton which opened up free trade between Mexico, the U.S., and Canada is called

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NAFTA

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In 1979, Iranian students took several U.S. hostages. They were finally released a year later. This is known as

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The Iran Hostage Crisis

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The Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling stated that ________ in schools was unconstitutional.

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segregation

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The Bay of Pigs was a political ___________ for Kennedy.

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Humiliation

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The Cuban Missile Crisis involved: Kennedy, Khruschev & Castro, Johnson, Khruschev & Castro, Kennedy, Stalin & Castro, Kennedy, Stalin & Carter

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Kennedy, Khruschev & Castro

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What decade is associated with the following events: •“long, hot summers”
•Freedom Summer
•Greensboro sit-ins
•U-2 incident
•Détente ?

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1960s

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War Powers Act
Equal Rights Amendment
OPEC
Kent State
Helsinki Accords
Decade:

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1970s

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Earth Day was created for the purpose of —

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Raising awareness of environmental issues.

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Which of the following was the primary reason for the trends in public confidence from 1973 to 1976? The normalization of relations with China. The explosion aboard Apollo 13. The Watergate scandal. The nuclear-power accident at Three Mile Island.

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The Watergate scandal.

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How did the U.S. government work to change this situation?

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By encouraging the development of alternative forms of fuel.