Contemporary History

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To try to sustain the Saigon Regime, Johnson authorized a gradually expanding bombing campaign called:

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Operation Rolling Thunder

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Hanoi maintained that the US military presence in south Vietnam violated the

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1954 Genova accords

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The doves consisted of all the following groups except

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Conservative republicans and democrats

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What was the difference between north Vietnamese expectations for the Tet offensive and the actual outcome?

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They expected a smashing victory

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After the Tet offensive _______ told Johnson that the United States could lose the war unless the requested troop reinforcements were sent

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Earle Wheeler

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The United States heavily relied on ____ to win the war

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Air power

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On march 31, 1968 Johnson told the American people that he would

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Not seek another term or president

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Nixons policy of Vietnamization focused on

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Reducing United States troops so that south Vietnam could assume more of the fighting

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Henry kissingers diplomatic policy to try to end the Vietnam war peacefully was called

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Linkage

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The November 1969 massacre of more than 200 unarmed south Vietnamese civilians took place in

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Laos

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On April 1970 American forces invaded

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Cambodia

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The 1970 invasion angered congress resulting in

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A repeal of the gulf of Tonkin resolution

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What confirmed that the government had not been honest with the Americans during the Vietnam war

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The pentagon papers

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In an effort to force north Vietnam to resume reformations Nixon ordered

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"Christmas bombings"

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As president bush demonstrated a strengths in

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Foreign policy

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Before he became president bush held all of the following positions except

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Diplomatic envoy to japan

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Which is the most accurate description on perestroika

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It involves new structure which includes some capitalist components

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One important belief that resulted from glasnost was that now

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Soviet people could openly discuss politics

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By what means were communist rulers replaced with democratically elected governments

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Coups

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In December 1991 Gorbachev announced the end of

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The soviet union

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The first president of Russia who outlawed the communist party was

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Boris Yeltsin

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In may 1989 students and workers held demonstrations for democracy in

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China

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The ____ symbolized an important shift in the decades old Cold War

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Fall of the Berlin Wall

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In 1989 Manuel Noriega was arrested and brought to the United States to stand trial on

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Aiding drug traffickers

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In August 1990 salaam Hussein invaded oil rich

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Kuwait

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On January 16 1991 coalition forces launched

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Operation dessert storm

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Bush believed that pressing a capital gains tax would encourage businesses to

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Expand their operations by opening more locations

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In 1990 congress and bush worked together to pass the

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Americans with disabilities act

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During the 1992 campaign bill Clinton promised to do all of the following except

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Institute education reform

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Evidence on watergate seems to show that Nixon

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Ordered the cover up

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Nix ones enemies list was composed anyone he suspected of being a

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Threat so his presidency

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Nixon tried to avoid turning over the watergate scandal tapes by claiming that the tapes were

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Would compromise national security

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Watergate investigators found evidence against Nixon when a tape revealed that Nixon had

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Ordered the CIA to stop the FBI investigation

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The FBI concluded that the watergate burglars were part of a Nixon reelection scheme because

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James McCord was a member of the committee to elect the president

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The Economic crisis of the 1970s was due in part to

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OPEC placing an oil embargo on countries that supported Israel

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The economic dilemma known as stagflation occurred during the presidency of

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Richard Nixon

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President nixons first effort to control inflation was to

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Cut spending and raise taxes

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President fords approval rating plunged when he

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Pardoned Richard Nixon

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To get the economy back on track president ford proposed a program known as WIN urging Americans to

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Cut back on oil and gas consumption

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In August 1975 president ford met with the leaders of NATO and the Warsaw Pact to sign the

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Helsinki accords

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In the 1976 presidential campaign jimmy carter promised all of the following except

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Government regulation of the oil industry

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President carter felt that Americans most serious problem was the

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Dependence on foreign oil

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A major liability for Nixon during the 1960 campaign was

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The sagging economy and lingering recession

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Which of the following was not part of kennedys new frontier program

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Increase in funding for space exploration

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Which of the following was Kennedy's most important legislative victory

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Trade expansion act

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The most famous sit in place at a woolworths lunch counter was in

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Greens borrow North Carolina

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The African American who refused admission to an all white university of Mississippi in 1962 was

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James Meredith

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Which if the following groups organized the freedom rides during the 1960s?

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Congress of racial equality

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Kennedy's civil rights bill included all of the following except

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Eliminating poll taxes on literacy tests

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Kennedy viewed ___ as the primary arena of the communist system and the key to winning the Cold War

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Third world

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Which of the following was not a part of operation mongoose

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Requesting help from the United Nations

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The alliance for progress was designed to eradicate poverty and social injustice in

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Latin America

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The Berlin Wall came to symbolize the impasse between

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East and west

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Proposed taking out the soviet missile cites in Cuba with air strikes in 1962

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General Maxwell Taylor

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The nuclear test ban treaty imposed a measure of control on

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The nuclear arms race

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Headed the special commission to investigate the assassination of president Kennedy

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Earle warren

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How did Kennedy's untimely death impact his legacy

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It immediately made him into a myth to the American people

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Barry Goldwater created controversy during the 1964 campaign when he said that

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Idk

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Which of the following was not part of Johnson's great society

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Tax reform act

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The most important measure enacted during 1965 was the

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Appalachian regional development act

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After 1966 Congress became

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Idk

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Which if the following was nit an import snt case of the warren court

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Adams vs Williams

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Johnson's primary foreign policy objectives were to

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Contain the Soviet Union and china

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After the n Vietnamese attack on the Maddox Johnson asked Congreve

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To pass the gulf of Tonkin resolution

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The us commander in Vietnam was

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General William westmireland

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Which position did Reagan not hold?

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Senator from Illinois

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Reagan's experience in____ began shifting him towards conservative ideas

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Dealing with communists in the screen actors guild

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In the 1980 presidential campaign regain promised to cut taxes and

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Increase defense spending

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To keep the budget deficit under control reagen proposed

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Cutting social programs

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Reagan's first act as president was to sign an executive order eliminating price controls on

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Oil and gasoline

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In the election if 1984 Reagan defeated ___ in the biggest landslide in American history

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Walter Mondale

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The most visible example of the Reagan doctrine was

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Afghanistan

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In 1979 the Sandinistas overthrew a pro-American dictator in

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Nicaragua

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In the Iran contra scandal, officials sold weapons to Iran to

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Gain freedom for the American hostages

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Col ___ testified before congress that he has covered up his actions by destroying evidence during the scandal

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Oliver north

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Investigatins into the Iran contra scandal revealed that Reagan had

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Approved the sake of arms to Iran but not the diversion of money

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Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative called for this

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Development of weapons that could destroy incoming missiles

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In 1985___ became leader of the Soviet Union

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Mikhail Gorbachev

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Reagan believed mass soviet defense spending would

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Collapse the Soviet Union

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The INF treaty called for the

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Destruction of nuclear weapons