APUSH Period 9

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Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan were similar as presidential candidates in that both

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capitalized on their status as Washington outsiders

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The point of view expressed in the cartoon best reflects which of the following perspectives common at the time? Conservative ideas favoring the functioning of free enterprise, Liberal ideas favoring protections for individuals and the environment, Evangelical Christian ideas favoring stronger moral regulation, Civil rights activists’ ideas supporting racial equality

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Liberal ideas favoring protections for individuals and the environment

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Which of the following best explains a reason for the end of the Cold War in the late 1980s and early 1990s? Declining public trust in foreign policy approaches led to a withdrawal of the United States from the world stage. Economic problems in the Soviet Union undermined its ability to control its territories and engage in international conflicts. Efforts to expose suspected communists in the United States reduced the Soviet ability to exercise influence abroad. The United States and United Nations joint military intervention to support South Korea halted the expansionism of the Soviet Union.

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Economic problems in the Soviet Union undermined its ability to control its territories and engage in international conflicts.

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Which of the following best explains a change in United States foreign policy in the years immediately after the end of the Cold War? Options: The United States sought to aid other nations struggling against communism. The United States established an international financial system to aid countries devastated by war. The United States engaged in new sorts of military and peacekeeping interventions in several countries. The United States sought to acquire new territories outside of its existing boundaries.

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The United States engaged in new sorts of military and peacekeeping interventions in several countries.

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The overall trend from 1980 to 2010 depicted on the graph was most directly caused by the: reliance of the United States on fossil fuels, increasing integration of the United States into the world economy, reforms to the United States social welfare system, boom in the United States financial and stock markets

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increasing integration of the United States into the world economy

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Who was the president at the time of the Watergate Scandal?

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Richard Nixon

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In August 1974, Richard Nixon becomes the first president to do what?

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Resign

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Broad tax cuts, and financial deregulation, which would promote economic expansion, are examples of what policy's objective:

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Reaganomics

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The NAFTA agreement enacted by Clinton removes trade barriers between what 3 countries?

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Canada, Mexico, and the U.S.A.

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What state was the main crucial swing state in the 2000 election that had a controversial ending?

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Florida