Self-paced · U.S. History

Connect the 2001 authorization to the initial Afghanistan response — teaching bridge

Narrow historical causal bridge for the initial September–October 2001 response.

1 focused skill · About 25 minutes · Untimed

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A short diagnostic

Answer 2 questions before studying. Two questions sample each skill; an unanswered skill is not a failed skill. You can change answers until you check them.

A student knows that al-Qaeda was responsible for September 11 but cannot explain why the Taliban regime was also targeted in 2001. Which relationship supplies the missing link?

The Taliban had governed the United States.The Taliban had conducted the Berlin Airlift.The Taliban was another name for the U.S. Congress.The Taliban regime harbored al-Qaeda in Afghanistan.

Which evidence best distinguishes a direct connection to the September 2001 authorization from a merely later event?

The action addressed the attackers or actors harboring them under the authorization’s criteria.The event involved a country outside North America.The event occurred sometime after the law was signed.The event received substantial television coverage.