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U.S.-Backed Coups - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 31 times
- The average score is 14 of 16
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| 2002 – A brief coup in this South American nation, supported by the U.S., failed to remove its socialist president | Venezuela | 97%
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| 1953 – The U.S. and UK overthrew a prime minister who nationalized the oil industry, replacing him with a monarch | Iran | 93%
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| 1963 – The U.S helped overthrow this southeast-Asian Country and stayed involved in a war for over a decade | South-Vietnam | 93%
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| 1976 – The U.S. supported a military junta taking over this South American nation, leading to thousands of disappearances | Argentina | 90%
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| 1973 – The CIA assisted in removing a democratically elected socialist leader in South America, replacing him with a brutal dictator | Chile | 90%
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| 1961 – The right-wing dictator of this Caribbean Country, was murdered with weapons supplied by the United States CIA | Dominican Republic | 90%
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| 1991, 2004 – The U.S. helped oust this Caribbean country's first democratically elected president twice | Haiti | 90%
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| 1983 – The U.S. invaded this small Caribbean nation after a left-wing coup, citing the safety of US-medical students with "Operation Urgent Fury" | Grenada | 86%
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| 2009 – The U.S. supported a coup against a left-leaning president in this Central American country. | Honduras | 86%
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| 1989 – The U.S. invaded this Central American country and removed a leader they had previously supported in the drug trade | Panama | 86%
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| 2014 – The U.S. backed the removal of a pro-Russian president in this Eastern European country, fueling ongoing conflict. | Ukraine | 86%
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| 1964 – To overthrow this socialist president in South America, the USA send their Navi and Airforce to help the military rebels through "Operation Brother Sam" | Brazil | 83%
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| 1954 – The CIA ousted a democratically elected leader who had redistributed land from a U.S. fruit company to the people | Guatemala | 79%
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| 1965 – The U.S. supported the overthrow of the leader of a Southeast Asian country, leading to mass killings. | Indonesia | 79%
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| 2019 – The U.S. supported the removal of a socialist indigenous president in this South American country after disputed elections. | Bolivia | 76%
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| 1960-1965 – The U.S. helped remove and kill a popular leader in a newly independent African nation for beeing " a potential communist", supporting a dictator instead | Congo | 55%
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