Foreign Policy Flashcards
Consists of the strategies and goals that guide a nation’s relations with other countrie and groups in the world
Foreign policy
Protection of a nation’s borders and territories against invasion or control by foreign powers
National Securities
____________ and _____________ need foreign markets in which to sell their goods
Factories; farms
Avoidance of involvement in world affairs
Isolationism
Made the goal of world peace an even greater challenge
Terrorist groups
What is the basis of the US foreign policy?
Maintaining trade and preserving access to natural resources
The US supports trade that is free from ___________?
Export and import restrictions
Until the late 1800s, US foreign policy was based on ______________
Isolationism
In 1823 James Monroe announced a new foreign policy known as _____________, which expanded our economy
Monroe Doctrine
The US tries to help settle disputes and has even supplied _____________ aid to at-risk countries
Economic
US leaders in the 1800s believed that the US needed to expand and acquire a ______________
Colonial Empire
What countries did the US acquire after the Spanish American War?
Philippine Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico
What drew the US into WW2?
Pearl Harbor
The policy designed to keep the Soviet Union from expanding its powers is known as ___________
Containment
The war between the US and the Soviet Union that was a war of ideologies and words
Cold War
The US remained _____________ when WW2 began
Neutral
Between 1945 and 1949, the Soviet Union gained control over ____________________ countries
Eastern European
American diplomat and expert on Soviet history and culture; Helped to create the containment policy
George F. Kennan
What was the policy of the US after WW2?
Internationalism
What year did the Soviet Union take control of North Korea?
1949
Provided badly needed economic aid for war-torn western Europe
Marshall Plan
What 2 wars were the US drawn into by the Cold War policy of containment?
Korea and Vietnam
Who tore down the Berlin Wall between East Germany and West Germany in 1989?
Demonstrators
Who sponsored the US sending troops into Korea?
UN
What did Truman see the invasion of South Korea as?
Expansionism
Global network of Islamic terrorists whose leaders are based in Afghanistan
al-Qaeda
Who supervises military actions of the US?
Secretary of Defense
Who supervises foreign relations of the US?
Secretary of State
What must the US do to recognize a foreign country as a state?
Accept an ambassador
Established the CIA and defined its duties
National Security Act
Who directs the CIA?
National Security Council
Who is the director of the National Security Council and plays a major role in foreign affairs?
National security advisors
Determines what policies are to be followed
President
Controls the power to declare war and appropriate money
Congress
How many times has congress exercised the power to declare war?
5
Smallest cabinet level department in terms of employees, originally known as the Department of Foreign Affairs; First executive department
Department of State
Who is the current secretary of state?
John Kerry
Largest of all executive depts. in terms of money spent and employees
Department of Defense
The secretary of state is ____ in line for presidential succession
4th
_____ assistant secretaries direct the ______ geographical bureaus of the State Dept
6
An ambassador is appointed by the president and must be confirmed by the ___________
Senate
The US maintains offices known as __________ in major cities of foreign nations
Consulates
A ___________ heads each consulate
Consul
Who was the leader of Iraq in 1990?
Saddam Hussein
What country was invaded by Iraq putting Middle Eastern Oil industry at risk?
Kuwait
In 1994, american soldiers preserved order in __________ when their president had to flee the country
Haiti
Throughout the 90s _______________ sent US troops to several places in an attempt to maintain political order
Bill Clinton
The UN inspections of Iraq were to keep Iraq from developing __________________
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Special document issued by the govt of the country that a person wishes to enter
Visa
Document issued to Americans traveling abroad by the State Department
Passport
Founded after WW2 and military reorganization, would 2 years later become the DOD
National Security Establishment
Who was the first woman selected to be National Security advisor?
Condoleeza Rice
Formal agreement between the govts of two or more nations
Treaty
The framers of the Constitution attempted to divide the responsibility for foreign affairs between the __________ and ______________
President and Congress
What checked the president’s powers by stating that a president could not send troops into another nation for more than 60 days with approval from Congress?
War Powers Act of 1973
What does MFN stand for?
Most Favored Nation
What country has permanent MFN status?
China
Pacts between the president and the head of a foreign govt that acts as a treaty, but does not require congressional approval
Executive Agreements
Founded in 1949 as a mutual defense alliance
NATO
In 1949 the US signed a treaty establishing the ______________________ which is primarily concerned with promoting economic development in the Americas
Organization of American States (OAS)
Agreement that involves only 2 nations
Bilateral treaty
International agreement signed by several nations
Multilateral treaties
Measures such as withholding loans, arms, or economic aid to force a foreign govt to cease certain activities
Sanctions
Administers American programs of economic aid
Agency for International Development
