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STAAR US History Module 6 The Modern United States overview quiz quiz

15questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. The Watergate scandal that led to Nixon's resignation in 1974 most directly caused

  2. Which describes Reagan-era economic policy?

  3. The conservative resurgence of the 1970s and 1980s was largely a reaction against

  4. Which combination best explains why the Cold War ended?

  5. The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 symbolized

  6. What happened to the Soviet Union in 1991?

  7. The computer and the internet transformed the United States into

  8. Globalization is best defined as

  9. One major cost of globalization for American workers has been

  10. The Sunbelt grew rapidly in the contemporary era mainly because of

  11. Recent immigration to the United States has come increasingly from

  12. Which is a way citizens can influence government and continue to expand rights?

  13. The September 11, 2001 attacks were carried out by

  14. The September 11 attacks most directly led the United States to

  15. The domestic response to September 11 (the PATRIOT Act, expanded surveillance) reignited the debate over