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“First, drug education — the 1990 budget has provided over a $200 million increase for school and community prevention programs like those that have proven so successful right here. We’ve got to teach our children to stay away from drugs. We’ve got to stop illegal drug use before it even gets started. And second, drug treatment and prevention — too many people in too many cities simply aren’t getting the help they need. That’s not right. And that’s why the ’90 budget has boosted spending on drug treatment and prevention, and especially cocaine treatment, by about $375 million. And third, for those who cannot learn or will not seek help, we have a plan for them, too, because we’re going to take back the streets by taking them off the streets. And that means helping your able police chief. That means punishing those who do evil.” President George H.W. Bush, “Remarks at the Acres Homes War on Drugs Rally in Houston, Texas,” December 1989 Which statements describe the effects of the policy described in the excerpt? (more than one may be correct)

Our … goal is to prevent regimes that sponsor terror from threatening America or our friends and allies with weapons of mass destruction.  Some of these regimes have been pretty quiet since September the 11th.  But we know their true nature.  .. States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world.  By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger.  They could provide these arms to terrorists, giving them the means to match their hatred.  They could attack our allies or attempt to blackmail the United States.  In any of these cases, the price of indifference would be catastrophic. President George W. Bush, “State of the Union Address,” Jan. 29, 2002   The rhetoric of this speech led most directly to which action during the George W. Bush administration?

All of the following were monetary solutions to Containment except:

Which of the following is NOT a role of the Environmental Protection Agency?

McCarthyism was sparked by the claim of Senator Joseph McCarthy that he had a list of suspected _____ in the government.

Which of the following would NOT be considered part of the Black Power Movement?

What was the central message of Marcus Garvey in his “Back to Africa” campaign of the 1920s?

Choose the following answer that contains an incorrect pairing of concepts and/or people.

Match the following concepts that are most closely tied together.

In the Mexican immigrant community, families were able to choose what schools their children attended because they were on the border of “whiteness.”