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In 2009, why was China concerned about the Affordable Care Act that was then being crafted in the United States? Why was the Obama administration quick to try to alleviate China's concerns?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What were some of the factors in the 1960s that led national leaders to determine that Jim Crow laws in the South needed to come to an end?
 
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Answer to Question 1

An ideal response will:
1, Note that China was concerned that the health care law would add considerably to deficit spending and that China was concerned about the ability of the United Statesits major creditorto pay its debts.
2, Indicate that the Chinese government, banks, and citizens fund much of the U.S. deficit spending by purchasing U.S. government bonds.
3, Explain that the United States was quick to alleviate China's concerns because it needs to continue to borrow money from China to fund its deficit spending.

Answer to Question 2

An ideal response will:
1, Discuss how Jim Crow laws had become an international embarrassment, since the United States was in the Cold War with the Soviet Union for the hearts and minds of people in the Third World, many of whom had dark skin.
2, Describe how elected leaders had become aware that African Americans in the North were using the vote effectively and that those in the South could be a source of votes.
3, Detail how the civil rights movement that had started in the 1950s had become much stronger in the 1960s, bringing moral pressure on national leaders to end Jim Crow.



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