Chapter 12 Quiz

A  openly criticize the war effort

B  restrict reporting on the war

C  give less air time to antiwar protesters

D  appeal to American patriotism to support the war effort

E  give more air time to antiwar protesters

A  Resulted in the long-term imprisonment of General Oliver North

B  Involved selling arms to Iran and illegally using the proceeds to fund anti-communist rebels in Nicaragua

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

A  William Westmoreland

B  John Dean

C  Gerald Ford

D  Donald Rumsfeld

E  Henry Kissinger

A  compelled President Nixon to end the secret bombing war in Cambodia.

B  ended the military draft and created an all-volunteer army.

C  gave the president the power to commit troops without declaring war.

D  required Congress to approve funds for military operations.

E  required presidential reporting and congressional approval of extended troop commitments.

A  Curtailed US influence in Vietnam

B  Ended the war in Vietnam

C  Gave the President the power to conduct the war without formal congressional declaration of war

D  Enhanced congressional control over foreign policy

E  Illustrated the role of public opinion in shaping foreign policy

A  congressional approval for an expanded war effort

B  an end to the secret American bombing campaign against Cambodia

C  The wiping out of North Vietnamese resistance as their supply routes were interrupted

D  China entering the war on the side of North Vietnam

E  new waves of bitter domestic protest against the war

A  the fall of the Soviet Union

B  an end to communist governments in Asia

C  a reluctance to commit US troops for extended military action abroad

D  a continued boycott of trade with Asia

E  a change in US foreign policy from containment to a more isolationist foreign policy

A  an increasing alliance between Arab nations and the Soviet Union.

B  a vigorous effort to end America’s reliance on imported oil.

C  considerably lower energy prices for European countries that had remained neutral in the war.

D  America’s growing reliance on Iran as its major source of Middle Eastern oil.

E  an OPEC oil boycott of the United States and a subsequent energy crisis and recession.

A  A war conducted without a declaration of war

B  An example of the doctrine of containment

C  All of these

D  A war that deeply divided the US

E  A war that fostered cynicism and distrust of the government

A  He framed American foreign policy in moral terms as a struggle against the evils of communism.

B  He believed in rolling back communism worldwide.

C  He secured an American foothold in the Middle East and its oil.

D  He oversaw a major increase in American military spending.

E  He developed a close relationship with the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

A  was aimed at ending the division of Germany and Korea.

B  ushered in an era of relaxed tensions between the United States and the two leading communist powers, China and the Soviet Union.

C  found little support among Americans.

D  was designed to improve relations between the Soviet Union and China.

E  countered considerable resistance from European nations.

A  declare the American intention to send a man on the moon before the Soviets could get there

B  reduce the nation’s commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Atlantic Treaty Organization to appease the Soviets

C  forbid Americans to trade with and travel to Latin America

D  Negotiate a limited nuclear testing bane with the Soviets

E  organize the Peace Corps

A  détente.

B  unilateralism.

C  containment.

D  isolationism.

E  human rights.

A  Reaching a major milestone in settling the Egyptian-Israeli conflict in the Middle East.

B  The signing of a treaty restoring Panamanian sovereignty over the Canal Zone.

C  Normalizing relations with the revolutionary government of Iran.

D  Normalizing formal relations with mainland China.

E  the renewal of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.

A  All of these statements are accurate.

B  He emphasized the role of alliances in countering Soviet influence.

C  He used the Central Intelligence Agency to engineer political coups to achieve foreign policy goals.

D  He supported an autocratic government in South Vietnam after the nation was divided in 1955.

E  He utilized American popular culture to counter Soviet influence.