What was Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative envisioned to accomplish?
a. protect the United States from nuclear weapons
b. promote democracy by fostering economic development
c. reduce the number of nuclear warheads held by both the United States and the Soviet Union
d. refocus the military on nonconventional warfare
a
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How does the justification for creating the Marshall Plan relate to current U.S. foreign policy toward other countries in the war on terror?
a. The Marshall Plan was focused on rebuilding after a war, as was the occupation in Iraq. b. The reasoning behind the Marshall Plan was that the United States should help less fortunate countries, which is why today America helps countries at the mercy of terrorists. c. The Marshall Plan was based on the idea that economically weak nations were susceptible to communism, and today it is believed that social and cultural factors as well as political ones make countries susceptible to terrorism. d. The Marshall Plan was an implementation of the policy of containment, which is the same policy the United States is using to deal with terrorists.
Why was the Six-Day War of June 1967 the most important of the three Arab-Israeli conflicts?
a. It brought Nasser and other young nationalist officers to power in Egypt. b. It shaped the subsequent territorial problems at the heart of today's Middle East peace problem. c. It triggered the intervention of the UN and a peacekeeping force that was sent to the Suez Canal. d. The UN offered to legitimize the result with a partition of Palestine. e. It brought about the best territorial outcome for the Palestinians, but they rejected the outcome in hopes of a future solution that would be more favorable.