What controversial 2002 federal initiative by President George W. Bush required mandatory testing of students to meet basic competencies?
a. the New Deal
b. the Great Society
c. the No Child Left Behind Act
d. the Federal Education Act
e. the creation of the U.S. Department of Education
ANS: C
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The central tenet of the Monroe Doctrine was that the United States would
A. intervene in the affairs of any American nation whose internal disorder threatened regional stability. B. regard new European imperial activities in the Americas as a threat to American security. C. make no attempt to increase its own territorial holdings, and would prevent any other country from trying to seize new land. D. intervene on behalf of people who were struggling to prevent their liberties from being taken away by internal factions or outside threats. E. work closely with European powers to extend the blessings of republican government throughout the Americas.
In what year did Texas secede from the Union?
a. 1862 b. 1861 c. 1860 d. 1859