Development f Foreign Policy

Question 1

protection of a nation’s borders and territories against invasion or control by foreign powers

Answer 1

National Security

Question 2

main goal of American foreign policy

Answer 2

Preserve the security of the US

Question 3

______ ______ consists of the strategies and goals that guide a nation’s relations with other countries and groups in the world

Answer 3

Foreign Policy

Question 4

In today’s, global economy national security means more than

Answer 4

Military Defense

Question 5

Basic goals of US foreign policy: (2)

Answer 5

Maintaining trade with other nations and preserving access to necessary natural resources

Question 6

Generally, the US supports trade that is free from both _____ and ______ restrictions

Answer 6

Export and Import

Question 7

American leaders also work for _____ ______ because they believe it helps the nation avoid outside conflicts and aids national security

Answer 7

World Peace

Question 8

The rise of ____ _____, along with other terrorist attacks, have made the goal of world peace an even greater challenge

Answer 8

Terrorist Groups

Question 9

The US aids democratic nations and helps others create democratic political systems like

Answer 9

South Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan

Question 10

The US has responded by providing ____, _____, and ______ for humanitarian reasons

Aid

Answer 10

food, medical supplies, and technical support

Question 11

Until the late 1800’s, American foreign policy was based on _______

Answer 11

Isolationism

Question 12

______ is the avoidance of involvement in world affairs

Answer 12

Isolationism

Question 13

In 1823 POTUS James Monroe announced a new foreign policy called the ______ _______

Answer 13

Monroe Doctrine

Question 14

the _____ ______ began to look for world markets for its products and for new sources of raw materials

Answer 14

Monroe Doctrine

Question 15

The US leaders of the time believed the nation needed to expand and acquire a _____ _____

Answer 15

Colonial Power

Question 16

1898, the US fought in the _____ ______

Answer 16

Spanish American War

Question 17

As a result of the Spanish American War, the US acquired ______ ________, _______, and ______ _______

Answer 17

Philippine Islands, Guam, and Puerto Rico

Question 18

The US was now a major power in the _______, as well as the _______ _____ and _____ _______

Answer 18

Caribbean, as well as the Pacific region and East Asia

Question 19

______ began in Europe in 1914

Answer 19

WW1

Question 20

Since WW2, US ____ _____, has been based on internationalism

Answer 20

Foreign Policy

Question 21

US govt. leaders viewed the power of the Soviet Union as a threat to _____ _______

Answer 21

National Security

Question 22

In 1949, Chinese Communists seized control of _____

Answer 22

China

Question 23

_____ _____ was a war of words and ideologies rather than violence

Answer 23

Cold War

Question 24

With the threat of expanding communism, the US drew upon the ideas of ____ _____, an American diplomat and expert on Soviet history and culture

Answer 24

George F. Kenan

Question 25

US would create a policy known as ______

Answer 25

Containment

Question 26

_________ was the policy designed to keep the USSR from expanding its powers

Answer 26

Containment

Question 27

POTUS Harry Truman announced what later became known as the _____ _______, in a speech in 1947

Answer 27

Truman Doctrine

Question 28

Months later the _____ _____, provided badly needed economic aid for wartorn europe

Answer 28

Marshall Plan

Question 29

Cold War tensions and fears also led to an ______ _____

Answer 29

Arms Race

Question 30

The Cold War policy of containment drew the US into 2 wars: _____ and _____

Answer 30

Vietnam and Korea

Question 31

In the Korean War, the US aided Pro USA _____ _____ when it was invaded by communist North Korea

Answer 31

South Korea

Question 32

Truman saw the invasion of SK as expansionism by the USSR and sent US troops there under __ _______

Answer 32

UN Sponsorship

Question 33

In the ______ ______, the US committed troops for many years to fight on the side of the South Vietnamese govt. against Communist N. Vietnam

Answer 33

Vietnam War

Question 34

In 1989, the ____ _____, dividing Communist East Germany, from democratic West Germany was torn down by demonstrators

Answer 34

Berlin Wall

Question 35

Policymakers called on the US to stay involved in world politics to protect __ __________, ______ ______, and _______________

Answer 35

US trade interests, encourage democracy, and advance human rights

Question 36

In 1990, Iraq’s leader _______ ______ invaded ____ threatening Middle Eastern oil supplies

Answer 36

Saddam Hussein

Kuwauit

Question 37

Throughout the 90s _____ _____ sent US forces to several places in attempts to maintain political order and protect humanitarian interests

Answer 37

Bill Clinton

Question 38

In 1992, US troops join a multi- nation force in _______ to protect relief organizations operating during a civil war

Answer 38

Somalia

Question 39

In 94, US troops preserved order in ______ then their President was forced to flee the country

Answer 39

Haiti

Question 40

In 95, NATO and US allies intervened to end ethnic warfare among the _____, _____, and _______ resulting from the breakup of the former _______

Answer 40

Croats, Serbs, and Muslims

Yugoslavia

Question 41

In 99, US troops and NATO air power and troops forced Serbian troops to withdraw from the Yugoslavian province of ______

Answer 41

Kosovo

Question 42

9/11 -The FBI and intelligence sources identified the attack on the trade centers as the work of ________

Answer 42

al- Qaeda

Question 43

________ is a global network of Islamic terrorists whose leaders were based in Afghan.

Answer 43

al- Qaeda

Question 44

______ ________ quickly announced that a war on terrorism would become the focus of his administration

Answer 44

George W. Bush

Question 45

The Bush administrations framework states that _______ should replace _______ and ________ as the foundation American strategy

Answer 45

Preemption

Containment and Deterrence

Question 46

_______ means that US will strike first with military force against any terrorist group or rogue states that might threaten the nation with weapons of mass destruction

Answer 46

Preemption

Question 47

POTUS Bush applied preemption in March 2003 when the US and a coalition of others removed the govt. of _____ ______

Answer 47

Saddam Hussein

Question 48

December of 2003, Saddam Hussein was ______

Answer 48

Captured

Question 49

Since WW2, US foreign policy has been based on ________

Answer 49

Internationalism