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According to the polls, President Harry S. Truman was highly unpopular just before his surprising victory over Thomas E. Dewey in the 1948 election.

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February 9, 1945. The U.S., U.S.S.R., & U.K. redrew the world map at the Yalta Conference.

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heart

Other team wins 10 points!

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star

Double points!

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rocket

Go to first place!

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banana

Go to last place!

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baam

Lose 25 points!

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gift

Win 5 points!

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rocket

Go to first place!

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thief

Give points!

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1957 NATO (The North Atlantic Treaty Organization) relied on the threat of all-out nuclear retaliation to hold off a communist attack on Europe.

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August 17, 1945. In the wake of World War II, Americans were eager to return to peacetime living and hungered for consumer goods.

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November 26, 1940. Although the U.S. had previously demanded cash for war supplies, by 1940 the U.K had no cash left to pay the U.S. and asked for credit.

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Civil rights legislation dodged one Senate peril when it was maneuvered past the Judiciary Committee, but it still faced a certain filibuster on the Senate flo

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July 7, 1942. Five years after attacking China in 1936, Japan remained unable to complete the conquest.

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what is inferred by the cartoon? Who is portrayed?

November 15, 1940. In 1940, only the expanse of oceans separated the Americas from attack by Nazi Germany and its allies.

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This cartoon mocks a report by President John F. Kennedy’s Commission on the Status of Women describing the inequities faced by women and advocating for reforms

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lifesaver

Give 20 points!

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star

Double points!

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fairy

Take points!

lifesaver

Give 20 points!

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While the FBI’s “most wanted list” encouraged the public to keep an eye out for criminals, Berryman zeroed in on a new kind of enemy: anyone who undermines war

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British opposition to the war.

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In 1946 Congress reorganized its committee structure, and in the next election the voters “reorganized” the membership of Congress, ending the Democratic Party

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March 12, 1942. The public’s sacrifices during World War II included military service, paying taxes, and going without consumer goods.

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