U.S. History EL #10: Modern Times Checkpoint

What is your FIRST name?

What is your LAST name?

What group was directly responsible for the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001?

• Al-Qaeda
• the Taliban
• Saudi Arabia
• Afghanistan rebels

Which of the following symbolized the end of communism in Europe?

• the summit between Gorbachev and Reaganption 1
• the destruction of a statue of Stalin
• the collapse of the Soviet Union
• the fall of the Berlin Wall

What was a major reason that President George Bush responded forcefully to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait?

• He wanted to protect the flow of oil to the West.
• He wanted to keep the United Nations out of any conflict.
• He feared that Iraq would invade the United States next.
• He feared the spread of communism in the Middle East.

Which country did the U.S. invade to capture Osama bin Laden and target Al-Qaeda?

• Iraq
• Afghanistan
• Kuwait
• Saudi Arabia

One major factor contributing to Ronald Reagan’s defeat of President Carter in 1980 was

• the Persian Gulf War.
• the Camp David Accords.
• the hostage crisis in Iran.
• the decline of the New Right.

On September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked planes and flew them into the

• White House and the Pentagon.
• World Trade Center towers and the Capitol.
• World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon.
• Empire State Building and the White House.