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In 1970, the Canadian government invoked the War Measures Act during the "October Crisis" in response to the kidnappings of officials by a separatist group in which province?

A
British Columbia
B
Quebec
C
Ontario
D
Nova Scotia
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The "Night of the Pencils" refers to a series of kidnappings and forced disapepeearances of high school students in September 1976 by the military dictatorship of which country?

A
Argentina
B
Chile
C
Spain
D
Brazil
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The 1995 Srebrenica massacre, recognized as an act of genocide, involved the systematic murder of over 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys by the army of which entity?

A
Republika Srpska (Bosnian Serbs)
B
Croatia
C
Kosovo
D
Albania
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The 1960 U-2 incident caused a massive international political crisis when the Soviet Union shot down a spy plane and captured its pilot, who belonged to which country?

A
France
B
United States
C
United Kingdom
D
West Germany
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In 2013, Edward Snowden leaked highly classified information detailing massive global surveillance programs run primarily by which intelligence agency?

A
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
B
National Security Agency (NSA)
C
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
D
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
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The Crdit Mobilier scandal of 1872 involved the manipulation of contracts and the bribery of US Congress members to secure massive profits during the construction of what?

A
The Hoover Dam
B
The Washington Monument
C
The Panama Canal
D
The First Transcontinental Railroad
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What was Watergate?

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A flood disaster
B
A foreign policy crisis
C
An economic recession
D
A political scandal involving Nixon's re-election campaign
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What caused the 2011 Arab Spring to begin?

A
Oil prices
B
A Tunisian street vendor's self-immolation
C
Foreign invasion
D
A coup
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The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 brought the US and USSR to the brink of nuclear war. It was epeeacefully resolved when the US agreed to remove its missiles from which country in exchange for the Soviet withdrawal from Cuba?

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West Germany
B
Turkey
C
Italy
D
Greece
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The Petticoat Affair (or Eaton Affair) was a political scandal that divided the US Cabinet and inner circle during the presidency of which 19th-century leader?

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Andrew Jackson
B
Thomas Jefferson
C
James Madison
D
Abraham Lincoln
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