When the Supreme Court ruled in Bush v. Gore to end the recounting of votes in Florida before it had concluded, it effectively

In the twenty-first century, consumers worldwide are aware that China has made great advances in

“If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.”—Barack Obama   President Obama spoke these words

“I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resistingsubjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.” —President Harry S. Truman, AddressBefore a Joint Session of Congress, March 12, 1947   In this speech, Truman was advocating

President Reagan’s decision to fire federal air traffic controllers who were on strike is an example of

  What were some of the negative consequences of the hippies’ free, uninhibited lifestyle?   .

One of the outcomes of the Camp David Accords was that

One of the outcomes of the Camp David Accords was that

  In the text you read this about the counterculture: The counterculture was rooted in the social and political events of the preceding decade. In the 1950s, the Beat movement had rejected materialism and emphasized the importance of personal experience. The civil rights movement introduced the idea of social and political protest, which intensified the Vietnam antiwar movement. Both movements prompted many people to challenge a range of traditional social behavior, from restrictions on rightsto cultural norms in dress or hairstyles. The counterculture also heightened distrust of authority, leading some young people to warn their peers, “Don’t trust anyone over 30.”   The maxim “Don’t trust anyone over 30” may have been partly inspired by

In the text you read this about the Iran Hostage Crisis: Dying of cancer, the Shah fled Iran in January 1979. Fundamentalist Islamic clerics, led by the Ayatollah Khomeini (i yuh TOH luh koh MAYN ee), took power. Carter allowed the Shah to enter the United States to seek medical treatment. Enraged radical Iranian students invaded the U.S. Embassy and took 66 Americans as hostages. The Khomeini government took control of both the embassy and the hostages to defy the United States.   Iranian students took Americans hostage probably because