The World after 9/11Versión en línea TRUE or FALSE activity on the attack on the Twin Towers - Causes and Consequences. por SANDRA FADDA 1 On 9/11, President George W. Bush gave a speech in which he made Al Qaeda responsible for the attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon. a TRUE b FALSE 2 The Axis of Evil refers to a group of countries the US government considers a threat to peace in America and in the rest of the world. a TRUE b FALSE 3 The international consequences of 9/11 are related to the American policy in relation to the Middle East. a TRUE b FALSE 4 The internal consequences of 9/11 are related to the American policy in relation to United Airlines Flight 93. a TRUE b FALSE 5 Bin Laden was finally found in Pakistan and killed by an American SEAL team in 2011. a TRUE b FALSE 6 The significance of the Gulf War of 1990-1991 as an antecedent to the War on Terror lies in the fact that the USA counted on Saddam Hussein as an ally against Iran at that time. a TRUE b FALSE 7 When Saddam Hussein went to war against Iran in the 1980s, the USA supported Iraq because Iran was an enemy to America. a TRUE b FALSE 8 The Bush Doctrine was based on the concepts of pre-emption and unilateralism, which advocate US intervention and the use force even without evidence of an imminent attack to ensure that a threat against the United States does not grow over time. a TRUE b FALSE 9 The Obama Doctrine embraces the same concepts and policies as the Bush Doctrine. a TRUE b FALSE 10 The welfare state extended during the Obama Administration to cover more people. a TRUE b FALSE 11 Obama was not successful in having the DREAM Act passed. a TRUE b FALSE 12 President Obama can be said to have been a visionary in his appeal to enhance global capacities to prevent, detect and respond to infectious disease threats. a TRUE b FALSE Explicación 1 The answer is FALSE. George W. Bush did not know who had attacked America. Watch the President’s address to the Nation on the Terrorist Attacks (Sept 11, 2001): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMiqEUBux3o 2 The answer is TRUE. You can read more about this group of countries here: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bush-describes-iraq-iran-north-korea-as-axis-of-evil 3 The answer is TRUE. You can read more about the USA relationship with the Middle East here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/681A1DC77C88FD19716CE70D421B8B3F/S1466046604000420a.pdf/oil_and_the_911_commissions_report.pdf 4 The answer is FALSE. You can read more about the internal consequences of 9/11 here: Patriot Act - HISTORY 5 The answer is TRUE. The SEAL operation was called Operation Neptune Spear. You can read more about Operation Neptune Spear here: https://www.history.com/news/osama-bin-laden-death-seal-team-six 6 The answer is FALSE. The USA counted on Kuwait and Saudi Arabia as allies, and so intervened against Iraq and its leader, Saddam Hussein. You can read more about the First Gulf War here: https://www.history.com/topics/middle-east/persian-gulf-war 7 The answer is TRUE. Iran was ruled by fundamentalists who had declared America an enemy. You can read more about the Iran-Iraq War here: https://www.history.com/topics/middle-east/iran-iraq-war 8 The answer is TRUE. Both President W. Bush and Condoleezza Rice (first National Security Advisor and then Secretary of State) articulated the government’s stance on pre-emption. You can read more about the pre-emption policy here: https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/pb113.pdf 9 The answer is FALSE. Although today many doubt whether there was an Obama Doctrine, American foreign policy started radically moving away from the Bush Doctrine since it became more based on multilateralism and consultation. You can read more about present evaluations of the Obama Doctrine here: https://www.ft.com/content/47ff09c6-43b0-3894-af13-20901821f527 10 The answer is TRUE. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, both passed in 1910 extended Medicare and Medicaid. You can read more about the Obama Care Programme here: https://www.healthcare-management-degree.net/faq/what-is-obama-care-healthcare-reform/ 11 The answer is TRUE. Unfortunately, the Obama Administration was not able to grant permanent residency to alien minors. You can read more about the DREAM Act here: https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/dream-act-overview 12 The answer is TRUE. Back in 2014, President Obama referred to the threat of a flu pandemic. Watch the video here: https://edition.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/04/10/barack-obama-2014-pandemic-comments-sot-ctn-vpx.cnn
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