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Question 1

What was one of the challenges Richard Nixon faced as president?

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restoring American confidence

Question 2

The Tuskegee Airmen were unique because

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they were an African American flying unit during WWII.

Question 3

Why did General Douglas MacArthur go to Australia in 1942?

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to avoid capture by the Japanese in the Philippines

Question 4

Which added to severe US economic problems in 1971?

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a recession

Question 5

Which best describes the group of people who the US government forced into internment camps during World War II?

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Japanese Americans

Question 6

Which of the following is the best definition of the term mutually assured destruction?

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a belief that a nuclear war would completely destroy both sides

Question 7

How did the “island-hopping” strategy save American lives in World War II?

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US forces only attacked Japanese-held islands with strategic importance.

Question 8

Look at the map.This map of North America and Europe in 1955 shows

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the member countries of NATO and the Warsaw Pact.

Question 9

When President Clinton sent US peacekeeping troops to Somalia in 1993, US troops

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were killed during a conflict.

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