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Historical explanation of Affirmative Action's origins, policies, and the debates that developed. Clear!

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In simple terms, what caused the sub-prime mortgage scandal?
Review what happened during the 2000 election (Robbie)
Review religion's role in politics and government (Is it growing? How is it viewed?) (Thibault)
Review the issue with Florida during the 2000 election. (Courtney)
Review Clinton's actions post-Cold War (Christine)
History of U.S. currency policy and its effect on macroeconomics (international and domestic). (Brian Burns)
The history, policies, and macroeconomic effects of the Federal Reserve (Brian Burns)
The thesis of Keynesian economic theory and its justifications (Brian Burns)
A history of US environmental policy (Brian Burns)
The failure of post cold war diplomatic and military strategy (Kendrick)
The growing wealth gap (Kendrick)
How pro-active America can and should be in its fight against terrorism (Kendrick)
America's Image abroad (Kendrick)
Review Clinton's foreign policy issue. What was he trying to achieve? What did he achieve? (Eleni)
The uses of a state definition of marriage. (Brian Burns)
Review on the effects of the Abu Ghraib Scandal. (Colin Leach)
Review Clinton's post cold war foreign policy. (Lex)
Review the 2000 election - Florida and Supreme Court. (Rachel)
Review what the importance of the 2000 election confusion was. (emma)
Review the affect of the 2004 and 2008 elections on our secular state and how the reality of a secular state is changing. (emma)
Review the 2000 election in Florida. (Tommy)
Review the confusion with the Florida votes in the 2000 election, and also why the Supreme Court handled it instead of the Florida government. (Emma B.)
What is the world community of free-market democracies, and how has it grown more interdependent? (Jasper)
How did post-Cold War US foreign lead to the tarnishing of the world's image of America? (Jasper)
The policies on same-sex marriage in different states. (Pippa)
The Shia & Sunni in Iraq: Why there was violence? Reasons for the Sunni Awakening? (Olivia L.)
Clinton's problems generating a new post- Cold War foreign policy. (Graham)
Why did the U.S. attack Iraq in response to 9/11? I know we believed they had nuclear weapons, but why did we think that they had them In the first place (in other words, why investigate Iraq? (Adam P.)
Bill Clinton's struggle with creating a foreign policy. (Morgan)
Was the Iraq war in the end a victory? How do we define victory? (Noah)
Historical Terms/ Vocabulary: What Facts Should A Student of American History Know?

Containment vs Enlargement as foreign policy
Define Realpolitik (Robbie)
What was the Abu Ghraib Scandal? (Thibault)
Define "failure of imagination". (Courtney)
What factors triggered The Iraq War? (Christine)
When the american left wished for more regulation in finance (post-2008 recession), exactly what kind of regulation did they wish for? (Brian Burns)
Bernie Madoff
How would the right wing's proposal to increase revenue by lowering taxes make actual financial sense?
What was the controversy surrounding the 2000 election? (Lex)
Is Thomas Friedman's "Green Solution" truly possible at the moment? (Colin Leach)
Explain the two sides of affirmative action. (Rachel)
assimilability (emma)
What is "hegemony on the cheap"? (Tommy)
Detterence (Emma B.)
Affirmative Action (Jasper)
Free-Market (Jasper)
Pluralism (Olivia L.)
Terrorism and reasons why the U.S was a "number 1" target to strike. (Olivia L.)
Define facade
Embryonic stem cell research controversy, including Bush's decision and people's opinions on the matter (Morgan)
How did President Bush define the "Axis of Evil?" (Noah)
What points led up to 9/11 (Graham)

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