Day 9 Crisis and Recovery

What foreign policy issue is President Carter addressing in

the following quote?

[Sadat] wanted his sovereign territory returned. That was

something on which he would not deviate at all. He wanted peace with Israel for many reasons so that he could deal with other challenges to his own regime. [Begin] wanted Israel to be accepted in the world community by the major Arab nation that had been a threat militarily and politically to Israel above all others.” – Jimmy Carter, 2003

• Iran-Contra Affair

• Camp David Accords

• Iran Hostage Crisis

• Persian Gulf War

Which of the following is a true statement about the shifting population of the U.S. during the 1970s and 1980s?

• Cities in the Northeast and Midwest declined as cities

  in the South and Great Plains grew.

• Cities in the Great Plains declined while cities in the

  Northwest increased.

• West Coast population migrated to the East Coast of

  the U.S.

• Southern cities declined as people moved to urban

  areas of the Northeast.

The political cartoon below depicts what secret foreign policy operation by President Ronald Reagan’s administration?

• Selling weapons to Iran in exchange for hostages,

  then sending the profits to rebel forces in Nicaragua

• Negotiating a peace treaty between Israel and

  surrounding Arab nations

• Proposing a defense satellite program that would

  shoot down any Soviet nuclear missile

• Sending U.S. military planes to bomb targets in Libya

  after Muammar Gaddafi was suspected of terrorism

Which of the following statements is true about the United

States involvement in the Persian Gulf War in 1990-1991?

• The U.S. chose to act alone in its military efforts to

  protect American interests in the Middle East.

• The U.S. did not have sufficient military resources it

  needed to win a war in Iraq.

• Although the U.S. provided the majority of troops, it

  was part of a coalition of over a dozen countries.

• The U.S. did not have the military technology to act

  alone in a military conflict with Iraq.

The end of the Cold War is often associated with which of

the following events?

• The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989

• The Persian Gulf War in 1990

• The U.S. landing on the moon in 1969 before the

  Soviet Union

• The 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow

In 1966, the two students pictured below faced school

disciplinary action. Their parents disagreed with the school’s decision and the U.S. Supreme Court sided with the parents in Tinker v. Des Moines.

What constitution right was the center of argument in Tinker v. Des Moines?

• The Right to Privacy (4th Amendment)

• The Right to Bear Arms (2nd Amendment)

• The Freedom of Religion (1st Amendment)

• The Freedom of Speech (1st Amendment)

During the 1990s, the U.S. sought to increase its global

trading power by ---

• Lowing the prices of U.S. exports by subsidizing

  farmers and manufacturers.

• Reducing government debt and balancing the federal

  budget

• Raise tariffs on foreign imports to help American

  manufacturing businesses

• Mutually agreeing to phase out or reduce tariffs with

  partner countries

Since the end of the Cold War, U.S. foreign policy can best

be summarized by which of the following statements?

• The U.S. has adopted a pre-World War II policy of

  isolationism.

• The U.S. only involves itself in foreign affairs that

  directly affect domestic security.

• The U.S. is a world peacekeeper and uses military

  force to stop oppression when necessary.

• The U.S. has exponentially increased military spending

  in fear of another world conflict.

Which of the following campaign signs would have been seen as supporting the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?

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