1) Which one of these examples explains a situation where a treaty was used. a) More than 100 U.S. citizens died when the Germans sunk a passenger ship called the Lusitania in 1915, but President Wilson did not want to enter WWI. He convinced Germany to agree to stop the attacks. b) In 1917, Germany restarted its submarine attacks against unarmed ships even though it had pledged to stop. President Woodrow Wilson asked the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war, and the US entered WWI. c) In 1940, Germany Italy, and Japan signed an agreement forming an alliance. They hoped to keep the US out of WWII, President Franklin Roosevelt asked Congress for aid to help Great Britain fight these powers. 2) Which of the following situations was the military used as a tool of foregin policy? a) On December 7th, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The next day, US President Franklin Roosevelt asked the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war against Japan. Congress acted quickly, and the US officially entered WWII. b)  In order to defeat Germany in WWII, President Franklin Roosevelt worked with Great Britain to plan a major invasion of Western Europe. In 1943, he appointed General Dwight Eisenhower to lead the attack. c) In 1949, after WWIIy, the US and other democratic western countries formed NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It said that if any country was attacked by an outside nation, they would help defend each other. 3) Which of the following situations was foreign aid used as a tool of foreign policy? a) After WWII, the US gave more than $13 billion to help rebuild countries and suport their democratic governments. b) During the Cold War, the US was determined to stop communism from spreading. When communist North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950, President Truman sent US troops to help stop the North Koreans. c) In 1968, the major countries of the world agreed to the "Nuclear, Non-Proliferation Treaty" in order to limit the spread of neclear weapons. 4) Which of the following situations uses a treaty as a tool of foreign policy? a) In 1990, Iraqi leader Sadam Hussein invaded and took over neighboring Kuwait. In January 1991, Congress authorized President George HW Bush to lead US troops into Kuwait and force the Iraqi troops to leave. b) In 1993, the US, Canada, and Mexico agreed to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in order to make trade easier among the three countries. c) On September 11th, 2001, al-Qaeda terrorists attacked the US. President George W Bush asked congress for authority to use military forced against those responsible. US troops were sent to Afghanistan, where al-Qaeda leaders were based.

Treaty, Military or Foregin Aid

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