Chapter 12 Quiz

A  appeal to American patriotism to support the war effort

B  openly criticize the war effort

C  give less air time to antiwar protesters

D  restrict reporting on the war

E  give more air time to antiwar protesters

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

B  Helped elect a Democrat in the 1988 presidential election

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

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

E  All of these are accurate

A  Henry Kissinger

B  Gerald Ford

C  Donald Rumsfeld

D  John Dean

E  William Westmoreland

A  required Congress to approve funds for military operations.

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

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

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

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

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  China entering the war on the side of North Vietnam

C  new waves of bitter domestic protest against the war

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

E  an end to the secret American bombing campaign against Cambodia

A  an end to communist governments in Asia

B  a continued boycott of trade with Asia

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

D  the fall of the Soviet Union

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

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

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

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

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

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

A  A war that deeply divided the US

B  An example of the doctrine of containment

C  A war that fostered cynicism and distrust of the government

D  A war conducted without a declaration of war

E  All of these

A  He believed in rolling back communism worldwide.

B  He oversaw a major increase in American military spending.

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

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

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

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

B  countered considerable resistance from European nations.

C  found little support among Americans.

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

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

A  forbid Americans to trade with and travel to Latin America

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

C  organize the Peace Corps

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

E  Negotiate a limited nuclear testing bane with the Soviets

A  détente.

B  containment.

C  isolationism.

D  human rights.

E  unilateralism.

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

B  Normalizing relations with the revolutionary government of Iran.

C  the renewal of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.

D  Normalizing formal relations with mainland China.

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

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

B  He utilized American popular culture to counter Soviet influence.

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

D  All of these statements are accurate.

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