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What was the purpose of the Monroe Doctrine in 1823?
Prohibited European countries from colonizing the Americas
Prohibited European countries from colonizing Africa
Encouraged European countries to colonize Africa
Helped European countries colonize the West. Hemisphere
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General of American Forces at D-Day, invented "massive retaliation" plan as Cold War President
Richard Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
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Shantytowns were named after this president who is blamed for the Great Depression
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Harry Truman
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Who was the first President of the United States?
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
George Washington
John Adams
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Oversaw massive expansion of U.S. military, oversaw the fall of communism and the U.S.S.R.
George Herbert W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George W. (DUBYA) Bush
Ronald Reagan
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Progressive era plan New Freedom, Neutrality at beginning of World War I, 14 points
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
William Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
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Signed NAFTA, oversaw a United Nations intervention in Yugoslavia
Bill Clinton
George W. (DUBYA) Bush
George Herbert W. Bush
Ronald Reagan
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Succeeded FDR, ordered the bombing of Japan, invented Containment of communism policy
Harry Truman
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
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Issued the Emancipation Proclamation (freed the slaves in the confederate states) in 1863
Ulysses S. Grant
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Jackson
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This president was impeached because he disagreed with Radical Republicans about civil rights
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
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Elected president after poor white males gained the right to vote (Age of the Common Man)
Andrew Jackson
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
Andrew Johnson
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Who was elected in the Presidential Election of 1800? (first peaceful transfer of power)
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
George Washington
James Madison
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Allowed women to fight in combat, president during the Persian Gulf War
Ronald Reagan
George W. (DUBYA) Bush
Bill Clinton
George Herbert W. Bush
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successful Civil War general that became president during Reconstruction
Ulysses S. Grant
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
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I was elected in 1877 when the Radical Republicans agreed to end Reconstruction
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
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Encouraged business investments in Latin America through Dollar Diplomacy
William Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Elected to four terms, instituted New Deal programs to help U.S. recover from the Depression
Harry Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
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Pres. during Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis, "ask not what your country can do 4 you"
Richard Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
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9/11 Terrorist Attacks, wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, signed the Patriot Act
George W. (DUBYA) Bush
George Herbert W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Ronald Reagan
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Second President, Quasi-War with France started during his presidency
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
John Quincy Adams
Abraham Lincoln
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Succeeded JFK, increased soldiers in Vietnam, helped pass civil laws during the 1960s
Ronald Reagan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Elected Pres because of "vietnamization" plan, resigned because of Watergate Scandal
Richard Nixon
George H.W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Ronald Reagan
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Who was the "Father of the Constitution" and wrote the Bill of Rights?
John Adams
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
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Big Stick diplomacy, Square Deal, encouraged the building of the Panama Canal
Franklin D. Roosevelt
William Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson