In 1993, Congress approved __________, which lifted trade barriers between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
A) U.S. entry into the World Trade Organization
B) the Strategic Defense Initiative
C) the Truman Doctrine
D) NATO
E) NAFTA
Q. 2Iron triangles are composed of which of the following?
A) interest groups, legislators, and bureaucrats
B) the governor, legislators, and bureaucrats
C) the governor, business executives, and interest groups
D) legislators, judges, and bureaucrats
Q. 3The new world order declared by president George H. W. Bush in 1991 was ___________.
A) an invasion of communist countries
B) an initiative in which numerous nations would work together to secure collective peace and security
C) a new military program created to defeat the Soviet Union
D) a worldwide government created to replace all existing national governments
E) an attempt to do away with all military aggression in the world
Q. 4An organization created by smaller interest groups to promote common goals is identified as what type of organization?
A) shield
B) umbrella
C) astroturf
D) triangle
Q. 5The deployment of an anti-missile system designed to shoot down nuclear missiles launched by the Soviet Union was a part of ________.
A) domino theory
B) detente
C) the Strategic Defense Initiative
D) the Truman Doctrine
E) the Warsaw Pact
Q. 6Which industry group(s) in Texas had the largest number and maximum value of contracts signed with lobbyists?
A) insurance
B) real estate
C) energy and natural resources
D) computers and electronics
Q. 7The October, 1962, tense standoff with the Soviets that nearly ignited a nuclear war was caused by _____________.
A) the United States airlifting supplies to West Berlin
B) U. S. military involvement in the Korean War
C) U. S. involvement in the Vietnam War
D) JFK's demands for removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba
E) the domino theory applied to Southeast Asia
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