How did Congress attempt to reassert its power over foreign policy in the 1970s?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
The double shock of defeat in Vietnam and the Watergate scandal caused many in Congress to rethink congressional deference to the executive branch in foreign policy matters.
Congress passed the War Powers Act in 1973 to limit the president’s capacity to wage undeclared wars.
With encouragement from voters and journalists, Congress began to investigate the covert side of American foreign policy.
Investigations uncovered illegal domestic espionage and CIA involvement in assassination attempts against foreign leaders.
Many citizens decried what their government had done in their name and without their knowledge.
You might also like to view...
All of the following were characteristic of the voyage of slaves from Africa to the slave colonies in the Americas EXCEPT
A) men were chained shoulder to shoulder during the entire voyage. B) a quarter of the slaves transported on a slave ship died on the voyage. C) slaves rarely revolted against a ship's crew while aboard slave ships. D) slaves were force fed to reduce the loss of valuable cargo to starvation.
Hoover had a strong commitment to the principle of:
A) government control of business. B) American individualism. C) government assistance to individuals. D) deferring to the Supreme Court to make decisions.
Pressing problems facing his administration when Roosevelt took office included all of the following except
a. the need to relieve the distress of the unemployed. b. demands by African Americans for full civil rights. c. the imminent collapse of the American financial system. d. mortgage foreclosures that would result in mass evictions. e. none of these.
Which of these was a prominent African-American minister, founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church?
A) William Pitt B) Richard Allen C) Edward Braddock D) John Trenchard E) Thomas Gordon