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Chapter 19
Foreign and Defense Policy
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Plant Sciences
Undergraduate 2
12/07/2011

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President Jimmy Carter actively perused policy favoring
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human rights
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The Bush administration distanced its foreign policies favoring
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human rights
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why did the US and the Soviet Union become enemies during the cold war?
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A communist government in the Soviet Union
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which of the following types of interest groups are active in attempting to influence foreign and defense policy decisions
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business groups
foreign governments
ethnic interest groups
public interest groups
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why is the US foreign policy discussed in terms of presidential action
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presidents have greater access to and control over information that any other government official or agency
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The "guns" and "butter" theory states that
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most citizens are more interested in domestic policy than foreign policy
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why was the period of American history after WW1 similar to that of the early 19th century
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Many americans supported isolation policies
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both the revolutionary war and war of 1812 were fought between the US and
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Great Britain
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The embargo act was designed to
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halt the british practice of impressment
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