History and American Foreign Policy Exam Practice

Please answer each of the questions in essay format. Your answers should be approximately 1-2 pages (double-spaced) each. You cannot use ANY direct quotes (the entire exam must be in your own words and based off of our course materials – readings, lectures, videos (I will provide all of them below) – ONLY).

1. What happened in Vietnam? What was America’s role? What was the outcome?
2. Explain the differences between Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan’s foreign policies.
3. Explain why the Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm) occurred and its outcome.
4. What happened in Mogadishu? How did it affect future U.S. foreign policy?
5. Explain the origins of the Korean War and the U.S.’ role. How did it end?
6. What happened during the Soviet-Afghan war? Why was it significant for the United States? When did it happen?
7. What happened during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
8. What is the most important thing we’ve covered in this second unit (since the last test)? Why? (You can come up w something related the content)

Links:

• https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/my-lai-…

All of the answers you give to the questions must match with the information in the links. You don’t have to cite them. You just have to use them since they are our content for the class.