The American Democracy, 10th Edition (Patterson)

Chapter 17: Foreign Policy: Protecting the American Way

True or False Quiz

1
One of President Bush’s first acts after achieving the presidency in 2000 was to announce a new national security doctrine: the preemptive war doctrine.
A)True
B)False
2
U.S. national security policy after World War II was built chiefly upon a concern with the power and intentions of the Soviet Union.
A)True
B)False
3
In reaction to the end of the Vietnam War, President Nixon sought to reduce tensions with communist countries.
A)True
B)False
4
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev undertook a restructuring of Soviet society, an initiative known as perestroika.
A)True
B)False
5
The object of deterrence was to assure an American victory over the Soviet Union during a full-scale nuclear war.
A)True
B)False
6
President George W. Bush sought to pursue a unilateral course in combating terrorist activity, rejecting the offers of other countries to participate in a global “war on terrorism.”
A)True
B)False
7
The United States prefers to define free trade and deliver its own economic assistance rather than work through agencies such as the World Trade Organization or the IMF.
A)True
B)False
8
The U.S. at present does not have the capacity to fight an all-out conventional war.
A)True
B)False
9
U.S. national security policy has increasingly included a concern for the country’s economic strength.
A)True
B)False
10
The U.S. spends more on foreign aid as a percentage of its total federal budget than most other democracies.
A)True
B)False
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