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Review of US foreign policy from Spanish-American War to end of Cold War
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1
The Big Stick Policy (carry softly and carry a big stick) was the policy of which president?
Teddy Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
William McKinley
Woodrow Wilson
2
How did the US entrance to the UN contradict George Washington's warnings?
The US was willing to discuss issues with Europeans
The US entered into a permanent alliance
The US was promoting trade with other nations
The US developed a permanent military force
3
Which of the following is NOT an important cause or effect of Nixon's trip to China?
It led to decreased tensions in the Cold War
It allowed the US to make China into a capitalist nation
It opened the US and Chinese markets to each other
It helped promote rivalry between China and the USSR
4
US intervention in Greece and Turkey against communism was an example of the
MAD
Eisenhower Doctrine
Truman Doctrine
Detente
5
Which of the following describes the strategy that was used to defeat the Japanese in WWII?
Detente
Blitzkrieg
Battleship Dominance
Island Hopping
6
At this meeting, world powers limited the extent their navies in hope of preventing another war
League of Nations
SALT I Conference
Yalta Conference
Washington Naval Conference
7
The US refused to join this organization because it would involve it overseas affairs
Treaty of Versailles
Warsaw Pact
League of Nations
United Nations
8
How did the Allies win World War II?
The superiority of the American military
British technological superiority and American manpower
Moral superiority due to the Germans engaging the Holocaust
American industry + Soviet manpower
9
This organization serves as the spiritual successor to the League of Nations
United Nations
International Criminal Court
NATO
World Bank
10
This battle served as a turning point in American involvement in Europe during WWII
Invasion of Normandy (D-Day)
Holocaust
Development of Nuclear Weapon
Atlantic Charter
11
This war began when a communist nation invade its capitalist neighbors
Korean War
Persian Gulf War
War in Afghanistan
Vietnam War
12
This note between nations influenced the United States to enter World War I
Atlantic Charter
Fourteen Points
Treaty of Versailles
Zimmerman Telegram
13
What was the influence of Sputnik on American society?
It was a component of the nuclear arms race
Inspired Americans to help Cuban rebels and defeat communism
It helped influence McCarthyism
It led to a Space Race to compete with the Soviet Union
14
Being able to engage in free trade with China emerged because of this
Open Door Policy
Roosevelt Corollary
World War II
Detente
15
Which of the following was NOT a purpose of the Marshall Plan?
Develop deeper trade connections between US and Europe
Prevent the influence of communism on US allies
Destroy the economy of the Soviet Union
Rebuild the economies of Western European nations
16
The Sinking of the Lusitania in 1915 was an example of
Involvement in war by neutral nations
Early use of airplane bombings by the British
Unrestricted submarine warfare by Germany
Technological accidents by the United States
17
These territories were gained by the United States during the Spanish American War
Cuba and Mexico
Philippines and Puerto Rico
Panama and Cuba
Hawaii and Alaska
18
The concept of detente as practiced by the US in the 1960s and 1970s had the goal of
lowering tensions with the Soviet Union
winning the Cold War
promoting capitalism in communist nations
ignoring the development of nuclear weapons
19
This kind of writing influenced the start of the Spanish American War
Black Works
State Propaganda
Containment
Yellow Journalism
20
This action occurred as an attempt to remove communism in a nation
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Domino Theory
Iran Hostage Crisis
U-2 Spy Plane
21
This was used by FDR to support American friends before US entrance into World War II
Yalta Conference
Good Neighbor Policy
Proclamation of Neutrality
Lend Lease Act
22
The Fourteen Points laid out by Woodrow Wilson were designed to
give independence to oppressed peoples
help rebuild Europe after World War II
enable American corporations to influence Europe
prevent world wars from ever occurring
23
What was the purpose of Containment?
To prevent Communism from spreading outside the USSR
To stop the spread of Chinese ideas
To destroy Communism in Soviet Union
To promote Capitalism to every nation
24
What was the cause of the Berlin Airlift?
The US wanted to show off its strength
West Berlin was becoming communist
The Soviet Union blocked access to West Berlin
Communists in East Berlin wanted supplies for a rebellion
25
What was the major topic of conversation at the Yalta Conference in 1945?
The necessity of democracy in the Middle East
The Soviet invasion of Japan
The future of post-war Europe
The legality of nuclear weapons
