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

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