Essay on Student: Woodrow Wilson and Federal Government Jobs

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HISTORY 2020 FIRST TAKE HOME EXAM You may use only class notes, your weekly outlines, and your text book. Nothing will be accepted from the Internet, or any other source. YOU MUST EMPHASIZE CLASS NOTES AND OUTLINES! You may use your book, but your answers will not be correct if you do not provide responses which reflect the class lectures/discussions. YOU MUST DO YOUR OWN WORK! You are not to discuss, or work on the exam, with anyone else. All writing must be your own. YOU WILL NOT SHARE THIS EXAM WITH A FRATERNITY/SORORITY OR ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION OR ENTITY. IF YOU LEARN THAT ANOTHER STUDENT HAS DONE THIS, YOU WILL REPORT THAT STUDENT TO YOUR INSTRUCTOR. I have read the rules listed above, and I have not violated them. I…show more content…
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