The Picture Book

By: Devin Hunter

3rd hour
President Nixons efforts to ease Cold War
tensions were called detente.



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wer 1
The hostage crisis that seemed to overwhelm the Carter
presidency involved a mob seizing Americans in the US
embassy in Iran.
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2
The Taliban controlled Afghanistan when
it was invaded by the US in on the
october of 2001.
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3
It was Gerald R. Ford who pardoned
Richard Nixon for his role in Watergate
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4
As a result of the Soviet Union of Afghanistan, President
Carter boycotted the Moscow Olympics, blocked food
shipments to the Soviets, and began supplying Taliban
rebels with US weapons.
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5
The events of November 9, 1989, at the Berlin Wall
illustrated that East Germany would rather reunite with
West Germany than remain communist.
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6
Hundreds Of unarmed people, including
children, were gunned down by the Chinese
government in Tiananmen Square
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7
Answer
8
The President that was nicknamed the
Great Communicator for his ability to win
over the public was Ronald Reagan.
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9
The design of the space shuttle was
important because it could be reused
after each flight.
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10
The Caribbean nation was invaded in the
80s by the US to keep Cuba out was
Grenada.
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11
A US-led military coalition attack Iraq in 1991
was caused because they wanted to protect
petroleum supplies and respond to reports
of atrocities in Iraqi-occupied Kuwait.
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12
The suspected mastermind of 9/11 was
Osama Bin Laden.
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13
The greatest natural disaster in America
during the 21st century was Hurricane
Katrina.
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14
The state that proved to be key in the
2000 election was Florida.
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15
The US military attacked Iraq in March 2003 in part
because the Bush administration believed that the
Iraqi government possessed weapons of mass
destruction that threatened the United States.
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16
What happened during President Clintons impeachment
hearings was that the Senate failed to produce the two-
thirds vote needed to remove him from office
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17
The 1990s act of Domestic Terrorism that killed
dozens and shocked the nation was the
Oklahoma City Bombing.
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18
The thing that is predicted to cause tens
of millions of deaths worldwide in the
coming decades is HIV/AIDS
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19
The Election of 2008 marked an African-
American was elected President of the
United States for the first time.
Answer 20