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Question #1
Which of the following statement about President Eisenhower’s foreign policy is accurate?
A.   All of these statements are accurate.
B.   He utilized American popular culture to counter Soviet influence.
C.   He supported an autocratic government in South Vietnam after the nation was divided in 1955.
D.   He emphasized the role of alliances in countering Soviet influence.
E.   He used the Central Intelligence Agency to engineer political coups to achieve foreign policy goals.
Question #2
All of the following occurred during the Carter administration except
A.   The signing of a treaty restoring Panamanian sovereignty over the Canal Zone.
B.   Normalizing formal relations with mainland China.
C.   Reaching a major milestone in settling the Egyptian-Israeli conflict in the Middle East.
D.   Normalizing relations with the revolutionary government of Iran.
E.   the renewal of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.
Question #3
The guiding principle of President Carter's foreign policy was
A.   containment.
B.   isolationism.
C.   human rights.
D.   détente.
E.   unilateralism.
Question #4
The Cuban Missile Crisis influenced President Kennedy to
A.   forbid Americans to trade with and travel to Latin America
B.   declare the American intention to send a man on the moon before the Soviets could get there
C.   reduce the nation's commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Atlantic Treaty Organization to appease the Soviets
D.   Negotiate a limited nuclear testing bane with the Soviets
E.   organize the Peace Corps
Question #5
The policy of détente
A.   was aimed at ending the division of Germany and Korea.
B.   countered considerable resistance from European nations.
C.   ushered in an era of relaxed tensions between the United States and the two leading communist powers, China and the Soviet Union.
D.   found little support among Americans.
E.   was designed to improve relations between the Soviet Union and China.
Question #6
Which of the following statements about President’s Reagan’s foreign policy is not accurate?
A.   He believed in rolling back communism worldwide.
B.   He oversaw a major increase in American military spending.
C.   He secured an American foothold in the Middle East and its oil.
D.   He developed a close relationship with the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
E.   He framed American foreign policy in moral terms as a struggle against the evils of communism.
Question #7
The Vietnam War can be understood as
A.   A war that deeply divided the US
B.   An example of the doctrine of containment
C.   A war that fostered cynicism and distrust of the government
D.   All of these
E.   A war conducted without a declaration of war
Question #8
America's strong support for Israel in the 1973 Arab-Israeli War led to
A.   America's growing reliance on Iran as its major source of Middle Eastern oil.
B.   a vigorous effort to end America's reliance on imported oil.
C.   an OPEC oil boycott of the United States and a subsequent energy crisis and recession.
D.   an increasing alliance between Arab nations and the Soviet Union.
E.   considerably lower energy prices for European countries that had remained neutral in the war.
Question #9
A major long-term effect of the Vietnam War was
A.   the fall of the Soviet Union
B.   a continued boycott of trade with Asia
C.   a change in US foreign policy from containment to a more isolationist foreign policy
D.   an end to communist governments in Asia
E.   a reluctance to commit US troops for extended military action abroad
Question #10
The expansion of the Vietnam war into Cambodia resulted in
A.   new waves of bitter domestic protest against the war
B.   China entering the war on the side of North Vietnam
C.   The wiping out of North Vietnamese resistance as their supply routes were interrupted
D.   congressional approval for an expanded war effort
E.   an end to the secret American bombing campaign against Cambodia
Question #11
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
A.   Illustrated the role of public opinion in shaping foreign policy
B.   Curtailed US influence in Vietnam
C.   Gave the President the power to conduct the war without formal congressional declaration of war
D.   Ended the war in Vietnam
E.   Enhanced congressional control over foreign policy
Question #12
The 1973 War Powers Act
A.   ended the military draft and created an all-volunteer army.
B.   gave the president the power to commit troops without declaring war.
C.   compelled President Nixon to end the secret bombing war in Cambodia.
D.   required Congress to approve funds for military operations.
E.   required presidential reporting and congressional approval of extended troop commitments.
Question #13
President Nixon’s chief foreign policy adviser throughout his administration was
A.   William Westmoreland
B.   John Dean
C.   Donald Rumsfeld
D.   Henry Kissinger
E.   Gerald Ford
Question #14
The Iran-Contra Affair
A.   Involved selling arms to Iran and illegally using the proceeds to fund anti-communist rebels in Nicaragua
B.   Resulted in the long-term imprisonment of General Oliver North
C.   All of these are accurate
D.   Helped elect a Democrat in the 1988 presidential election
E.   Resulted in an attempt to impeach President Reagan for his role
Question #15
After the Tet Offensive, the mainstream media began to
A.   appeal to American patriotism to support the war effort
B.   openly criticize the war effort
C.   give less air time to antiwar protesters
D.   give more air time to antiwar protesters
E.   restrict reporting on the war

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