Obama - Domestic and Foreign Policy (2008-2012)

Which of these was NOT a foreign policy priority for Obama

• Rebuilding alliances

• Defeating al-Qaeda and the Talibans

• Pulling the U.S. out of Iraq

• Bolstering U.S. military power

Obama was appealing because he rapresented change

• True

• False

Did Obama bring about a 'New Beginning' for the Middle East

• Yes: he turned U.S.-Middle East relations around

• Somewhat: he repaired some of the Bush Administration's mistakes, but was dissapointing in many other aspects

• No: Obama brought nothing new to American foreign policy in the Middle East

Why was Russia's anxious about America

• Energy tariffs

• The advance of NATO

• Nuclear weapons

• Obama's personality

Obama provoked North Korea at every turn

• True

• False

The global financial crisis began in part because banks could no longer lend money

• True

• False

Which of these could have happened had Obama not intervened to try to fix the financial crisis at home?

• GDP would have declined by over 50%

• Budget deficit would have grown to over 100 times GDP

• More than 17 milion jobs would have been lost

• The economy would have kept contracting for another decade

U.S.-Russia relations were warm and friendly by 2012

• True

• False

"I've come here to Cairo to seek a _____________ between the United States and Muslims around the world" - Barack Obama, 2009

Obama pushed a large stimulus package through congress to help the country recover

• True

• False