S1 U.S. History Final Exam Review Part 1

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What was the economic situation in the United States at the time of Ronald Reagan's election in 1980?

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Great economic and international turmoil

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What was Ronald Reagan's approach to handling the economic crisis during his presidency?

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Reducing taxes and government regulation

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What was the main topic of Abraham Lincoln's speech when accepting the Republican nomination for U.S. Senator from Illinois in 1858?

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The abolition of slavery

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What is the meaning of the word 'solemn'?

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Serious and grave

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The _______________________________________________________________ help to capture and return runaway slaves.

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Fugitive Slave Law

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When Lincoln said, "Four score and seven years ago, our Fathers brought forth on this continent . . . ," Lincoln was referring to a specific event that happened eighty-seven years prior. What event was he referring to when he spoke these words?

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He was referring to the American Revolution.

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What document was Lincoln referring to when he said, ". . . and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."

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Lincoln was referring to the Declaration of Independence.

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Lincoln said that the Founding Fathers were "so conceived and so dedicated" to the form of government we have today. What is our form of self-government called?

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Representative democracy

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What is the key value expressed in Kennedy’s “Inaugural Address” that the United States will go to any length to defend?

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protecting liberty around the world

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Kennedy notes in his “Inaugural Address” that humans have “the power to abolish . . . all forms of human life.” To what is he referring?

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Humans have nuclear weapons.