Government Chapter 17 Flashcards
personal representative of the President of the US who reports to the President through the Secretary of State
ambassador
regional security alliance among the US, Australia, and New Zealand
ANZUS
President during the Gulf War
George H. W. Bush
the policy of making the US and its allies so militarily strong as to discourage any attack
deterrence
US policy of halting the expansion of communism in the belief that it collapse
containment
French for “relaxation of tensions”; attempt to improve relations with the USSR and, separately, China
détente
system in which participating nations agree to take joint action to meet any threat to or attack on another
collective security
practice in international law in which ambassadors are not subject to the laws of the state to which they are assigned
diplomatic immunity
compulsory military service
draft
President during most of WWII
Franklin DeLano Roosevelt
economic and military aid given to other countries
foreign aid
all the stands and actions that a nation takes in every aspect of its relationships with other countries
foreign policy
leader of Communist forces in Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
a purposeful refusal to become generally involved with the affairs of the rest of the world
isolationism
President that secured the purchase of Louisiana
Thomas Jefferson
President during the Spanish - American War
William McKinley
led the US during the Cuban Missile Crisis
John F Kennedy
when Florida was purchased this man was President
Andrew Jackson
warned Europeans against colonizing in the Western Hemisphere
Monroe Doctrine
US regional security alliance in Europe
NATO
President that initiated détente and was the first President to visit communist China
Richard Nixon
certificate issued by a government to its citizens that travel or live abroad
passport
President during the Mexican-American War
James K Polk
the right to send and receive diplomatic representatives
right of legation
made the decision to “drop the bomb”; sent US troops into Korea
Harry S Truman
defensive alliance in which countries agree to take collective action to meet aggression in various parts of the world
regional security alliance
regional security alliance with the US, Canada, and 32 Latin American countries
Rio Pact
permission to enter another state and must be issued by the country one wishes to enter
visa
President during WWI
Woodrow Wilson
statement that the US would follow a policy of deterrence a containment through collective security
Truman Doctrine
