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What was the U.S. foreign policy of containment? Explain when and why it developed and how it led to the Vietnam War.

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1. Describe the policy of containment as...

Question 2

Import quotas can protect U.S. jobs but also can increase the cost of imported goods.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The United States has successfully reduced the threat of a nuclear Iran through diplomacy.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Who is the main force behind U.S. foreign policy?

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A)   Congress
B)   the president
C)   the State Department
D)   the National Security Council

Question 5

Which of the following was a fundamental part of the justification for the 2003 war in Iraq?

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A)   Iraq attacked Israel in 2002 with SCUD missiles and was threatening to do so again.
B)   Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.
C)   Saddam Hussein had provided considerable funding to Osama bin Laden.
D)   Saddam Hussein had permitted Osama bin Laden to use Iraq for training terrorists.

Question 6

Terrorism is the use of violence to demoralize and frighten a country's population or government.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The National Security Agency operates an electronic eavesdropping operation that some have criticized as violating Americans' civil liberties.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The United States and the Soviet Union were the main adversaries in the Cold War.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

In 2004,Congress created a director of national intelligence. Why did Congress do this?

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A)   to help the director of the Central Intelligence Agency combat the growing threat posed by weapons of mass destruction
B)   to better coordinate the large number of people working in diverse intelligence agencies
C)   to decentralize authority within the intelligence community to prevent competition between agencies
D)   because the previous organizational structure of the intelligence community encouraged the various agencies to do too much of their work collaboratively, which led to groupthink

Question 10

During the height of the Cold War,what would the United States likely have done if it had discovered that the Soviet Union had previously unknown stockpiles of nuclear weapons?

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A)   negotiate a bilateral nuclear nonproliferation agreement
B)   engage in a military conflict with the Soviet Union
C)   stockpile additional nuclear weapons in the United States
D)   extend diplomatic immunity to the Soviet Union

Question 11

Compare and contrast the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. How successful was the United States in these conflicts?

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1. Discuss how both wars were part of th...

Question 12

Which of the following is an example of a situation in which economic sanctions accomplished the intended goal?

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A)   sanctions levied against South Africa in the mid-1980s to protest apartheid
B)   the grain embargo on the Soviet Union in 1980 in retaliation for the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
C)   the sanctions against Cuba to oust the Marxist dictator
D)   sanctions imposed on Iran to prevent it from seeking to build nuclear weapons

Question 13

How did the Cold War get started?

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A)   It began after World War II when there was a shortage of coal and heating fuel in Europe.
B)   It started when the United States established the Truman Doctrine at the end of World War II, which left Eastern European countries "in the cold" by declaring that they would have to defend themselves without U.S. help.
C)   It began after all of Eastern Europe fell under Soviet domination at the end of World War II, which prompted fears that the Soviets would spread communism around the globe.
D)   It started when the Truman Doctrine froze all military alliances into their pre-World War II configurations.

Question 14

The recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were quick and decisive military and diplomatic victories for the United States.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which international organization is composed of nearly 200 member nations and was created after World War II for peacekeeping and other functions?

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A)   the League of Nations
B)   the United Nations
C)   the World Trade Organization
D)   the Marshall Plan

Question 16

How were the Cold War conflicts fundamentally different from more recent conflicts involving terrorism? What were the principal Cold War conflicts,and who were the principal combatants? How have recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan differed from the Cold War conflicts? What changes in the approach to national security have been required because of terrorism?

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1. Identify the main Cold War combatants...

Question 17

The secretary of __________ is the president's main civilian adviser on national defense matters.

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The answer of The secretary of __________ is the president's...

Question 18

Which of the following is an example of foreign aid?

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A)   the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
B)   the International Monetary Fund
C)   the North American Free Trade Agreement
D)   the Marshall Plan

Question 19

Groups such as churches,labor unions,and environmental groups that are not connected with governments but which have international interests and activities and,therefore,an influence on foreign policy are known as __________.

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Import quotas can protect U.S. jobs but also can increase the cost of imported goods.

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The recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were quick and decisive military and diplomatic victories for the United States.

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The United States has successfully reduced the threat of a nuclear Iran through diplomacy.

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Terrorism is the use of violence to demoralize and frighten a country's population or government.

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The secretary of __________ is the president's main civilian adviser on national defense matters.

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