Sophia – US History II – Milestone 4 Final
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Read the excerpt from an address to Congress made by President George W. Bush articulating
the Bush
... [Show More] Doctrine in 2001:
"Our response involves far more than instant retaliation and isolated strikes. Americans should
not expect one battle, but a lengthy campaign unlike any other we have ever seen. . . We will
starve terrorists of funding, turn them one against another, drive them from place to place until
there is no refuge or no rest. And we will pursue nations that provide aid or safe haven to
terrorism. Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us or
you are with the terrorists. From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or
support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime."
Which organization was President Bush most likely referring to when using the word
"terrorists?"
Al-Qaeda
Hezbollah
Saddam Hussein
ISIS
CONCEPT
9/11 and the War on Terror
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Read the excerpt from a speech Ronald Reagan gave to the National Association of Evangelicals
in 1983:
"Let us pray for the salvation of all of those who live in that totalitarian darkness—pray they will
discover the joy of knowing God. But until they do, let us be aware that while they preach the
supremacy of the state, declare its omnipotence over individual man, and predict its eventual
domination of all peoples on the Earth, they are the focus of evil in the modern world."
According to the excerpt, why did President Reagan refer to the Soviet Union as “the focus
of evil in the modern world?”
Because the Soviet Union threatened nuclear war
Because the Soviet Union rejected Christian values
Because the Soviet Union accused the United States of imperialism
Because the Soviet Union claimed global dominion
RATIONALE
Throughout his administration, Reagan referred to the Soviet Union as an “evil empire” that
advanced a set of values antagonistic to the Christian values of the United States. According to
this excerpt, one of those values advanced by the Soviet Union is atheism. This is evident in the
phrases “pray they will discover the joy of knowing God” and “they preach the supremacy of the
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