Question

The United States sent forces to what area of the world in the mid-1990s to stop ethnic cleansing?
A. The former Yugoslavia
B. China
C. The former Soviet Union
D. The Middle East

Answer 1

A. The Former Yugoslavia because the country was torn apart by ethnic wars between Croatians and the Serbians

Answer 2

The correct answer is
A. The former Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia was falling apart because states wanted to secede and become independent and there was a civil war. Nationalists began ethnic cleansing of people and the US sent forces as part of a UN initiative to stop that and help the countries gain independence.