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Which of the following organizations was created in 2002 in response to the September 11th terrorist attacks?
N.A.T.O.
The Department of Global Defense
The Department of Homeland Security
The Department of Labor
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In 2000, the U.S.S. Cole was bombed in a port of what country resulting in the deaths of 17 American navymen?
Iran
Yemen
Pakistan
Iraq
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In what year was same-sex marriage officially legalized in all fifty states?
2011
2013
2015
2018
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Much of the late 2000's were fraught with economic downturn after the collapse of what economic force?
The housing market
The prison-industrial complex
The Saudi Arabian oil market
N.A.F.T.A.
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Which of the following nations did not deploy troops to aid in Operation Iraqi Freedom?
Russia
Poland
U.K.
Australia
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What is the name of the American space shuttle which burned up upon reentry into orbit in 2003 killing all seven astronauts aboard?
The Challenger
The Columbia
The Chaser
The Champion
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What is the true name of the piece of legislation commonly known as Obamacare?
The Affordable Health and Services Act
The Centralized Union Healthcare Provision Acts
The Client's Insurance Core Act
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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On July 20th, 2015, the United States made history by restoring diplomatic relations with what nation?
Cuba
Russia
China
Iran
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In what year was the hotly contested presidential race between George W. Bush and Al Gore?
2006
2004
2002
2000
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What piece of 2001 legislature helped to establish standards that would provide education for the underprivileged?
The Unionized Ratification Amendment
The Bill for American Posterity
The No Child Left Behind Act
The Enforcement of Mandatory Education Bill
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In 2010, what oil rig made history when it exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, spilling an obscene amount of oil into the sea?
The Gulf Coast Pelican
The Deepwater Horizon
The Stillwater Station
The Shoreside Solution
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In 2017, Donald Trump announced the U.S. would leave what climate agreement?
The Seoul Climate Committee
The Beijing Emissions Pact
The Belgian Greenhouse Deal
The Paris Climate Accords
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In what year did the invasion of Iraq begin as part of the post-9/11 invasion of the Middle East?
2001
2003
2005
2007
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What is the name of the Iraqi dictator who was captured and executed during the Iraq War?
Osama Bin Laden
Saddam Hussein
Bashar al-Assad
Yasser Arafat
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Al Gore became one of the faces of the environmental movement with his work including his film entitled what?
The Day After Tomorrow
Right in Our Faces
An Inconvenient Truth
A Long Overdue Action
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What group sprung up in the mid 2000s that dedicated itself to lobbying for far right-wing policies?
The Lincoln Party
The Union Jack Party
The Neo-Jacksonian Party
The Tea Party
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What man was the 44th President of the United States?
Al Gore
Barack Obama
Donald Trump
George W. Bush
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What is the term for election ballots that weren't completely punched out that many believe affected the outcome of the 2000 presidential election?
Unsure Tonies
Hanging Chads
Devious Trents
Undecided Harolds
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The three targets of the September 11th terror attacks were The World Trade Center, The Pentagon, and what airplane which went down into a Pennsylvania field?
Flight 93
Flight 75
Flight 102
flight 53
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For how many days after 9/11 was civilian air traffic halted?
Seven
Five
Four
Three
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The 2010s have been permeated by escalating tensions between the U.S. and North Korea after what dictator rose to power following the death of his father?
Kim Jong Est
Kim Jong Un
Kim Jong Wu
Kim Jong Li
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What man fled to Russia seeking asylum after blowing the whistle on sensitive information regarding the N.S.A.?
Edward Snowden
Julian Assange
Richard Zeiss
Nolan Eversol
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In 2012, what two states became the first to legalize the recreational use of marijuana?
Washington and Colorado
Colorado and Mississippi
Minnesota and New Hampshire
Delaware and South Dakota
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In 2001, the country was terrorized by incidents of what poison being sent through the mail to infect over twenty people?
Anthrax
Thermite
Costico
Nightshade
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Julian Assange founded what website in order to release classified government information to the public?
Piratebay
Wikileaks
Ironeyes
4Chan
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What hurricane brought much devastation to the southern United States in the year of 2005?
Hurricane Stephanie
Hurricane Louise
Hurricane Mary
Hurricane Katrina
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On May 2nd, 2011, Navy SEALs assassinated what infamous warlord?
Saddam Hussein
Osama bin Laden
Muammar Gadafi
Yasser Arafat
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What state, in 2004, became the first ever to legalize same-sex marriage?
Massachusetts
Wyoming
Oregon
Ohio
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Much of the modern discourse on school shootings was brought about as a result of the tragic Virginia Tech Massacre which occurred in what year?
2002
2005
2007
2011
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In 2013, the terrorist pair known as the Tsarnaev Brothers used a bomb to attack what event?
The World Series
The Boston Marathon
The Summer Olympics
The Super Bowl
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Which of the following devastating hurricanes did not occur in 2017?
Harvey
Irma
Maria
Katrina
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Much of America's modern energy independence has been achieved through the use of what controversial process that consists of shooting hot liquids into the earth to extract oil?
Churning
Biling
Nostrolining
Fracking
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