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In fighting the persian Gulg War, the United States a. used over a million troops. b. had the support of the United Nations. c. operated alone. d. had to use only air power. |
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The Sooviet Union dissolved in 1991 and become a. the united Nations of Russia. b. the confederate States of Europe. c. the union of New Republics. the commonwealth of Independent States. |
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The person elected president of the Russian Republic in 1991 was a Josef Statlin b. boris Yeltsin. c. Mikhail Gorbachev. d.Nikita khrushchev |
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The breakup of the Soviet Union left this new nation as a major nuclear power. a Germany b. Ukraine c. Poland d. Czechoslovakia |
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The persian Gulf War of 1991 began when a. Iraq invaded Iran. b.Iraq invaded Kuwait, c. saudi arabia attacked Israel. d.Iran attacked Kuwait |
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The conutry invaded by U.S. troops in1989 was a. Panama. b.Iraq c. Libya. d. Grenada |
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The country where President Bush sent U.S. troops in 1992 for ''humanitarian'' resons was a. South Africa b.Kuwait. c. haiti. d Somalia. |
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N.A.F.T.A. is a a. free trade agreement with Mexico and Canada b. arms limitation agreement c. civil rights organization. d. military alliance. |
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Anita Hill accused which Supreme Court justice of sexual harassment? a. Thurgood Marshall. b. Clarence Thomas. c. Johnny cochran. d. Jesse Jackson |
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The country in southeast europe that broke into several new countries in the early 1990s was a. Poland. b. Albania. c. Yugoslavia. d. Greece. |
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The two Middle East countries that fought a long war int he 1980s were a. Iran and Iraq b. Iran and Saudi Arabia c. iran and Kuwait. d. Israel and Saudi Arabia |
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The U.S. military commander in the Mideast during the Persian Gulf was a. Norman Schwazkopf. b.Douglas Mac Arthur. c.Colin Powell. d. Dwight Eisenhower. |
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The caribbean country invaded by the United statews in the 1980s was a. Panama. b. cuba c. Grenada. d. argentina. |
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The country that had a huge pro-democracy demonstratio broken-up by the govenment in 1989 was a. Red china, b. North Korea. c. Cuba d. the soviet Union |
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The first African-american to sit on the U.S. Supreme court was a. Clarence Thomas. b. Martin Luther King. c. Thurgood Marshall d. Stokely carmichael. |
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