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What event was the result of Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait in 1990? | Persian Gulf War |
What were the primary features of Reagan's supply-side economic policies? | tax cuts and deregulation |
Where did President Clinton send U.S. troops as part of an international effort to stop genocide during the 1990s? | Bosnia |
Which president led the international military action against Saddam Hussein in the Persian Gulf War of 1991? | George H.W. Bush |
What was the result of the Bush doctrine to prevent attacks against the United States? | pre-emptive strike/invasion of Iraq |
What were the primary features of Henry Clay's "American System"? | protective tariffs, internal improvements, national bank |
Who benefited from protective tariffs? | New England manufacturers |
Who benefited from internal improvments? | Western farmers |
Which compromise was made in Congress to reduce sectionalism over the issue of slavery? | Missouri Compromise |
Which Supreme Court decision upheld the supremacy clause and the implied powers of Congress to create a national bank? | McCullough v. Maryland |
Which act represents the federal government's policy towards American Indians under the Jackson administration? | Indian Removal Act (1830) |
Which foreign policy opposed European intervention in the western hemisphere? | Monroe Doctrine |
Which religious revival resulted in the reform movements of the mid-1800s? | Second Great Awakening |
Which reform movement(s) were Sarah and Angelina Grimke known for? | abolitionism and women's rights |
Westward expansion was encouraged by which belief? | Manifest Destiny |
Which territories were part of the Mexican Cession? | California, New Mexico and Utah territories |
Which legislation banned segregation in public accomodations and discrimination in the workplace? | Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
Which legislation resulted in more federal protection for African-American suffrage? | Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
What was the goal of American military involvement in Vietnam? | containment |
Which resolution enabled President Lyndon Johnson to increase America's involvement in Vietnam? | Gulf of Tonkin Resolution |
What was the turning point that resulted in a loss of public support for President Johnson's handling of the Vietnam War? | Tet Offensive |
What was President Nixon's foreign policy to improve relations with the Soviet Union and China called? | Detente |
What was President Harry Truman's strategy for stopping the spread of communism called? | containment/Truman Doctrine |