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Homework Questions
Chapter 17
Section 3
Objectives:
§ Summarize American foreign policy from independence through World War I.
§ Show how the two World Wars affected American’s traditional policy of isolationism.
§ Explain the principles of collective security and deterrence and their use during the cold war.
§ Describe American foreign policy since the end of the cold war.
§ Explain why the world remains a dangerous place.
PA Content Standard: PA5.4.12.A, PA5.4.12.B, PA5.4.12C, 5.4.12.D, 5.4.12.E
PA Content Standard Topic: How international relationships function.
1. Why did the policy of isolationism make sense to the United States in its early years?
2. How does the phrase “United we stand, divided we fall” describe the concept of collective security?
3. Explain the policy of containment:
4. Define the historic policy of deterrence and its recent expansion, the doctrine of preemptive war.
5. The Text states that, “the American policy of containment finally realized its goal.” What evidence can you find to support this statement?
6. What cause the United States to end its policy of détente and return to containment?
7. Should the United States actively seek the overthrow of every dictatorial regime in today’s world? Why or why not?
8. Do you think the United States could ever return to isolationism? Why or why not?