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AP U.S. History 1.1 Period 8: 1945-1980
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In this AP U.S. History question read the excerpt and determine how it reflects on conceptual shifts in American Foreign Policy.  AP U.S. His...

AP U.S. History 1.2 Period 8: 1945-1980
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AP U.S. History: Industrial American in 19th Century Drill 1, Problem 5. In addition to foreign aid, the United States used military force in Korea...

AP U.S. History 1.3 Period 8: 1945-1980
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AP U.S. History: Urban Society in 19th Century Drill 1, Problem 1. In this AP U.S. History question figure out how the cutoff of oil in Americ...

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We've got a passage for ya about a trend. Yep - this is the trendiest passage you've seen in a long, long time. It's about to catch on like wildfire.

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Here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by the rise of

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the Sun Belt because the sooner you realize that America is basically [Canada wearing America as pants]

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Canada's pants the sooner you'll realize that the belt should be a lot higher up

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take a look at the passage right there....

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Okay here's the question - One effect of the trend described in the excerpt

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was what and here are your potential answers... Imagine for

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a second if Johnson actually managed to accomplish everything outlined in this [Johnson giving a speech]

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excerpt no war no inequality no poverty no disease no bigotry no hate what would

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politicians be promising now making traffic a little bit less bad maybe or

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what if every restaurant had to sell pancakes, that might be cool

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right well that unfortunately was not the case and in fact only one of these

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answers actually came to fruition and that certainly wasn't the end of the [Fruit pops open]

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Vietnam War which raged on throughout Johnson's presidency until 1973 [Vietnam soldiers in war]

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thankfully C didn't happen either as the values of the Great Society were

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enacted the Supreme Court made even more decisions that protected individual [Judge bangs gavel]

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freedoms like Miranda v Arizona that one actually led to reading of Miranda

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rights which you probably don't think you know but if you've ever watched the [Police officers picking up a woman]

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crime TV you definitely do..Law & Order ....okay and the

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rise of the Sun Belt wasn't a result of anything to do with LBJ instead it was

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an effect of the baby boom and suburbanization trends in other words you

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know that whole stereotype about rich old people retiring to warm places like [Old couple with packed bags move to Florida]

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Florida and Arizona yeah that's actually a thing and actually caused the rise of

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the Sun Belt which just so happens to sound like the title of the dumbest

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action movie ever, see not everyone actually thought the Great Society was [Group of people in a hall]

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great and the initiative put forward by Johnson actually spurred on the

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mobilization of a conservative backlash led by Americans who felt that it was [Family eating dinner together]

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their duty to defend traditional visions of morality and what they felt was the

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appropriate role of the state funnily enough

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mobilization of the conservative movement is actually the sequel to the

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rise of the Sun Belt coming soon to a really boring theater near you [Rise of Sun Belt 2 movie advert]

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