Foreign Policy

Question 1

-Diplomatic Policy
-Military Policy

Answer 1

Main Components of Foreign Policy

Question 2

-Protect the sovereignty of the United States
-Protect the United States citizens at home and abroad

Answer 2

Main Purposes of Foreign Policy

Question 3

-Commander-in-Chief
-Make treaties
-Receive foriegn dignitaries: recognize another country
-Appoint foreign policy officials

Answer 3

Power derived from the Constitution

Question 4

-Access to information
-Decisiveness
-Speed
-Secrecy: Covert
-Cohesiveness

Answer 4

Power derived from Practical Considerations

Question 5

-Reorganized Defense Department
-Created Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
-Created National Security Counsel

Answer 5

National Security Act (1947)

Question 6

-Conducts diplomatic policy

Answer 6

State Department

Question 7

Conducts military policy

Answer 7

Defense Department

Question 8

Gathers and analyzes information about other nations

Answer 8

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Question 9

Composed of the heads of each branch of military
-Provides the point of view of uninformed officers

Answer 9

Joint Cheifs of Staff

Question 10

White House agency responsible for coordinating foreign policy

Answer 10

National Security Counsel

Question 11

U.S. should separate itself from the rest of the world
-Stay out of foreign conflicts

Answer 11

Isolationalism

Question 12

U.S. should engage with the rest of the world
-Intervene in various matters

Answer 12

Internationalism

Question 13

The United States acts alone

Answer 13

Unilateral

Question 14

The United States cooperates with other countries:
-United Nations
-NATO
-Marshall Plan

Answer 14

Multilateral

Question 15

Munich Conference:
-Neville Chamberlain gave Czechoslovakia to Hitler to avoid a war
-Foreign aggression must be met with force

Answer 15

All presidents reject a policy of APPEASEMENT

Question 16

Several “great powers” exist
-World War II (1939-1945): U.S., Great Britain, Soviet Union, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan

Answer 16

Multipolar

Question 17

Two “great powers” exist
-The Cold War (1946-1989): U.S. and the Soviet Union

Answer 17

Bi-Polar

Question 18

One nation acheives military, economic, political, and cultural superiority
-United States (1945-1949)

Answer 18

Uni-Polar

Question 19

Weakening the Soviet Union by preventing the spread of Communism
-George Kennan’s “X” article in Foriegn Affairs

Answer 19

Containment

Question 20

Second-strike capability allows the U.S. to obliterate any nation that launches an attack on it, this preventing any attacks
-ICBM
-Submarines
-Bombers

Answer 20

Deterrence