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(Q067) President Eisenhower hailed the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education as a positive move toward a more equal and just America; when a federal court ordered that Autherine Lucy be admitted to the University of Alabama in 1956, Eisenhower authorized the use of federal troops in her support.

(Q028) The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947

(Q018) Milton Friedman’s book Capitalism and Freedom outlined which of the following ideas regarding individual liberty?

(Q016) During World War II, the Axis powers were

(Q006) The so-called kitchen debate between Nixon and Khrushchev occurred in

(Q014) The 1954 update to the doctrine of containment, announced by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, that declared a Soviet attack on any American ally would be countered by a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union, was called “brinksmanship” by its critics and this term by supporters.

Provide three verbs of will and influence.  HINT:  You don’t have to conjugate them.  

Calculate the one repetition max (to help build strength) for a dancer who can do 8 single leg pistol squats:

Which of the following muscles an agonist for extension of the great toe when concentrically contracting?  

Complete the following statement using this word bank:  arreglar, compartamos, haga, importante, comamos, lave, pase, trabajen, hablo.  HINT:  The word bank is not in the order in which the spaces appear on statement.  Verbs do not need to be conjugated; use words as they are given.  The word ‘arreglar’ means to organize/fix, and ‘parecer’ means to seem.  Two words will not be used.   Mi papá siempre me pide que [lave1] los platos, ¡y no me gusta! Pero hay que hacerlo. No pido que mi madre [pase2] la aspiradora en mi alcoba o que [haga3] mi cama. A mi madre tampoco le gusta limpiar; por eso prefiere que nosotros ayudemos a [arreglar4] la casa. No me parece justo (fair) mandar que los demás (others) [trabajen5] por mí. Es [importante6] que todos nosotros [compartamos7] las responsabilidades.