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geodog55

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Which of the following correctly accounts for the fate of the SALT II agreement?
 
  A) It was approved by the Senate after President Carter personally traveled to Vienna to demonstrate United States support for arms control.
  B) US support for the treaty dissolved after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan.
  C) Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev refused to sign it as a protest against a series of anti-Soviet measures that President Carter adopted.
  D) It was passed by the Senate and signed by President Carter, but President Reagan repealed it because it gave too much to the Evil Empire.
  E) It became the cornerstone for future U.S.-Soviet arms negotiations.

Question 2

What happened at Three Mile Island?
 
  A) The United States established a prison to hold terrorists.
  B) A nuclear plant experienced a near-disastrous accident.
  C) Pennsylvania built the first town to be powered solely by a nuclear reactor.
  D) National Guard forces intervened in a coal mining strike.
  E) The army tested the first components of the Strategic Defense Initiative.



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

B



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