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LBJ's plan for increased domestic spending on anti-poverty & anti-racism programs

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Great Society

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This Civil Rights Legislation outlawed Housing Segregation

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Civil Rights Act of 1968

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What is the primary aim of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001?

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To prevent acts of terrorism against the United States

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What was the US government's immediate response to the September 11, 2001 attacks?

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The War on Terror began and Afghanistan was invaded.

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The largest decrease in the percent of Americans living below the poverty line accompanied which of the following federal policy initiatives: Great Society, The New Deal, The Fair Deal, Welfare to Work?

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Great Society

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The Supreme Court decision on Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka essentially reversed which of the following earlier Court decisions? Marbury v. Madison, Plessy v. Ferguson, Roe v. Wade, Dred Scott v. Sanford

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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The George W. Bush administration created which of the following executive agencies?
Department of Homeland Security, National Security Agency, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Environmental Protection Agency

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Department of Homeland Security

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Kent State University was the site in 1970 of which of the following events? A highly publicized sit-in advocating women’s rights, The first event in observance of Earth Day, which sought to increase public awareness of environmental degradation, An antiwar demonstration in which four students were killed by members of the National Guard, A rock concert second only to the Woodstock concert in the number of attendees

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An antiwar demonstration in which four students were killed by members of the National Guard

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In the early 1960s, Malcolm X challenged the leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr., in the Civil Rights movement by arguing that

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African Americans must defend themselves against racism by using violence if necessary

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The 1962 book that helped launch the national environmental movement was

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Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring