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. What led Britain to impose new taxes on their American colonies?

To increase the wealth of King George III correct incorrect

The growing costs of war with France correct incorrect

Anger at America's growing prosperity correct incorrect

Pressure from rich merchants correct incorrect

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. What policies did Alexander Hamilton pursue to build the American economy?

Free trade with all European countries on an equal basis and a smaller government role in the economy correct incorrect

Establishment of a national currency and higher government spending correct incorrect

Tariffs to protect American manufacturing, establishment of a national bank, and the repayment of all debts. correct incorrect

Limits on immigration and imported technology to encourage higher wages correct incorrect

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. How did World War I shift economic power from Europe to the United States?

The war reduced European population levels below that of the United States correct incorrect

The United States seized German resources after the war correct incorrect

European countries paid the United States for assistance correct incorrect

The United States became a creditor country and financial centre, with European war spending boosting the US economy correct incorrect

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. What was established at Bretton Woods in 1994 to stabilize the global economy?

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) correct incorrect

The US Dollar as the world's reserve currency correct incorrect

The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. What case did President Eisenhower make against the 'military-industrial complex' in his farewell speech?

That the capitalist search for profits was the leading cause of armed conflict correct incorrect

That the United States no longer needed to be militarily strong correct incorrect

That military spending gave the arms industry unwarranted influence on politics and government correct incorrect

That private companies would undermine the role of the Armed Forces correct incorrect

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. What did Paul Kennedy argue in his book The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers?

All of the world's leading economies were declining due to low growth and inflation correct incorrect

The United States could no longer remain a superpower and was in decline correct incorrect

The soft power of the United States would allow it to avoid decline correct incorrect

The rise of Japan had been exaggerated correct incorrect

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. Who said "Globalization is not something we can hold off or turn off. It is the economic equivalent of a force of nature-like wind or water"?

Ronald Reagan correct incorrect

George Soros correct incorrect

Bill Clinton correct incorrect

George W. Bush correct incorrect

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. How did the 2008 financial crisis affect America's international reputation?

It damaged support for the US model of political economy and capitalism correct incorrect

It created anger at the United States for exaggerating the crisis correct incorrect

It increased support for American global leadership under President Obama correct incorrect

It reduced global use of the US dollar correct incorrect

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. How did Donald Trump attack globalization in the 2016 campaign?

Globalization had made men like him too rich correct incorrect

Globalization only benefited certain American states, such as New York correct incorrect

Liberal elites had encouraged globalization, while 'ordinary Americans' lost jobs because of it correct incorrect

Globalization encouraged damaging trade wars correct incorrect

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. What factors can be used to argue against US decline and a 'Post-American world'?

The United States wins more Nobel Prizes than any other country correct incorrect

The United States is still the world's largest economy correct incorrect

World GDP is falling faster than American GDP correct incorrect

Both a and b correct incorrect