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Question 1

Why is an awareness of regionalism important in understanding US foreign policy?

a) Regional diversity is a consistent source of unity in foreign policy

b) Regional diversity is an important source of tension and conflict over foreign policy

c) The different regions of the US are allied with various external powers

d) Regions are assured of equal influence in the foreign policy making process

Question 2

What, according to scholars, accounts for regional differences within the US?

a) Geographic disparities in resources, markets and costs of production

b) The uneven impact of federal initiatives

c) The decentralized structure of political representation in the US

d) All of the above

Question 3

Which regions are more likely to support expansionist foreign policies?

a) Those that stand to benefit economically

b) Those that are focused on the domestic market

c) Those that have a coastline

d) All of the above

Question 4

What was the primary motivation behind US expansionism in the 1890s?

a) Lack of industrial productivity

b) Fear of overproduction

c) The South's desire to gain overseas markets

d) The decline of the European empires

Question 5

Which approach to foreign policy did Republicans and industrialists in the Northeast favour during the 1890s?

a) Neorealism

b) Neo-isolationism

c) Neo-Kantianism

d) Neomercantilism

Question 6

Why did the democratic South oppose imperial expansion by the US in the 1890s?

a) Expansionism might cause tensions with the South's trade partners

b) Expansionism might resuscitate the slave trade

c) Expansionism would overburden the South's economy

d) None of the above

Question 7

What was the basis of the North-South alliance on US foreign policy in the 1930s?

a) Both favoured global interdependence

b) Both favoured industrialization

c) Both favoured isolationism

d) Both favoured internationalism

Question 8

Why did the West advocate 'isolationism' in the 1930s?

a) It looked primarily to the domestic market for its prosperity

b) It stood to gain from Axis dominance of Europe

c) It stood to gain from Japanese dominance in Asia

d) All of the above

Question 9

Why did the end of the Cold War witness a resurgence in regionalism with regard to US foreign policy?

a) The previous basis for bipartisan consensus evaporated

b) Representatives of 'Red' and 'Blue' states had fundamentally different visions for the US

c) Politics now 'stopped at the water's edge'

d) Both a and b

Question 10

How has the George W. Bush administration dealt with the issue of regionalism?

a) It has sought to revive the 'vital center' in American politics

b) It has focused on mobilizing the key Republican constituencies

c) It has created bipartisan consensus

d) It has ignored the issue of regionalism

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Chapter 08

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