United States History

History Trivia

Foreign Affairs

Questions from Corey, Melinda and Ochoa, George. "American History, The New York Public Library Book of Answers", Simon & Schuster, New York. (c)1993.

1. Did the U.S. and France ever go to war with each other?
2. What did the Rush-Bagot convention settle?
3. What was the Monroe Doctrine?
4. What was the Roosevelt Corollary?
5. When did Commodore Perry first visit Japan?
6. Have any treaties ended foreign wars ever been signed in the U.S.?
7. Who was first associated with the term "dollar diplomacy"?
8. How long did the U.S. occupy Haiti?
9. In what treaty did the U.S. agree to outlaw war?
10. Who was the [treaty in the previous question] named for?
11. What were President Franklin Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms"?
12. How many nations first joined the United Nations?
13. How old is the CIA?
14. Who signed the name as "X" to the article in the magazine Foreign Affairs that first outlined the policy of containing Soviet expansion?
15. How much did the Marshall Plan cost?
16. What country received the most aid under the Marshall Plan?
17. How long did the Berlin Airlift last?
18. Was John Foster Dulles for or against the containment policy?
19. What U.S. presidential administration initiated the plan for the Bay of Pigs invasion?
20. Who was the first director of the Peace Corps?
21. When was the "hot line" first set up between chief executives of the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.?
22. When were the following nuclear arms treaties signed (in order):
Limited Test Ban Treaty,
Antiballistic Missile Treaty,
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT),
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty I (START),
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty II (START)
23. For whom is the "Borland Amendment" named?
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