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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A openly criticize the war effort
B appeal to American patriotism to support the war effort
C restrict reporting on the war
D give less air time to antiwar protesters
E give more air time to antiwar protesters
Question #2
A All of these are accurate
B Resulted in an attempt to impeach President Reagan for his role
C Helped elect a Democrat in the 1988 presidential election
D Resulted in the long-term imprisonment of General Oliver North
E Involved selling arms to Iran and illegally using the proceeds to fund anti-communist rebels in Nicaragua
Question #3
A Donald Rumsfeld
B Henry Kissinger
C John Dean
D Gerald Ford
E William Westmoreland
Question #4
A required presidential reporting and congressional approval of extended troop commitments.
B compelled President Nixon to end the secret bombing war in Cambodia.
C ended the military draft and created an all-volunteer army.
D required Congress to approve funds for military operations.
E gave the president the power to commit troops without declaring war.
Question #5
A Illustrated the role of public opinion in shaping foreign policy
B Gave the President the power to conduct the war without formal congressional declaration of war
C Enhanced congressional control over foreign policy
D Ended the war in Vietnam
E Curtailed US influence in Vietnam
Question #6
A congressional approval for an expanded war effort
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 new waves of bitter domestic protest against the war
Question #7
A a continued boycott of trade with Asia
B the fall of the Soviet Union
C a reluctance to commit US troops for extended military action abroad
D a change in US foreign policy from containment to a more isolationist foreign policy
E an end to communist governments in Asia
Question #8
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.
Question #9
A A war conducted without a declaration of war
B All of these
C A war that fostered cynicism and distrust of the government
D An example of the doctrine of containment
E A war that deeply divided the US
Question #10
A He oversaw a major increase in American military spending.
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 framed American foreign policy in moral terms as a struggle against the evils of communism.
E He believed in rolling back communism worldwide.
Question #11
A was aimed at ending the division of Germany and Korea.
B found little support among Americans.
C countered considerable resistance from European nations.
D ushered in an era of relaxed tensions between the United States and the two leading communist powers, China and the Soviet Union.
E was designed to improve relations between the Soviet Union and China.
Question #12
A Negotiate a limited nuclear testing bane with the Soviets
B reduce the nation’s commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Atlantic Treaty Organization to appease the Soviets
C declare the American intention to send a man on the moon before the Soviets could get there
D organize the Peace Corps
E forbid Americans to trade with and travel to Latin America
Question #13
A détente.
B containment.
C unilateralism.
D isolationism.
E human rights.
Question #14
A Normalizing relations with the revolutionary government of Iran.
B Reaching a major milestone in settling the Egyptian-Israeli conflict in the Middle East.
C Normalizing formal relations with mainland China.
D the renewal of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.
E The signing of a treaty restoring Panamanian sovereignty over the Canal Zone.
Question #15
A He supported an autocratic government in South Vietnam after the nation was divided in 1955.
B He used the Central Intelligence Agency to engineer political coups to achieve foreign policy goals.
C He utilized American popular culture to counter Soviet influence.
D He emphasized the role of alliances in countering Soviet influence.
E All of these statements are accurate.