Week 17 Review: Modern America (VUS.14-15)

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Over the last three decades, the American workforce has had to acquire and improve skills in –

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Computer technology

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Televised news -> ??? -> better informed rural population

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satellite dish

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What type of action is described by the quotation: President Bush met with his national security advisers and with leading members of Congress. He also telephoned the leaders of Great Britain, Canada, France, Germany, China, and Russia as the first steps toward building an international coalition against terrorism. — State Department records, September 12, 2001

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diplomatic relations

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In recent years, advances in technology have changed employers’ expectations for job applicants so that most U.S. employers now

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By providing better access to information

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This President was in office during the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism?

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George H.W. Bush

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This man was declared to be the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks?

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Osama Bin Laden

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The 9/11 attacks were four coordinated attacks on what two US sites?

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Pentagon and World Trade Center

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This act gave the NSA unprecedented spying powers on American citizens?

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PATRIOT Act

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Why did Neil Armstrong make this statement?

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He was the first American to step onto the Moon's surface.

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Who was the first astronaut to orbit the Earth? Options: Sally Ride, John Glenn, Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong

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John Glenn