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Why was Harry Truman’s Fair Deal rejected by Congress?  What’s wrong with aid to education, a federal health insurance program, a higher minimum wage?  

The NAACP, Jim Crow, The Atlanta Compromise, W.E.B. Dubois, the Harlem Renaissance are  all associated with

PBS, Food Stamps, Medicare, Medicaid. All of these were created by the John F. Kennedy administration between 1961-1963.

The enormous environmental disaster that took place on the Great Plains in the 1930s was known as the 

World War II evolved directly into what war between what two nations? How long did this war last?

What role has the Navy played in shaping American history?  In which of the following wars was US entry provoked by an incident involving a US navy ship (or ships)?

In the course of this class, we’ve seen two American presidents – Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt, face terrible setbacks in their lives.  Both responded by surmounting their hardships and turning weakness into strength.  What about Hitler?  Did he face a setback in life?  How did he respond?

Let’s take a look inside the United States. What was American society like in the 1950s?

What was Lend –Lease?

Why was there rationing of things like sugar and shoes during World War II when it’s been established that American production levels were sky-high during the conflict?   Surely a nation that could build thousands of airplanes could make enough shoes for everyone.  What did lectures say about this?