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(MC)Which of these techniques of the Civil Rights movement did the women’s rights movement adopt to achieve its goals?

(MC)Which of these was one result of the Persian Gulf War?

(LC)Feminists and Civil Rights activists both wanted which of these?

(HC)The text below is from the charter of the United Nations: WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED to save succeeding generations from the [destruction] of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom, AND FOR THESE ENDSto practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours, and to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security, and to ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest, and to employ international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples.Source: http://www.un.org/en/documents/charter/preamble.shtml What was the primary reason for the writing of this document?

(MC)Which of the following events contributed to an increase in Americans’ mistrust of the government?

(MC)What resulted from the Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?

(MC)What was one similarity between the antiwar movement and the Red Power movement?

(HC)The graph below shows the number of people in poverty and the poverty rate in the United States from 1959 to 2009: Public Domain The trend in the graph provides evidence of which of the following?

(LC) The quote below was given in a 1941 speech by President Roosevelt: “Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked …” Source: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/fdrpearlharbor.htm Which of the following events does this quotation describe?

(MC)During the early-21st century, concerns about foreign competition for jobs led to calls for which of these?