Question 1
The United States helped broker the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords, which settled territorial disputes and issues of ethnic cleansing in __________.
A) Afghanistan
B) Rwanda
C) the former Yugoslavia
D) Iraq
Question 2
How did these contrasting images from the early 1990s of a starving Somali woman and her child and of Somali rebels dragging the corpse of an American soldier through the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia, impact the American public's perception of
African nations like Somalia? A) Both images caused the United States to appeal to the United Nations to send aid and
peacekeeping forces to Somalia.
B) Both images convinced President Clinton to submit to the public demand of withdrawing
American troops from Somalia.
C) Both images encouraged Americans to view African nations as dysfunctional places where
famine and fighting were endemic.
D) Both images rallied popular support for aiding the poor in East Africa, prompting President
George H. W. Bush to send American troops to Somalia.
Question 3
What was one result of the British attack on Fort McHenry in Baltimore harbor?
A) the burning of the White House by British soldiers
B) the British surrender that finally ended the War of 1812
C) Francis Scott Key's composition of The Star-Spangled Banner
D) prevention of American forces from invading Canada
Question 4
The political cartoon Columbia Teaches John Bull His New Lesson shows that by 1812 the United States was __________.
A) allied with Britain in a naval war against France
B) involved in a formally declared war with both Britain and France
C) restoring friendly diplomatic relations with both Britain and France
D) at war with Britain for the second time in less than half a century