Deck 2: Competing Currents in Us Foreign Policy

Question 1

How would most observers describe U.S. foreign policy between World Wars I and II?

A) Multilateralist.
B) Isolationist.
C) Interventionist.
D) Unilateralist.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

How would most observers describe U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War?

A) Multilateralist.
B) Isolationist.
C) Interventionist.
D) Unilateralist.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following does not represent an American value?

A) Individualism.
B) Rule of law.
C) Democracy.
D) State capitalism

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following represented the successful spread of American values?

A) Japan after World War II.
B) Russia after the Cold War.
C) Vietnam after the Vietnam War.
D) Iraq after 2003.

Question 5

Which of the following was recommended by George Washington in his "Farewell Address"?

A) Joining France in an alliance of democracies.
B) Remaining outside of alliances
C) Concluding an alliance with Great Britain.
D) Annexing Canada.

Question 6

Why did America's George Washington resist trying to spread American values overseas?

A) To protect U.S. industry.
B) America was still a weak country.
C) The attraction of opening the West.
D) Dismay at the French Revolution.

Question 7

Which of the following reflected American multilateralism?

A) Failure to sign the Kyoto Protocol.
B) The 2003 invasion of Iraq.
C) Refusal to join the International Criminal Court.
D) None of the above.

Question 8

Which of the following are sometimes known as sovereignty-minded multilateralists?

A) Republicans.
B) Federalists.
C) Democrats.
D) Socialists.

Question 9

Which of the following represents the American position on the legality of interventionism?

A) Intervention without United Nations approval is illegal.
B) Intervention is prohibited because it violates another country's sovereignty.
C) Invention is only legal when it is undertaken for humanitarian reasons.
D) States retain the right to determine which interests are sufficiently vital to justify intervention.

Question 10

Which of the following was the golden age of U.S. grand strategy?

A) The post-Cold War world.
B) The years before World War I.
C) The years following the Revolutionary War.
D) The Cold War.

Question 11

Which of the following treaties resolved U.S.-Spanish territorial disputes and gave American ships access to the Mississippi River?

A) Jay Treaty (1794).
B) Treaty of Brownstone (1808).
C) Treaty of San Lorenzo (1795).
D) Treaty of Fort Wayne (1803).

Question 12

Which of the following best describes the first-century foreign policy of the U.S.?

A) Isolation from the rest of the world.
B) An effort to expand the country's borders.
C) Involvement in the Concert of Europe.
D) Humanitarian intervention.

Question 13

Which two events illustrated the tension between isolationism and internationalism in 19^th-century U.S. foreign policy.

A) The Spanish-American War and the annexation of Hawaii.
B) The Civil War and the Mexican-American War.
C) The Louisiana Purchase and the Monroe Doctrine.
D) None of the above.

Question 14

What was the purpose of the Monroe Doctrine?

A) Prevent European countries from reoccupying their former colonies the Americas.
B) End Spanish occupation of Central and South America.
C) Reduce British influence in Canada.
D) Foster reconciliation with Napoleonic France.

Question 15

Which European country approved of and supported the Monroe Doctrine.

A) Prussia.
B) Great Britain.
C) Austria.
D) Russia.

Question 16

Which of the following did the Monroe Doctrine best reflect?

A) Multilateralism.
B) Unilateralism.
C) Isolationism.
D) Non-interventionism.

Question 17

Which of the following eras reflected American interventionism?

A) 1792-1823.
B) 1823-1914.
C) 1918-1939.

Question 18

When did the United States acquire the Philippines and Puerto Rico?

A) The Mexican-American War.
B) The Seven Years War.
C) The Spanish-American War.
D) World War I.

Question 19

Which U.S. president sought to annex Texas, Mexican California, and the Oregon Territory?

A) James K. Polk.
B) William Henry Harrison.
C) John Tyler.
D) Zachary Taylor.

Question 20

Which of the following was a consequence of the Platt Amendment?

A) American acquisition of the Philippines.
B) American acquisition of Guantánamo, Cuba.
C) American annexation of Hawaii.
D) American annexation of the Philippines.

Question 21

Which of the following best describes the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine?

A) It promised to transform Hawaii from the status of a "territory" to the status of an American "state."
B) It promised U.S. recognition of Philippine independence after end of the Philippine insurrection.
C) It proclaimed the U.S. prerogative to intervene to restore stability in unstable countries in the Americas.
D) It proclaimed the U.S. right to close the Panama Canal to American enemies.

Question 22

What U.S. president called upon the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague to hear a longstanding dispute between America and Mexico?

A) Woodrow Wilson.
B) Theodore Roosevelt.
C) Herbert Hoover.
D) Franklin

Question 23

What U.S. president campaigned under the slogan "He kept us out of war!"?

A) Woodrow Wilson.
B) Calvin Coolidge.
C) Herbert Hoover.
D) Franklin

Question 24

Which of the following best describes Woodrow Wilson's foreign policy views?

A) Realist..
B) Isolationist.
C) Liberal.
D) Unilateralist.

Question 25

Which of the following best describes Franklin

A) Isolationist.
B) Unilateralist.
C) Internationalist.
D) Idealist.

Question 26

Which of the following was not one of Franklin Roosevelt's "four freedoms"?

A) Freedom of speech.
B) Freedom of worship,
C) Freedom from want.
D) Freedom from aggression.

Question 27

Which of the following describes U.S. grand strategy during the Cold War?

A) Multilateralist.
B) Unilateralist.
C) Interventionist.
D) All of the above.

Question 28

Which of the following Cold War policies reflected American unilateralism?

A) The formation of NATO.
B) The removal of missiles from Turkey after the Cuban missile crisis.
C) U.S. involvement in the Korean War.
D) The U.S. offer of the Marshall Plan.

Question 29

Which of the follows describes Barack Obama's foreign-policy style?

A) Pragmatic.
B) Aggressive.
C) Idealistic.
D) Ideological.

Question 30

Which of the following post-Cold War presidents was not an internationalist?

A) George H. W. Bush.
B) Bill Clinton.
C) George W. Bush.
D) None of the above.

Question 31

Which of the following post-Cold War presidents had the greatest foreign-policy experience before becoming president?

A) George H. W. Bush.
B) Bill Clinton.
C) George W. Bush.
D) Barack Obama.

Question 32

Which of the following post-Cold War presidents organized a UN-backed international coalition to force Iraq's withdrawal from Kuwait?

A) George H. W. Bush.
B) Bill Clinton.
C) George W. Bush.
D) Barack Obama.

Question 33

Which administration witnessed U.S. interventions in Haiti, Bosnia, and Kosovo?

A) George H. W. Bush.
B) Clinton.
C) George W. Bush.
D) Obama.

Question 34

Which U.S. administration initiated the War on Terror?

A) George H. W. Bush.
B) Clinton.
C) George W. Bush.
D) Obama.

Question 35

What policy did George W. Bush articulate after 9/11?

A) Strong defenses against terrorism.
B) Preemption to prevent terrorism.
C) Deterrence to prevent terrorism.
D) Retaliation for terrorism.

Question 36

Which of the following was central to the (George W.) "Bush doctrine"?

A) Preventing the spread of Cuban influence in the Americas.
B) Containing Russia's resurgence.
C) Humanitarian intervention.
D) The spread of democracy.

Question 37

Which of the following members of the Bush administration was an internationalist rather than a neoconservative?

A) Dick Chaney.
B) Donald Rumsfeld.
C) Colin Powell.
D) Paul Wolfowitz.

Question 38

What was the nature of the shift in foreign policy in the Obama administration?

A) Isolationism to Internationalism.
B) Unilateralism to Multilateralism.
C) Noninterventionism to Interventionism.
D) Engagement to Disengagement.

Question 39

Which of the following was hallmark of the foreign policy of the Obama administration?

A) Direct engagement with U.S. foes.
B) Continuation George W. Bush's policy in Iraq.
C) Reduced attention to Afghanistan.
D) Maintaining the Guantánamo Bay detention camp.

Question 40

Which American president was awarded a Nobel peace prize?

A) Barack Obama.
B) Theodore Roosevelt.
C) Jimmy Carter.
D) All of the above.

Question 41

Why did Thomas Jefferson seek the Louisiana Purchase?

Question 42

What is meant by a Manichean worldview?

Question 43

Why is implementing a grand strategy expensive?

Question 44

What foreign-policy orientation was evident when Barack Obama declared, "Those who used to chastise America for acting alone in the world cannot now stand by and wait for America to solve the world's problems alone. We have sought in word and deed a new era of engagement with the world, and now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges."

Question 45

Identify two multilateral treaties that the U.S. failed to adopt during Obama's first term

Question 46

Why did the Obama administration "pivot back" to Europe during the president's second term?

Question 47

What is meant by a foreign-policy "shaper"?

Question 48

What are those called who believer that the U.S. should reduce its engagement in international affairs?

Question 49

America is not a rational, unified actor coherently acting in _____________.

Question 50

American foreign policy is often described in dichotomies: pursuit of values versus interests, isolationism versus _____________, unilateralism versus ___________, and _______________ versus non-interventionism.

Question 51

Contemporary ____________ refers to a broad framework that structures a country's approach to foreign affairs.

Question 52

The attraction of American values constitutes __________ because it influences others to accept American policies while ___________ such as military and economic capabilities is necessary to preserve those values and project them abroad.

Question 53

_____________ advised Americans to avoid "entangling alliances."

Question 54

The __________ was a golden age of U.S. grand strategy.

Question 55

George Washington recognized that America was too weak to become embroiled in foreign conflicts, notably _________________.

Question 56

Two events that illustrated the tension between isolationism and internationalism in U.S. policy in the early 19^th century were _______________ and ___________.

Question 57

_________ warned that "the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European power."

Question 58

The 1840s reflected competing isolationist, internationalist, and interventionist tendencies in America, expressed in the idea of ____________ that fueled westward expansion and interest in the stability of countries in the Americas.

Question 59

President _____________ acquired most of Arizona, New Mexico, California, Colorado, Texas, Nevada, Utah, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Wyoming for the United States.

Question 60

America maintains a perpetual lease to the site of the ________________, owing to a 1901 amendment to a joint congressional resolution known as the Platt Amendment.

Question 61

___________ was formalized in 1904 after attempts by European governments to use naval power to collect debts owed them by Latin American countries.

Question 62

President ___________ offered his good offices to help end the 1905 Russo-Japanese War for which he was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize.

Question 63

In 1915, Germany launched a submarine campaign that resulted in American deaths, notably the sinking of the British-registered _________.