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The Path taken in th 1830's by thousands of southeastern Native Americans when the U.S. government forced them to relocate west of the Mississippi River
The First transcontinental railroad route in 1863, built by the hard labor of immigrant Chinese and Irish, African Americans and Mexican Americans
The automobile highway route in the southwestern states used during the Great Depression by thousands of Oklahoma sharecroppers migrating to California
The overland route across the Rocky Mountains taken by the Mormons in 1847 when they moved from Illinois to Utah in order to find a safe haven to practice their religion
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Broadcast Stations
Newspapers
Magazines
Websites
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Deviation
Mean
Variance
Median
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Encouraging worker participation in decision making
Avoiding discipline in the interest of teamwork
Showing appreciation for team efforts
Being flexible in making assignments
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Halt the influence of the U.S.S.R.
Restrict the flow of immigrant workers
Eliminate activity of members of the American Communist Party
Restrict American intervention in foreign conflicts
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Lacks the material resources to do the job
Is not getting paid enough to do the job
Lacks the skills to do the job
Lacks the motivation to do the job
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Jews
Serbs
Greeks
Croats
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3.33, 3.5, 4.0
3.5, 4.0, 3.33
3.33, 4.0, 3.5
3.33, 3.33, 4.0
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Entries in a database
Log entries
Versions of the file, usually marked with a number
Filenames altogether
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$62.25
$81.20
$82.25
$84.00
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Disapproval of a proposition
Respect for what was previously said
The need for more time
A dislike for what was previously said
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Provide a clear explanation of why negative feedback is being provided
Clearly indicate the consequences of poor performance
Focus on personality and attitude factors that seem to underlie the problem
Not become emotionally engaged in the feedback session
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A congressional district traditionally has an almost even split between voters from each major party.
One congressional district in a state has many more voters per square mile than the other districts in the state
An oddly shaped congressional district has a majority of voters from one of the two major parties while surrounding districts have majorities from the other major party.
The representative to the House of Representatives from a congressional district ina large state is a member of one major party while the majority of voters in the district are members of another party
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Theodore Roosevelt to assert a U.S. right to intervene in Latin America to preserve law and order.
Woodrow Wilson to support Great Britain against German aggression.
Franklin Roosevelt to extend U.S. influence in the Pacific.
Lyndon Johnson to protect U.S. interests in southeast Asia
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Canada
Germany
Japan
United Kingdom
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The persistence of traditional societies within modernized nations
The fact that the majority of the world's population still lives in rural areas
Universal access to information through electronic media
The tendency of nations to specialize as tradespeople used to a village setting
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What to produce, where to produce, for whom to produce
What to produce, how to produce, for whom to produce
Whether to produce, where to produce, why to produce
Why to produce, how to produce, which to produce
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Attempt to maintain control of the interview
Never speak until spoken to
Always answer all questions completely
Compliment the reporter
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The Federal Reserve Bank
The Joint Economic Committee of Congress
The President of the United States
The Senate Budget Committee
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Thirteenth Amendment
Emancipation Proclamation
Cessation of War Powers
Nineteenth Amendment
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Try to ignore a problem and hope it will go away
Work in a very noisy environment that makes it hard to concentrate
Believe they are incapable of dealing with a situation
Have a great many things to do both at home and at work
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The better quality of and greater competition among newspapers
The lack of finances to support newspapers
Television's more comprehensive coverage of news events
Consumer preferences for listening to or watch news events
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Llanos
Pampas
Andes
Gran Chaco
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Company A is more successful than company B
Company B is more successful than company A
Both companies are equally successful
Neither company is a success
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Collaboration and reason
Competition and antagonism
Compassion and empathy
Manipulation and negotiation
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Senate campaigns
House campaigns
Gubernatorial campaigns in all 50 states
Presidential campaigns
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Nigeria and Kenya
Senegal and Ghana
Mozambique, Ghana, and Somalia
Liberia, Ethiopia, and South Africa
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National defense products
Light provided by lighthouses
New automobiles
New highways
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They see their work as a valued goal in is own right
They believe that they will receive a reward separate from what the work itself provides
They see their work as a valued goal in its own right and believe they will be well paid
Pay is linked directly to productivity
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Cannot be sent into combat without prior congressional approval
Must be withdrawn from combat within 90 days unless Congress approves their deployment
Can only be sent into combat by order of the president in a national emergency
Cannot be sent into combat unless congress declares war.
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70%
20%
10%
Nothing
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A disingenuous and vilifying definition of terms or characterization of an argument, which does not allow for reasoned opposition.
A false claim that if an action is taken, an undesirable consequence necessarily and inevitably will follow
An irrelevant personal attack on one's opponent instead of a refutation of her or his position
Repetition of a claim offered as reason in support of it.
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Source will no be specifically identified
Source will be specifically identified
Story's subject will not be specifically identified
Stories subject will be specifically identified
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40
55
62
65
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Inform the National Security Council
Inform the leaders of Congress
Inform the congressional intelligence committees
Get approval from the congressional intelligence committees
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Women gave up their jobs to veterans and returned to staying at home, greatly decreasing the numbers of women in paid wage labor.
Women lost higher paying jobs to veterans but many returned to lower-paying jobs.
Women competed with returning veterans to keep their high-paying jobs, resulting in the first "equal pay for equal work" legislation
In order to make room for veterans to resume their old jobs, the U.S. government sponsored leadership programs to retrain women as executives and corporation managers.
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Congress, on government expenditures and other tasks assigned to it
Secretary of the Treasury, on management of the debt
President, on waste and financial mismanagement of the debt
Congressional Budget Office, on appropriations and expenditures
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James Brown
Charlie Parker
Duke Ellington
Tommy Dorsey
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The Senate's decision in regard to the Treaty of Versailles in 1919-1920
The United Nations act of 1945
President Roosevelt's Destroyer-for-bases deal in 1940
The War Powers Resolution of 1973
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Threshold Test Ban treaty of 1974
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty of 1979
Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty of 1988
Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty of 1992
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Fundamental attribution error
Self-serving bias error
Actor-observer error
Stereotyping error
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Decreased, but more slowly than the decrease in employment at the state and local level
Decreased, while employment at the state and local level has risen
Increased but more slowly than the increase at the state and local level
Increased, while employment by state and local government has fallen
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