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Jan 2, 2018 · What rare event did millions of Americans witness on August 21? Total Solar Eclipse. What British city suffered 23 deaths during an attack on an Ariana Grande concert? Manchester. Who is the claimed painter of "Salvator Mundi", which sold at auction for $450 million? Leonardo da Vinci.
Dec 13, 2017 · By Michael Gonchar. Dec. 13, 2017. Updated, Jan. 2, 2018. See what you remember about the events of this dramatic year by taking our special news quiz. You can fill in the blanks with your own ...
Name Date EDITION –4 OVE UIZ 2017: The Year In Pictures December 8, 2017 Use this week’s cover story to answer the questions. For each question, circle the letter next to the best answer.
S&P 500 price returns in 2017. In fact, 374 out of 505 stocks registered a gain in 2017 and 219 out of 505 members scored a gain in excess of 20%. Political Volatility Only 2017 was a year marked by low volatility in the stock market and high volatility in Washington D.C., where President Trump took over the Oval Office, and the GOP
- The New President
- The Mueller Investigation
- Greater Tensions with North Korea
- The #Metoo Movement
- The Massacres in Las Vegas and Texas
- Terrorism in Popular Tourist Destinations
- The Opioid Epidemic
- The Devastating Hurricane Season
- The Total Solar Eclipse
- The Culture Wars
Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United Stateson Jan. 20, outlining his vision of a new national populism and reiterating the same “America First” mantra that delivered the White House to him during the 2016 election. In his first address as leader of the free world, Trump said his inauguration would signify a historic moment ...
Bowing to public and congressional pressure, Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller in May as a special counsel to conduct the investigation into Russian interferencein the 2016 presidential campaign. More than five months later, Mueller’s office indicted President Donald Trump’s former campaign man...
American tensions with North Korea intensified rapidly since President Donald Trump was inaugurated in late January, as leader Kim Jong Unmade no secret that his scientists are working on a nuclear-tipped missile capable of reaching the U.S. Kim Im Ryong, North Korea’s ambassador to the United Nations, bluntly warned that the Trump administration’s...
In early October, back-to-back bombshell reports in The New York Times and The New Yorkerrevealed that film mogul Harvey Weinstein allegedly lured women into hotel rooms and bars, and sexually harassed or assaulted them in what some have described as an open secret known for years in Hollywood. Later that month, after a tweet from actress Alyssa Mi...
On Oct. 1, a lone gunman unleashed a rapid-fire barrage of bullets down on a crowd of concertgoers from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, killing 59 people and injuring more than 500 others. It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. The shooter — 64-year-old Stephen Paddockof Mesquite, Nevada — ...
Vehicular and suicide terrorist attacks hit some of Europe’s most popular tourist destinations, as well as the America's most populous city this year. In late March, three people were killed and about 40 were injured when an attacker rammed into pedestrians on London’s Westminster Bridge and attempted to enter Parliament wielding a knife. About two...
In August, President Trump declared America’s opioid epidemic a national emergencytwo days after vowing the U.S. would “win” the fight against it. About a month earlier, the Department of Justice charged more than 400 peoplewho officials said were preying on addicts to shell out money for unnecessary treatments that only worsened their condition, a...
A hurricane season unlike any other came to a close in December after causing billions of dollars in damages, devastating those who were impacted by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria when they plowed through southeast Texas, Florida and the Caribbean. Harvey, a Category 3 storm, drenched southeast Texas in late August with 1 million gallons of wate...
The astronomical phenomenon of the century lived up to the hype. The total solar eclipseshifted across the U.S. in late August, enchanting Americans in small towns and large stadiums from coast to coast. The nation was captivated by the first total solar eclipse to cross the U.S. since 1918. Photos: Americans Look to the Skies (With Glasses!) for S...
Since President Trump took office, the partisan division that evidenced on the campaign trail translated into national culture wars, including debates over the merits of removing statuesand building names that honor Confederate soldiers, as well as kneeling at football games to protest racial inequality. On Aug. 12, white nationalists gathered in E...
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The AP U.S. History Overview. Exam is 3 hours and 15 minutes long and includes both a 95-minute multiple-choice and short-answer section (Section I) and a 100-minute free-response section (Section II). Each section is divided into two parts, as shown in the table below.
