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    -How did these contrasting images from the early 1990s of a starving Somali woman and her child and of Somali rebels dragging the corpse of an American soldier through the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia, impact the American public's perception of African nations like Somalia? A)  Both images caused the United States to appeal to the United Nations to send aid and peacekeeping forces to Somalia. B)  Both images convinced President Clinton to submit to the public demand of withdrawing American troops from Somalia. C)  Both images encouraged Americans to view African nations as dysfunctional places where famine and fighting were endemic. D)  Both images rallied popular support for aiding the poor in East Africa, prompting President George H. W. Bush to send American troops to Somalia.     -How did these contrasting images from the early 1990s of a starving Somali woman and her child and of Somali rebels dragging the corpse of an American soldier through the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia, impact the American public's perception of African nations like Somalia? A)  Both images caused the United States to appeal to the United Nations to send aid and peacekeeping forces to Somalia. B)  Both images convinced President Clinton to submit to the public demand of withdrawing American troops from Somalia. C)  Both images encouraged Americans to view African nations as dysfunctional places where famine and fighting were endemic. D)  Both images rallied popular support for aiding the poor in East Africa, prompting President George H. W. Bush to send American troops to Somalia.
-How did these contrasting images from the early 1990s of a starving Somali woman and her child and of Somali rebels dragging the corpse of an American soldier through the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia, impact the American public's perception of African nations like Somalia?


A) Both images caused the United States to appeal to the United Nations to send aid and peacekeeping forces to Somalia.
B) Both images convinced President Clinton to submit to the public demand of withdrawing American troops from Somalia.
C) Both images encouraged Americans to view African nations as dysfunctional places where famine and fighting were endemic.
D) Both images rallied popular support for aiding the poor in East Africa, prompting President George H. W. Bush to send American troops to Somalia.

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