U.S history Unit 8 Review: Modern America

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What was the main reason the United States invaded Afghanistan in 2001?

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to defeat a terrorist network

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Result of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?

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The amount of exports from the United States has increased.

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Read the following excerpt from a speech made by President George H. W. Bush in 1991 regarding the Persian Gulf War and answer the question below.
"We are determined to knock out Saddam Hussein’s nuclear bomb potential. We will also destroy his chemical weapons facilities. Much of Saddam’s artillery and tanks will be destroyed."
Which event prompted President Bush to make this statement?
Options: civil war in Somalia, the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, ethnic conflict in Yugoslavia, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

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the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait

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Which scandal involved the National Security Council in secret weapons transactions prohibited by the U.S. Congress?

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Iran-Contra Affair

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Which civil rights technique is most associated with the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), led by national director James Farmer?

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freedom rides

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Identify the best description for the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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A civil rights protest during which African-Americans did not ride city buses in Alabama.

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Effect of 1978 U.S. Supreme Court decision Regents of the University of California v. Bakke?

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Limitations were placed on affirmative action policies.

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Why did civil rights groups increasingly turn to the Supreme Court to obtain their goals during the 1940s and 1950s?

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The Supreme Court was becoming more liberal, and civil rights groups did not feel they could turn to the elected branches of government.

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Which Supreme Court case ruled that separate schools are constitutional so long as they are equal?

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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

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What issue divided the country into "Hawks" and "Doves" during the Vietnam war?

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whether we were interfering in a civil war or defending against communism