As American fears about future terrorist attacks increased after 9/11, Congress ____, which permitted government surveillance of email and telephone records of private citizens

a. implemented the Department of Homeland Security
b. gave new powers to the CIA and FBI
c. passed the USA Patriot Act
d. enacted the Telecommunications Security Act
e. passed the Anti-Terrorism Intelligence Act


c

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a. Sea Peoples b. Phoenicians c. Hittites d. Philistines e. Canaanites

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Arab slave traders frequently sought slaves in __________.

A) West Africa B) Sub-Saharan Africa C) North Africa D) the Caribbean

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Why did Bakunin feel that of all the philosophical theories of his time, liberalism was on the "right track"?

a. Liberalism emphasized the overthrow of states. b. Liberalism placed emotional intensity over authenticity. c. Liberalism placed the position of the state above the individual. d. Liberals stressed individual freedom. e. Liberalism stressed the stability of a constitutional monarchy.

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