In the aftermath of 9/11, which of the following caused many civil libertarians to charge that the Department of Justice was threatening the basic freedoms enjoyed by Americans?
A. The way in which the Justice Department enforced the Homeland Security Act
B. The Justice Department's order that private planes would not fly over Washington, D.C.
C. The Department's decree that all people entering shopping malls had to undergo a search for weapons and incendiary devices.
D. The Justice Department's granting of new powers to FBI agents to monitor the Internet, mosques, and rallies
Answer: D
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a. the increasingly virulent nationalism of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. b. the irrationalism articulated by the intellectual elite and viscerally felt by the masses. c. a fear of Marxism and Bolshevism and a disgust with liberalism. d. a desire to rebuild community while not resorting to Communism. e. a renewed commitment for individual freedom.
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a. Massachusetts b. Pennsylvania c. New York d. Rhode Island