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- 6. What U.S. organization is pledging an additional $100 million toward head injury research, with up to one-third of its former players expected to develop long-term brain problems?
- 9. Every year on September 11, a national day of service and remembrance takes place in the U.S. By what name is this day known?
- 10. In September 2016, a ceasefire organized by the U.S. and ________ recently collapsed in Syria, leading to new violence.
- 11. States with a large number of undecided voters are known as battleground states because candidates campaign hard there, fighting for every vote. They’re also known as ______________ because in different election years, they’ve turned their support from one political party to the other.
- 12. What is the name of the New York City skyscraper that measures 1,776 feet tall and whose footprint was designed to be identical to that of the Twin Towers?
- 13. When thinking of the political spectrum; ________________, often said to be “on the right,” generally think government should play a limited role in regulating business and instituting social reforms. They tend to vote Republican.
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- 1. What city in North Carolina was under a state of emergency, following a controversial police shooting and violent protests by civilians in mid-late September?
- 2. The first U.S. congressional veto override of the Obama presidency came on Sept. 28 when Congress voted overwhelmingly to allow American families of 9/11 victims to sue the government of this nation:
- 3. What document names the U.S. president as "Commander in Chief" of America's military forces?
- 4. When thinking of the political spectrum; ______________, often said to be “on the left,” generally think government should play an active role in regulating business and solving social problems. They tend to vote Democratic.
- 5. Hurricane Matthew caused damage in the Dominican Republic on Oct. 3, and _________, the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, braced on Oct. 4 for what meteorologists describe as "catastrophic" potential floods and landslides. The country is still recovering from an earthquake that devastated it in 2010.
- 7. Nearly 1,000 people died in Haiti as a result of _________, and more than 500,000 remain stranded in the country’s south. In the United States, at least 21 people were killed by the hurricane, which caused record flooding in North Carolina.
- 8. After months of planning, the Iraqi government began a battle to retake Mosul from _________ on Oct. 17. About one million people remained in the city, the second largest in Iraq, which lent credence to the militant group’s claim of ruling a fledgling nation.