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the main purpose of patronage is to increase government efficiency

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american iperialsim grew as a result of the need for foreign markets

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plains farmers favored bimetalism because it would lower the cost of seed

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false

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the open door policy was meant to give chinese territory to the US

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compared to today, a much higher percentage of eligible voters went to the polls

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true

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the populist movement was a major factor in encouraging american imperialism

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theodore roosevelt believed the US should induce its world commitments and concentrate instead on `domestic reform

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the granger laws regulated railroad and warehouse rates

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the US acquired hawaii as a result of the spanish american war

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most progressive reformers were middle and upper class citizens

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the progressives were very successful in removing political bosses from power

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an insurgent movement arose against taft when he failed to reduce the tariff

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the new freedom program was used to attack trusts, tariffs, and high finance

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progressive reform efforts were focused on helping farmers first, then urban areas

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as a general rule, progressive reformers opposed placing governmental power in the hands of non partisan, nonelective officials

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the clayton act significantly increased the power of the justice department to initiate antitrust lawsuits

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roosevelt opposed the pure food and drug act because it interferred with the laissezfaire rights of business

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roosevelt called for more effort to break up big business combination than did wilson

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british blcokade of germany during WWI caused the US to threaten war

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WWI accelerated the migration of african americans to the north

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russia, france, and italy all lost land in WWI

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germany discourages austria from going to war w/ serbia

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the alliance system was originally designed to prevent war

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the espionage and sedition acts forced the repeal of the first amendment

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during WWI women moved into jobs that had been held exclusively by men

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the ludlow massacre, german officers killed several hundred russan POW's suspected of being communists

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government actions during WWI resulted in a significant increase in labor union membership between 1917 and 1919

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during the 1920's national politics were dominated by the repubs

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the school drop out rate increased during the 1920's

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as a result of the crash and a severe drought farm prices increased

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hoover tried to end the depression by lowering import duties

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the collapse of the american economic system led to a world wide depression

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the primary goal of most reform movements during the depression was a farer distribution of the nation's wealth

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after the crash hoover closed the nation's banks

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H.L. Mencken and Sinclair Lewis were among the authors whose writings were critical of the dominant middle class values of the 1920's

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one cause of the great depression was too much government intervention in the economy

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during the 1920's union membership increased greatly

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both fascism and communism are totalitarian philosophies

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american tariff policy in the 1920's was designed to encourage trade that would allow european nations to pay their war debts

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labor union membership declined during WWII

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president roosevelt circumvented the provisions of the neutrality acts by trading american destroyers to britain

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the hoover administration supported the japanese conquest of manchuria

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during the first few months following american entry into WWII national opinion was sharply divided about the war

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to finance the war the US government raised income taxes

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the battle of the bulge marked the allies first land battle victory

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during WWII the government took over many industries and strictly limited the profits of others

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gerald ford vetoed more than 50 pieces of legislation in two years

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carter's inability to solve inflation was a key factor in his defeat to reagan

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the major accomplishment of the persian gulf wawr was to depose saddam hussein

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carter oppoesd the treaty transferring control of the panama canal to panama

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although reagan won a convincing victory in 1980 the republic party made no significant gains in congress

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the rapid population growth in the sunbelt tended to strengthen conservative antigvoernment political viewpoint

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the original division of korea was set up by the US and the USSR

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beatnik rebelled against conformity and traditonal social practices

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joseph mccarthy was a republican

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trumans fair deal aimed to reduce the size of government

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one result of sputnik ws that american schools gave increased emphasis to math and science

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television failed to attract significant interest from commercial advertisers until the late 1960's

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the rate of population growth declined in the 1950's

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family farms were important cornerstones of post WWII economic growth

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the interstate highway act accelerated suburban growth

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during the 1950's the proportion of married women who were employed dclined

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according to kynesian economics government should cut federal budget to combat recession

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the purpose of the euqal rights amendment was to guarantee equal rights for all racial groups

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one major goal fo the great society was to end poverty in the US

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decisions of the warren court wer praised by conservatives

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kennedy lacked a social mandate to push his proposals through congress

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the immigrations act of 1965 limited immigration with quotas based on nationality

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members of the counter culture were mostly white middle class college youths

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despite johnson's war on poverty the rate of poverty actually increased in teh 1960's

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freedom summer efforts and teh selma march concentrated on voting rights

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the stonewall riot is associated with homosexual anger at police harassment

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