Chapter 12 Quiz

A  give more air time to antiwar protesters

B  openly criticize the war effort

C  restrict reporting on the war

D  give less air time to antiwar protesters

E  appeal to American patriotism to support the war effort

A  All of these are accurate

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

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

D  Resulted in an attempt to impeach President Reagan for his role

E  Helped elect a Democrat in the 1988 presidential election

A  Henry Kissinger

B  William Westmoreland

C  John Dean

D  Donald Rumsfeld

E  Gerald Ford

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

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

C  required Congress to approve funds for military operations.

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

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

A  Enhanced congressional control over foreign policy

B  Ended the war in Vietnam

C  Curtailed US influence in Vietnam

D  Illustrated the role of public opinion in shaping foreign policy

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

A  congressional approval for an expanded war effort

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

C  new waves of bitter domestic protest against the war

D  China entering the war on the side of North Vietnam

E  an end to the secret American bombing campaign against Cambodia

A  an end to communist governments in Asia

B  the fall of the Soviet Union

C  a continued boycott of trade with Asia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A  An example of the doctrine of containment

B  A war that fostered cynicism and distrust of the government

C  A war that deeply divided the US

D  All of these

E  A war conducted without a declaration of war

A  He believed in rolling back communism worldwide.

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

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

D  He oversaw a major increase in American military spending.

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

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 aimed at ending the division of Germany and Korea.

C  countered considerable resistance from European nations.

D  found little support among Americans.

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

A  Negotiate a limited nuclear testing bane with the Soviets

B  organize the Peace Corps

C  forbid Americans to trade with and travel to Latin America

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

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

A  unilateralism.

B  détente.

C  human rights.

D  isolationism.

E  containment.

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

B  Normalizing formal relations with mainland China.

C  the renewal of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.

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

E  Normalizing relations with the revolutionary government of Iran.

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

B  All of these statements are accurate.

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

D  He utilized American popular culture to counter Soviet influence.

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