Author Question: How did the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks change U.S. foreign policy? What will be an ... (Read 55 times)

ec501234 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

Which of the follow describes the status of political control of Congress in 2007?

A) Republicans controlled the House and Democrats controlled the Senate.
B) Democrats controlled the House and Republicans controlled the Senate.
C) Republicans controlled both houses of Congress.
D) Democrats controlled both houses of Congress.

Question 2

Who became speaker of the House of Representatives in 2007?

A) Nancy Pelosi
B) Hillary Clinton
C) Condoleezza Rice
D) Barack Obama

Question 3

How did the protestors in the Occupy Wall Street movement respond to the federal governments bailout package for the financial sector?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 4

How did the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq destabilize the region?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 5

How did the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks change U.S. foreign policy?

What will be an ideal response?

IAPPLET · **Reply #1 on:** Sep 21, 2019

Answer 1

Answer: D

Answer 2

Answer: A

Answer 3

Answer: The ideal answer should include:
a. The federal governments bailout package helped the biggest banks and financial firms.
b. The protestors in the Occupy Wall Street movement believed that the bailout package only helped one percent of the population.
c. They argued that the system was unfair because, for the one percent, profits were privatized (they kept all the profits) and losses were socialized (government absorbed the losses).
d. Meanwhile, the remaining 99 percent received no help.
e. The protestors made demands on behalf of the 99 percent: more regulation of Wall Street, more support for ordinary people, higher taxes for the wealthy, lower taxes for the poor, and more social services for the poor.

Answer 4

Answer: The ideal answer should include:
a. The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan toppled the Taliban.
b. However, the government the United States helped to build in Afghanistan could not sustain itself.
c. The U.S.-backed government continued to face attacks from the Taliban, which enjoyed support from segments of the population who viewed the Americans as invaders.
d. The U.S. invasion of Iraq overthrew Saddam Hussein.
e. The U.S. invasion destabilized Iraq and the Middle East.
f. The Islamic State (ISIS) gained a foothold in Iraq and Syria.

Answer 5

Answer: The ideal answer should include:
a. In the decade after the end of the Cold War, the United States was no longer monitoring and policing the world on a daily basis as it had done during the Cold War.
b. In response to the 9/11 attacks, George W. Bush declared a war on terror.
c. He predicted that it would be a protracted war that would be conducted in the open and in secret.
d. He divided the world into two camps, just as Harry Truman had done at the beginning of the Cold War.
e. On one side were the United States and its allies.
f. On the other side were terrorists and the countries that support terrorism.