In the developing world, Johnson sought to do what?

a) ally US with only democracies

b) ally US with only countries opposed to Communism

c)fight communism only through economic aid

d)spread US influence by siding with China

Why did Johnson aim to urb military spending?

a) military victory in Vietnam wasn't criutial for US

b) he didn't want US to intervene in foreign affairs

c) he wanted to spend more at home for vital needs

US experiences in Vietnam fractures consensus over the benefit of:

a) Containment

b) NATO
c) world bank

d) UN 

Carter argued that the world could not be at peace as:

a) 1/3 was rich and 2/3 hungry

b) 1/3 free and 2/3 communist

c) 1/3 free and 2/3 under colonial rule

Carter dramatically changed Nixon's foreign policy by:

a) rejecting the detente

b) containing the Soviet Union

c) focusing on human rights

d) freeing Poland from soviet control

Carter's greatest foreign policy achievement is widely recognized as:

a) the Iran hostage crisis

b) the Nicaraguan Revolution

c) Israeli-Egyptian Peace Accord (Camp David Accord)

d) Invasion of Afghanistan

When Reaan first took office, how did he view the detente?

a) rejected it

b) accepted and continued it

c) accepted it with modifications

Reagan's foreign policy outlook centered around the belief that:

a) many different types of issues were important in international polititcs

b) international politics revolved around confrontatio with the soviet union

c) international politics revolved around confrontation with China

d) all issues should be addressed in the forum of UN

What was Reagan's attitude toward dictators of the 3rd world?

a) he woud NOT support dictators with sever human rights abuses

b) he would support dictators with anti-communist stances

c) he would not support any dictators

d) he would support dictators if they promised to hold elections

Reagan regretted involving the US in the Israeli-Lebanon conflict, primarily becuase:

a) it led to the death of 100s of marines in a suicide attack

b) US action violated UN resolutions supporting Israel

c) it led Israel to renounce the US and align with the Soviets

To secure money for cover operations in Nicaragua, the Reagan administration sold weapons to:

a) Germany

b) Iran

c) Afghanistan

d) Iraq

Jeanne Kirkpatrick, US ambassador to the UN, heavily criticized president Carter's stance on:

a) global climate treaties

b) arms reduction agreements

c) sanctions against OPEC

d) human rights

According to Garthoff, why did the Cold War end?

a) because of Reagan's military buildup

b) because of containment

c) because of a combination of containment and new soviet leadership

d) because of outrage over the Iran-Contra affair

According to Gaddis, what was the "long peace"?

a) cold war

b) detente

c) period between WWII and the cold war (late 40s)

d) early 1900s

which leader tried to reform the soviet union?

a) Honecker

b) Gorbachev

c) Brzhnev

d) Stalin

who succeeded Reagan as president, leading the US as the cold war ended?

a) George H. W. Bush

b) Bill Cilnton

c) Michael Dukakis

What physical symbol of the cold war was destroyed in 1989?

a) the Reichstag

b) Tianamen square

c) 38th parallel demarcation fence

d) Berlin wall

when did the US have its unipolar movement?

a) after Vietnam

b) after te cuban-missile crisis

c) after the Iran-Contra affair

d) after the cold war

According to Steel, what benefit did the Cold War offer US foreign policy?

a) it forced US to act according to its national interest

b) it provided structure and predictability to international affairs

c) it forced US to put human rights at the center of US foreign policy

d) it was an inexpensive way to promote US interests

What relic of the cold war still presents a problem for US security?

a) leakage of nuclear materials

b) ideologica appeal of communism

c) economic advantage of communist countries

d) Gorbachev

Before the invasion of Kuwait, the US regarded Saddam Hussein as a:

a) valuable counter balance to the aggressive powers of Syria and Iran

b) fundamentalist who would support the adoption of Sharia throughout the middle East

c) threat to US interests in Egypt

d) sponsor of terrorism

Iraq's invasion of Kuwait was problematic for US interest because:

a) it jeopardized the safety og Iran as a US ally

b) it gave Saddam Hussein control of approximately 1/5 of the world's oil reserves

c) it increased the number of countries allied with the soviets

d) it increased the number of countries allied with China

The 1991 invasion of Iraq was financed by:

a) UN budget

b) US alone

c) a coalition of countries from most global regions (North America, Europe, Asia, and the middle East)

d) confiscated Iraqi oil refineries

According to political scientist Sam Huntington, after the Cold War, US foreign policy has been characterized by:

a) extensive cooperations with Europe

b) multilateralism

c) unilateralism

d) exensive cooperations with emerging allies in the developing world

Clinton's foreign policy linked which 2 things together?

a) communism and tyranny

b) communism and fascism

c) the Cold War and NATO

d) democracy and capitalism

After the Cold War, the US faced increasing pressure to intervene in:

a) countries fighting comunist insurgencies

b) countries fighting fascist insurgencies

c) humanitarian crises

d) all of the above

According to Dobbins, US efforts at nation-building were successful in:

a) Haiti

b) Kosovo

c) Rwanda

d) Somalia

In Bush's congressional address after 9/11. he states that the US is prepared, if neessary, to go to war with:

a) Afghanistan

b) Iraq

c) Iran

d) Kosovo

The national security strategy of 2002 differen from prior US foreign policies in that it justified:

a) democracy promotion

b) preemptive war

c) multilateralism

d) all of the above

According to the national security strategy of 2002, why were Cold War weapons of mass destruction different than contemporary ones?

a) they weren't as destructive

b) soviets were rational and also sought to avert destruction

c) soviets didn't try to deploy their nuclear weapons near the US

d) all of the above