The Vietnam War is an example of increased resistance to American attempts to exercise political and military force abroad because
a. rising sense of nationalism across the globe.
b. governments dependent on American support became less likely to be influenced.
c. multilateral support for U.S. interventionism became uncertain and decreased.
d. All of the above are true.
Internal sovereignty means
a. a democratically elected government and a just legal order.
b. supremacy over all authorities within that territory and population.
c. independence of outside influence.
d. a military force capable of defending the nation from foreign forces.
The __________ is best described as the United States continuing to be the most powerful country in the world but no longer was as able to exercise the kind of economic, political, and military influence that it enjoyed at its height during the late 1940s and 1950s.
a. paradox of American power c. Olney Proclamation
b. height of isolationism d. bipolarity
The state is an entity having the special legal status of
a. a freely elected government. c. sovereignty.
b. predetermined foreign policy. d. an elite-led military.
Increased U.S. interventionism in the world, the ability of the United States to become the bulwark of the Bretton Woods system, and promote nation-building in the Third World following World War II are all examples of the United States becoming
a. an isolationist state. c. a soft power.
b. a hegemonic power. d. an imperial empire.
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