Foreign Policy

What was a common goal of the Proclamation of Neutrality (1793), the Embargo Act (1807), and the Monroe Doctrine (1823)?
Forcing Great Britain to grant independence to Canada
Avoiding conflicts with European nations
Providing wartime aid to European nations
Encouraging independence movements in Latin America
Which action by Germany prompted the United States to enter World War I?
Attacking British shipping
Forming an alliance with Austria-Hungary
Resuming unrestricted submarine warfare
Invading France
President Harry Truman’s decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan was based on the belief that the action would
save American lives by avoiding an invasion of Japan
force Germany and Italy to lay down their arms
help create a military alliance with China
Persuade the Soviet Union to surrender
Which United States effort is the Soviet Union responding to in this cartoon?
a commitment to rebuild the League of Nations
a plan to join with other nations to reduce military spending
An effort to improve United States–Soviet relations
An attempt to stabilize the economy of Western Europe
The 1957 launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union embarrassed the United States because it
allowed the Soviets to place missiles in Turkey
Revealed that the Soviets had nuclear weapons
appeared that the United States had failed to keep up in scientific achievement
Confirmed the United States use of U-2 spy planes
Which statement accurately describes a result of the 1993 adoption of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?
Tariff barriers were reduced between the three largest nations of North America
A single currency was created for the nations of North America.
Immigration restrictions between North American nations were eliminated.
The United States stopped importing oil from other North American nations.
Which foreign policy toward Europe did President George Washington recommend in his Farewell Address?
Military alliances
Internationalism
Imperialism
Neutrality
In the mid–1930s, which action did the federal government take in an attempt to avoid the situations that drew the United States into World War I?
Passing the Neutrality Acts
Allowing only the United States Navy to deliver military supplies oversees
Investing money in nations threatened by Germany
Forming a military alliance with the Soviet Union
The Lend-Lease Act of 1941 significantly changed United States policy toward nations involved in World War II because it
Supplied war materials to Allied nations without a declaration of war
imposed a trade boycott on Germany and Japan
authorized the seizure of British assets in the United States
Approved the appeasement policies of the French and British governments
"…The truth of the matter is that Europe’s requirements for the next three or four years of foreign food and other essential products— principally from America—are so much greater than her present ability to pay that she must have substantial additional help, or face economic, social, and political deterioration of a very grave character.…" In this excerpt, Secretary of State George Marshall is identifying the need to
Provide economic assistance to struggling European nations
Allow European workers to settle in the United States
Install democratic governments in the nations of Western Europe
Strengthen European military defenses
The situation in Europe described by Secretary of State George Marshall was the result of the
Failure of the United Nations to help people in need
devastation caused by fighting in World War II
Construction of the Berlin Wall by the Soviet Union
takeover of Greece and Turkey by communists
Which statement most accurately explains why the War Powers Act (1973) was passed?
President Lyndon B. Johnson failed to send enough troops to South Vietnam.
President Richard Nixon negotiated a peace treaty with North Vietnam.
Congress wanted to reassert its right to authorize military action.
Military leaders demanded limits on presidential authority during wartime.
The 1972, 1979, and 1987 missile reduction agreements between the United States and the Soviet Union are examples of the foreign policy of
Brinksmanship
Détente
Appeasement
neutrality
 
 
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