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The Department of Defense, the National Security Council, and the CIA arose as a result of
conclusions drawn by policymakers in the aftermath of - Answer✔WWII
In the US, there are primarily two levels of law: 1) the US constitution and 2) - Answer✔laws
enacted by elected legislators
The military academies at West Point and Annapolis require candidates to obtain a nomination
for admission from what US gov official? - Answer✔Congressional representative
During the Clinton administration, the Congressional Black Caucus received credit for which of
the following foreign policy actions? - Answer✔Pressuring the President to use force to restore
the elected president of Haiti
To justify military action without congressional approval, Presidents Truman, Bush, and Clinton
relied on a resolution from which of the following orgs? - Answer✔UN Security Council
The aphorism that the US cannot have 535 Secretaries of State refers to the idea that Congress
should defer to the President on foreign policy because it - Answer✔has too great a diversity of
views
The US Constitution forbids national and state govs from enacting which of the following
criminal statuses because it is retroactive and would work to the disadvantage of an individual? -
Answer✔Ex post facto laws
In the early 20th century, reformers committed to using journalism to expose corporate and
urban corruption were commonly known as: - Answer✔muckrakers
Cabinet-level agency managing federal resources of the US, including national parks, is the
Department of - Answer✔the Interior
The War Powers Resolution places which of the following time limits on the U.S. President's
commitment of troops to hostilities without congressional authorization? - Answer✔Sixty days
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The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve was established in 1975 for the purpose of: -
Answer✔providing emergency supplies in the event of a disruption
The decision of the US Supreme Court in the case of Roe v. Wade was celebrated as a victory
most for: - Answer✔the women's movement
In the early draft of the Declaration of Independence, one of the grievances against King of
England was his responsibility for the horrors of the slave trade. Which of the following reasons
best explains why the authors and signers omitted this grievance in the final draft of the
Declaration? - Answer✔the colonies could notnot all agree to sign if the phrase about slavery
was in the document
The most enduring legacy of FDR's New Deal is that the policies - Answer✔expanded the role of
the federal government through the creation of new governmental agencies
Which US President made a surprise visit to Communist China in 1972, which prepared the way
for establishing formal diplomatic relations? - Answer✔Richard Nixon
Which doctor's influential book changed child-rearing practices after WWII? -
Answer✔Benjamin Spock
Known for novels such as the This Side of Paradise and The Great Gatsby, which American
author coined the phrase "the jazz age" to describe the 1920s? - Answer✔F. Scott Fitzgerald
Which country is the world's largest illegal drug marketplace in terms of revenue? -
Answer✔The US
In response to the founding of NATO, Eastern European state organized a formal military
alliance known as the - Answer✔Warsaw Pact
"Workers of the world, unit. You have nothing to lose but your chains" is a passage from -
Answer✔The Communist Manifest by Karl Marx and Fridrich Engels
The lesson most US policymakers took from Neville Chamberlain's meeting with Hitler at
Munich was that - Answer✔appeasement of an aggressor leads to more aggression
In 1998, a peace agreement resolved a longstanding border dispute between Ecuador and which
of the following countries? - Answer✔Peru
The largest numbers of Palestinian refugees reside in which of the following countries? -
Answer✔Jordan
The 1994 genocide of Tutsis by Hutus occurred in what country? - Answer✔Rwanda
If consumers believe that the supply of bread will decrease in the next few months, the most
likely effect will be - Answer✔an increase in demand for bread, resulting in a higher price for
bread
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