Questions : A Brief History of U. S. Foreign Aid

Directions: Choose the best answer. Note that the selected response answer choices will alternate ABCD and FGHJ.

 1. Foreign aid is all of the following EXCEPT
A. the transfer of money, goods, or services from one country to another.
B.  a program first used to help rebuild the economies of Western Europe
C. a program that helped to revitalize the economies of Eastern Europe
D. a program used to help contain the Soviet expansion after World War II.

 2. The Marshall Plan
F. was a concept created by Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
G.  sought to provide funds for rebuilding Europe.
H. recognized the real enemy of democracy as ignorance.
J. provided funds for the rebuilding of Japan.

 3. During the 1960s and 1970s, foreign aid shifted from Western Europe to
A. South America
B.  Cuba
C. Canada
D. Africa

4. During the presidency of ________________, a downward trend in U.S. foreign aid took place.
F. Ronald Reagan
G.  Richard Nixon
H. Jimmy Carter
J. Gerald Ford

5. What event created new interest in foreign aid after the 1990s?
A. the Camp David accords
B.  the end of the Cold War
C. the 9/11 terrorist attacks
D. the breakup of the Soviet Union

 6. The largest increase in foreign aid was due to
F. the Iraqi reconstruction.
G.  the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
H. the 2004-tsunami disaster.
J. the invasion of Afghanistan.

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