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This cartoon comments on tactics used to

• secure the southern border of California

• protect shipping lanes in the Great Lakes

• create a defensive alliance with France

• obtain control of the Panama Canal Zone

As part of the Nixon administration’s policy of Vietnamization, the U.S. military

• trained South Vietnamese forces to take over combat responsibilities from U.S. troops

• shared military technology with North Vietnam

• installed a puppet government in South Vietnam

• imposed martial law in North Vietnam

What was the goal of the protests depicted on this map?

• To pressure Congress to prohibit discrimination against disabled citizens

• To demonstrate the economic impact of discriminatory practices on interstate transportation

• To challenge the federal government to enforce Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation

• To persuade states to abandon discriminatory voter-registration procedures

Which demographic change in the United States is most associated with this transformation?

• Increased property values in rural areas

• Increased life expectancy in urban areas

• Increased birth rates in rural areas

• Increased migration to urban areas

What was one impact of this ruling?

• Impeachment procedures were redefined

• Due process guidelines were reexamined.

• Full faith and credit was reaffirmed.

• State laws were deemed supreme over federal laws.

The event reported in this dispatch led directly to

• the implementation of sanctions against Japan

• U.S. entry into World War II

• the establishment of the Truman Doctrine

• U.S. annexation of Hawaii

How did the creation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation change the nature of banking in the United States?

• The government began to guarantee bank deposits.

• Depositors could transfer investments without penalties.

• Depositors were guaranteed minimum interest rates on savings accounts.

• The government required taxpayers to open savings accounts.

How does this resolution demonstrate the principle of checks and balances?

• It expands the power of judicial review to military courts.

• It allows the executive to determine the length of military conflicts.

• It allows Congress to limit the military authority of the executive branch.

• It gives Congress oversight of military strategy and operations.

Which value important to America’s success as a constitutional republic is best illustrated in this excerpt?

• Social justice

• Populism

• Laissez-faire

• Egalitarianism

Some of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal programs were declared unconstitutional when the Supreme Court held that they —

• infringed on powers reserved to the states

• granted privileges to religious organizations

• required U.S. cooperation with foreign nations

• prevented equal access to the judicial system