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Identity the series of programs and reforms implemented during the 1930s that preserved capitalism in the United States, provided relief to millions during the Great Depression to prevent a turn toward radical alternatives, and introduced lasting economic, social, and political reforms that continue to shape the nation today.

Identify the engineering marvel built between 1904 and 1914 that increased American economic and military power in the world.

Identify the primary reason the United States became involved in the Vietnam War.

Which of the following individuals  was President of the United States during the Great War?

Which of the following diplomatic agreements resulted in the creation of the League of Nations?

Identify the first significant farm organization in American history that successfully advocated for Midwestern states to pass laws regulating the railroad industry, but later declined after these laws were ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.

All of the following items are causes for the decline in the purchase of American commodities in the 1920s and 1930s, EXCEPT…

Identify the economic upheaval in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that was caused by, among other things, the United States’ need to equip and arm its military in the American Civil War, an abundance of natural resources, and an ample labor force.

Identify the diplomatic and strategic gathering where the principal Allied powers of World War II negotiated key agreements, such as the division of Germany into occupation zones and the Soviet withdrawal from Eastern and Southern Europe, which ultimately laid the foundation for the Cold War.

Identify the group of World War I veterans who marched on Washington, D.C., in 1932 to demand early payment of a promised bonus, only to be forcibly removed by the U.S. Army under President Herbert Hoover’s orders, a decision that damaged Hoover’s public image and contributed to his defeat in the 1932 presidential election.