Review: The US in the late 1900s

When people stop buying or using something to show they do not agree with how it is made or who is making it

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  boycott

• search engine

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  communism

What was the United States' major achievement in space during the Space Race?

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  First person in a rocket

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  First person on a star

• First Man on the Moon

What was one major change in the 1950s and 1960s that improved many families' standards of living?

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  higher incomes and more jobs

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  a decline in job opportunities

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  increased taxes

What was Bill Gates’ vision for Microsoft® and its software?

• to build the most powerful gaming console

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  to make computers easier to use with Windows operating system

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  to create the first internet search engine

This law made it illegal to pay women less than men for the same job.

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  Equal Pay Act of 1963

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  Voting Rights Act of 1965

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  Civil Rights Act of 1964

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made it illegal to treat people unfairly because of their race, the color of their skin, their religion, or where they were born.

• True
• False

A special kind of medicine that helps the body's immune system learn how to protect it from harmful viruses or bacteria

• Vaccine

• Communism

• Boycott

During the Cold War, what was the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union mostly about?

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  establishing better economic systems

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  developing new technologies in space exploration

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  competing for the most international treaties/agreements

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  competing to build the biggest and most powerful nuclear weapons

The co-founder of Apple was Tim Berners-Lee

• True
• False

What were the main goals of the reforms made by Mikhail Gorbachev in the 1980s?

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  to improve the economy

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  to strengthen ties with China

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  to allow more freedom for people to speak their opinions

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  to create a more isolated Soviet Union