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1. | As a result of the Spanish-American War, the United States acquired all the following territories EXCEPT ____________
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| A) Puerto Rico.
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| B) Cuba.
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| C) Guam.
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| D) the Philippines.
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2. | Theodore Roosevelt became president in 1901 as a result of the ____________
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| A) election of 1900.
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| B) resignation of President William H. Taft.
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| C) assassination of President William McKinley.
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| D) assassination of President James A. Garfield.
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3. | The United States Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles because the plan ____________
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| A) called for independence for Europe's overseas colonies.
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| B) called for the United States to join the League of Nations.
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| C) punished Germany for losses suffered by the Allies.
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| D) omitted the Fourteen Points proposed by President Woodrow Wilson.
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4. | The booming economy that some Americans enjoyed after World War I arose from a ____________
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| A) narrowing of the gap between rich and poor Americans.
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| B) rise in the price of manufactured goods.
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| C) strong industrial economy in Europe.
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| D) booming market in consumer goods.
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5. | Americans blamed the first years of the Great Depression on ____________
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| A) Theodore Roosevelt.
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| B) Herbert Hoover.
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| C) Henry Ford.
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| D) Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
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6. | President Franklin D. Roosevelt tried to end the Great Depression with a plan he called the ____________
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| A) Grat Society.
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| B) Hundred Days.
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| C) New Deal.
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| D) roaring twenties.
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7. | United States involvement in World War II directly resulted from ____________
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| A) Germany's invasion of France.
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| B) the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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| C) Adolf Hitler's invasion of Poland.
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| D) Japan's attack on China.
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8. | D-Day, on June 6, 1944, was the day when ____________
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| A) the Allies invaded German-occupied France.
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| B) Germany surrendered to the Allies.
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| C) Hitler invaded the Soviet Union.
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| D) the United States joined the World War II Allies.
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9. | The United States fought in Korea and Vietnam trying to ____________
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| A) help the Vietcong set up democracies in the North of each country.
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| B) prevent Communist governments from controlling the South.
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| C) stop Communist governments in the South from invading the non-Communist North.
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| D) end the protests on college campuses in the United States.
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10. | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., organized huge marches in Birmingham, Alabama, and Washington, D.C., to ____________
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| A) create a memorial for slain President John F. Kennedy.
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| B) end racial discrimination and segregation.
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| C) protest the war in Vietnam.
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| D) urge African Americans not to ride buses.
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11. | The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned all the following actions EXCEPT ____________
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| A) racial discrimination in schools.
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| B) job discrimination.
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| C) segregation in public places.
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| D) busing for desegregation.
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12. | President Ronald Reagan's administration pursued all the following actions EXCEPT ____________
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| A) training the South Vietnamese army to defend itself.
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| B) fighting communism.
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| C) lowering taxes.
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| D) building up military defenses.
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13. | In 1995, President Bill Clinton sent American soldiers to help keep peace in ____________
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| A) Kuwait.
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| B) Bosnia.
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| C) Israel.
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| D) Iraq.
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14. | In 1993, Israel reached a peace agreement with the ____________
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| A) government of Communist Vietnam.
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| B) West Bank.
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| C) Palestinian Liberation Organization.
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| D) Gaza Strip.
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15. | During the 1990s, Americans struggled with all the following issues EXCEPT ____________
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| A) developing different standards for government welfare programs.
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| B) runaway price inflation.
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| C) the proper role of the government in the nation's social concerns.
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| D) balancing the federal budget.
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