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How have the digital revolution and globalization affected the United States?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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What did the Persian Gulf War reveal about U.S. priorities in the postCold War era?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer 1

Answer: B

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Answer: The ideal answer should include:
a. Mobile phones and email have revolutionized communication, making it more accessible and increasing its speed.
b. The Internet has revolutionized how people purchase goods and obtain services.
c. Live television coverage has contributed to the CNN effect, in which public opinion influences foreign policy.
d. Globalization benefits consumers because it lowers the price of goods.
e. Globalization hurts American workers because companies look for employees in countries where wages are lower.
f. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) established terms of trade among the United States, Canada, and Mexico that eliminated most tariffs and other trade barriers.

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Answer: The ideal answer should include:
a. George H. W. Bushs vision of the new world order was one in which small countries would be protected from the aggression of other countries.
b. The Persian Gulf War was portrayed as liberating Kuwait from the Iraqi invasion.
c. U.S. involvement in the Persian Gulf War was also motivated by a desire to prevent Saddam Hussein from monopolizing the worlds oil supplies.
d. If Iraq were to expand into Saudi Arabia, as some U.S. policy makers anticipated, Iraq would control the regions major oil fields, giving Saddam the ability to use oil as political leverage.
e. Secretary of State James Baker predicted that a recession would follow and American jobs would be lost.
f. The war was fought to prevent this from happening and to maintain the American standard of living.



amal

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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again



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