Chapter 18: Public Opinion

Question 1

What was created to coordinate departments and agencies

Answer 1

National Security Council (NSC)

Question 2

Who heads the staff in the National Security Council

Answer 2

National Security Advisor

Question 3

The National Security Council grows after what?

Answer 3

Grows in influence after JFK

Question 4

What is the goals of the staff in the National Security Council

Answer 4

To present various perspectives
Facilitate & implement decision making

Question 5

Foreign Policy is shaped by what?

Answer 5

Shaped by public and elite opinion

Question 6

What happened with foreign policy after WW2

Answer 6

Public opposed US involvement

Question 7

What shifted public opinion

Answer 7

WW1

Question 8

Why did WW1 shift public opinion

Answer 8

-Universally popular war
-War seemed successful
-US emerged as the world’s dominant power

Question 9

Generally poorly informed

Answer 9

Mass Opinion

Question 10

What has been the mass opinion since WW2

Answer 10

Public has generally felt the US should participate in international affairs

Question 11

Well informed and likely to change

Answer 11

Elite Opinion

Question 12

How are the leaders compared to the public

Answer 12

More liberal and internationalist than the public

Question 13

Why is elite opinion important

Answer 13

Mass Opinion is permissive and Elites are divided