Militia groups arose in America during the 1990s:

a. but were quickly eliminated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

b. to protest the increasing influence of the Christian Coalition.

c. and were based primarily in the Northeast.

d. but posed no immediate threat to the nation.

e. and engaged in acts of domestic terrorism.

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Seamus Kirk

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3 July, 19:23

Militia groups arose in America during the 1990s:

a. but were quickly eliminated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

b. to protest the increasing influence of the Christian Coalition.

c. and were based primarily in the Northeast.

d. but posed no immediate threat to the nation.

e. and engaged in acts of domestic terrorism.

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Asia Summers · Answer 1

The correct answer is letter E.

Explanation: The domestic terrorism of Oklahoma City was the deadliest domestic terrorist attack in its history, when Timothy James McVeigh, a decorated former US military man, detonated a truck bomb in front of a federal government building in Oklahoma City.

With 168 dead and approximately 500 people injured, the US government began a quick hunt for potential bombers. He outlined profiles of attacks by extremist groups, mainly Islamist.