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This 1972 poster depicts an organization originally formed to advocate —

• publicly funded health care for children

• better economic treatment of migrant workers

• equal employment opportunities for women

• a retirement system for farm laborers

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70s80s90s

What do these advertisements suggest to consumers?

• Government regulation of the cell phone industry is increasing

• Personal computers are replacing cell phones

• Free enterprise promotes competition among cell phone providers

• Cell phone users have limited choices in the marketplace

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Gilded Age

Millennium

Senator Joseph McCarthy is best known for his involvement in —

• the war effort of the 1940s

• the Red Scare of the 1950s

• the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s

• the political scandals of the 1970s

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Postwar Boom

Which government poster is directly related to the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

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Civil Rights

The government issued ration books during World War II in order to —

• provide financial security for uninsured citizens

• safeguard the profits of struggling businesses

• ensure the fair distribution of scarce goods

• allow consumers to buy imported goods at discounted rates

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WWII

The primary reason given by U.S. leaders to justify military involvement in Vietnam was that it would —

• promote reconstruction after World War II

• maintain the policy of détente

• fulfill prior United Nations obligations

• keep communism from spreading throughout the region

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Vietnam

What were these Hawaiian citizens protesting?

• The forced annexation of the islands as a U.S. territory after the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy

• The classification of the islands as a protectorate after the Hawaiian government signed a treaty with the United States

• The granting of U.S. statehood to the islands after they were purchased from the Hawaiian monarch

• The colonization of the islands by political refugees from the United States

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Imperialism

Which of these was a major goal of Jane Addams’s Settlement House movement in Chicago?

• The founding of women’s colleges

• The introduction of prison reform

• The assimilation of immigrants

• The establishment of public libraries

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Progressive Era

President Roosevelt issued this statement in response to —

• the construction of a canal in Panama

• the threat of European intervention in Latin America

• Spanish efforts to suppress a rebellion in Cuba

• public outcry regarding war between Russia and Japan

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Imperialism

Which outcome was an important effect of the 1898 event illustrated by this map?

• Increased U.S. foreign aid to the developing countries in South America

• Increased U.S. public support for the construction of a canal through Central America

• Decreased U.S. economic influence in the Western Hemisphere

• Decreased U.S. naval presence in the Caribbean Sea

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Imperialism