Which of the following was an example of contemporary terrorism? a) When South Sudan became an independent state.
b) When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in the 1980s.
c) When the United States recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
d) When al-Qaeda attacked the United States on September 11th, 2001 to protest
American involvement in the Middle East.

Why were presidents andrew jackson and martin van buren unwilling to annex texas? a. they did not want texas to be admitted to the union as a slave state. b. they feared that the annexation of texas as a slave state would lead to political problems within the union. c. they thought that texas was too large to be admitted to the union as one state. d. they did not believe in the idea of manifest destiny.