Chapter 16 Self Quiz

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1. Which of these is the longest American War?

Vietnam correct incorrect

World War II correct incorrect

Korea correct incorrect

Afghanistan correct incorrect

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2. The War Powers Act was a response to which of these?

atrocities committed in Vietnam correct incorrect

the expense of modern warfare correct incorrect

the growth of presidential power correct incorrect

the Cold War correct incorrect

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3. West Point first admitted women in what year?

1976 correct incorrect

1967 correct incorrect

1989 correct incorrect

1943 correct incorrect

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4. Operation Eagle Claw was intended to ________.

remove Ayatollah Khomeini from power correct incorrect

end the war in Afghanistan correct incorrect

assassinate Augusto Pinochet correct incorrect

free Americans captured by by Iranians correct incorrect

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5. The Strategic Defense Initiative ultimately cost ________ dollars.

1 trillion correct incorrect

700 billion correct incorrect

200 million correct incorrect

30 billion correct incorrect

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6. The US invasion of Grenada was an implementation of what policy?

the Truman Doctrine correct incorrect

the Monroe Doctrine correct incorrect

containment correct incorrect

the Eisenhower Doctrine correct incorrect

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7. George H.W. Bush's New World Order focused less on ________ than his predecessors had.

Central America correct incorrect

the Middle East correct incorrect

the Soviet Union correct incorrect

Southeast Asia correct incorrect

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8. Why did the US stop supporting Saddam Hussein?

Hussein's war atrocities were uncovered. correct incorrect

The Cold War ended. correct incorrect

Iraq proved to be a more reliable ally. correct incorrect

Hussein was found to have supported the Sandinistas. correct incorrect

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9. Which of these sparked the militancy of Osama bin Laden?

massing US troops in Saudi Arabia correct incorrect

support of Israel correct incorrect

Iraq's attack on Kuwait correct incorrect

the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan correct incorrect

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10. Which of these describes the Powell Doctrine?

The US should go to war only after exhausting other possibilities. correct incorrect

Any war should be started with the approval of Congress. correct incorrect

Diplomacy is preferable to conflict in most cases. correct incorrect

Every conflict should be examined for its costs and benefits. correct incorrect

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11. Which of these was the target of Operation Hope, in which two . helicopters where shot down?

Somalia correct incorrect

Namibia correct incorrect

Liberia correct incorrect

Rwanda correct incorrect

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12. The Don't Ask Don't Tell policy concerned ________ in the military.

desegregation correct incorrect

women in combat roles correct incorrect

religious practices correct incorrect

homosexuals correct incorrect

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13. Operation Enduring Freedom was a response to ________.

the rise to power of Jean-Bertrand Aristide correct incorrect

Operation Desert Storm correct incorrect

Taliban operations correct incorrect

Iraq's attack on Kuwait correct incorrect

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14. Osama bin Laden was the leader of ________.

the Taliban correct incorrect

Iraq correct incorrect

ISIL correct incorrect

al-Qaeda correct incorrect

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15. Which of these was not part of George W. Bush's Axis of Evil?

Iran correct incorrect

North Korea correct incorrect

Iraq correct incorrect

China correct incorrect

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16. The war in Iraq began in what year?

2003 correct incorrect

1999 correct incorrect

2001 correct incorrect

2005 correct incorrect

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17. Baathists are the party of deceased leader ________.

Saddam Hussein correct incorrect

Hamid Karzai correct incorrect

Osama bin Laden correct incorrect

Ayatollah Khomeini correct incorrect

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18. Which of these recalled the horrors of My Lai?

Fallujah correct incorrect

Beirut correct incorrect

Baghdad correct incorrect

Haditha correct incorrect

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19. Led by David Petraeus counterinsurgency measures in Iraq promoted ________.

good relations with Iraqis correct incorrect

mass roundups of suspected al-Qaeda operatives correct incorrect

targeting the family members of suspected terrorists correct incorrect

surrounding villages with barbed wire correct incorrect

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20. Which of these remains a serious international threat?

al-Qaeda correct incorrect

Saddam Hussein correct incorrect

ISIL correct incorrect

Baathists correct incorrect