Question

In Haiti, the dictators are gone, democracy has a new day, the flow of desperate refugees to our shores has subsided. -- President Clinton, 1996 State of the Union Address Why was this statement significant to the American public at the time? (5 points) Americans thought the government had not done enough to help encourage democracy and end oppressive governments. The number of refugees the Haitian government encouraged to leave after the earthquake alarmed many southern Americans.

Answer 1

"Americans thought the government had not done enough to help encourage democracy and end oppressive governments" is the best answer from the list.

Answer 2

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The U.S. military had intervened in Haiti to help remove a brutal regime and help the small nation start to implement democracy.

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