Paul Final Exam: CONCEPTS

6 Written Questions

1. journalists who wrote about corruption in business and politics in order to bring about reform.
2. Equal Rights Amendment (1972); designed to give women equal treatment under the law; fell 3 vote short of being adopted
3. First proposed by George Kennan in 1947; became the strategy of the US thru out the Cold War; Kennan argued that firm US resistance to USSR expansion would eventually compel Moscow to adopt more peaceful policies
4. relaxation of tensions between the United States and its two major Communist rivals, the Soviet Union and China
5. Teddy Roosevelt's use of military power for diplomatic reasons and foreign policy
6. This period of time following World War II is where the United States and the Soviet Union emerged as superpowers and faced off in an arms race that lasted nearly 50 years.

6 Multiple Choice Questions

1. a formal accusation of misconduct in office against a public official
   1. Muckrakers
   2. Détente
   3. Containment
   4. Impeachment
2. prejudice and/or hatred of jews.
   1. Communism
   2. Antisemitism
   3. Fascism
   4. Capitalism
3. an economic system based on private ownership of capital
   1. Antisemitism
   2. Capitalism
   3. Fascism
   4. Communism
4. Term used to describe the efforts of the US to further its foreign policy through use of economic power by gaurenteeing loans to foreign countries
   1. Domino Theory
   2. Isolationism
   3. Dollar Diplomacy
   4. Missionary Diplomacy
5. the political theory that if one nation comes under Communist control then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control
   1. Muckrakers
   2. Détente
   3. Monopoly
   4. Domino Theory
6. a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership
   1. Capitalism
   2. Fascism
   3. Isolationism
   4. Communism

5 True/False Questions

1. Isolationism → a belief that the US should stay out of entanglements w/ other Nations; widespread after Spanish-American war & later influenced US foreign policy

   True        False

2. Yellow journalism → Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers.

   True        False

3. Monopoly → The exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service; Horizontal & Vertical Integration - Horizontal integration is a monopoly trying to control all of one type of business (Rockefeller). Vertical integration is trying to control all production from raw material to finished product (Carnegie).

   True        False

4. Missionary Diplomacy → Woodrow Wilson's idea of the United States' moral responsibility to deny recognition to any Latin American government that was viewed as hostile to American interests.

   True        False

5. Fascism → a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership

   True        False