Test 5 Flashcards
_______ consist of the strategies and goals that guide a nations relations with other countries and groups in the world ***
Foreign Policy
The specific strategies that make up the US foreign policy from year to year change in response to what?
changes in the international environment
The long term goals of foreign policy remain ______ reflecting both the nations ideals and its self-interest
constant
The principal goal of American foreign policy is to what?
preserve the security of the US
_______ means protection of a nation’s borders and territories against invasion or control by foreign powers***
National Security
In today’s global economy ____ ______ means more than military defense
national security
Maintaining trade with other nations and preserving access to necessary natural resources have also been basic goals of US ______ _________.
foreign policy
Generally the US supports trade that is free from both what?
export and import restrictions
American leaders also work for ___ ____ bc they believe it helps the nation avoid outside conflicts and aids national security
world peace
The US tries to help other nations settle ____ and has also supplied ______ to at risk countries***
disputes, economic aid
The rise of ______ ________, along with direct terrorist attacks, have made the goal of the world peace an even a greater challenge.
Terrorist groups
The US aids the democratic nations and helps others create ____________. IE. S.korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afgan
democratic political systems
The US has responded by providing food, medical supplies, and technical assistance for ________ reasons.
humanitarian
US’s aid serves the strategic interests of the US by maintaining _____ _______ in the world.
political stability
Until the late 1800s, ________________ was based on isolationism.
American foreign policy
_______ the avoidance of involvement in world affairs***
Isolationism
When ____________ became president in 1789, the US was a small nation in deep debt.
George Washington
In 1823 President James Monroe announced a new foreign policy known as the __________.
Monroe Doctrine
US began to look for __________- for its products and for new sources of raw materials.
world markets
For some gov. leaders, __________no longer fits the US role as an economic power.
Isolationism
The US leaders of the time believed that the nation needed to expand and acquire a _______ empire.
Colonial empire
In 1898 the US fought the _______ ________ _______***.
Spanish American War
As a result, the US acquired __________, ___________, and ___________
Philippine Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico.
The US was now a major power in the ___________ as well as the Pacific region and East Asia.
Caribbean
When _____________ began in Europe in 1914, isolationist sentiment in the US was still strong.
World War l
When World War ll began in 1939, the US officially remained _______.
Neutral
The Japanese attack on _________ in 1941, however, drew the US into war.
Pearl Harbor
Since WWll , US foreign policy has been based on __________.***
internationalism
The US emerged from WWll as a leader of the __________ of the world.
free nations
US gov leaders viewed the power of the ____________ as a threat to national security.
soviet union
Between 1945 and 1949, the soviet union established control of the eastern ________ countries
European
In 1949 Chinese Communist seized ______.
China
The communist takeovers in these nations convinced _____ _______ that they must halt the communist aggression.
American Leaders
The _______ ______ was a war of words and ideologies rather than a shooting war
Cold War
With the threat of expanding communism, the US drew upon the ideas of ____________, an American diplomat and expert on Soviet history and culture.
George F. Kenan
_____________ was the policy designed to keep the Soviet Union from expanding its powers.***
Containment
American also tried to stop the spread of communism by giving economic aid to nations they said were threatened by _____________.
totalitarian regimes
President Harry Truman announced what later became known as the _______ _________.
Truman Doctrine
Months later the ___________ ______ provided badly needed economic aid for war-torn Europe.***
Marshall Plan
Cold War tensions and fears also led to an ________ _____
Arms Race
The Cold War policy of containment drew to the US into two wars: _________, ___________***
Korea, Vietnam
In the _______ _____ the US aided pro-american South Korea when it was invaded by communist North Korea.
Korean War
Truman the invasion of South Korea as ________ by the Soviet Union and send american troops their under UN sponsorship.
Expanionism
In the ______ _______ , the US committed troops for many years to fight on the side of the South Vietnamese gov against Communist N. Vietnam.
Vietnam War
In 1989 the _____ ______ dividing communist east Germany from the democratic west Germany was torn down by demonstrators.
Berlin Wall
_____ called on US to stay involved in world politics to protect American trade interests, encourage democracy, and advance human rights.
Policymakers
In 1990 Iraq’s leader Saddam Hussein, invaded neighboring ______ threatening Eastern ____ supplies***
Kuwait, oil
These actions included a program of inspections aimed at preventing Iraq from developing ______________.
Weapons of Mass Destruction
During the 1990’s Saddam kept tension high by failing to cooperate with UN- mandated inspections.
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Throughout the 1990’s President ______ sent US forces to several places in attempts to maintain political order and to protect humanitarian interests
Clinton
In 1992 american troops join a multi-nation force in _______ to protect organizations operating during a civil war.
Somalia
In 1994 american troops preserved order in _____ when their president was forced to flee the country.
Haiti
In 1995 american and NATO allies intervened to end _________ _________ among Croats, Serbs, and Muslims resulting from the breakup of the former Yugoslavia.
ethnic warfare
In 1999, American and NATO air power and troops forced _______ ________ to withdraw from the Yugoslavian province of Kosovo.
Serbian troops
The FBI and intelligence sources identified the attack as the work of _________, a global network of Islamic terrorists whose leaders were based in Afghanistan.
Al-Qaeda
President _______ quickly announced that a war on terrorism would become the focus of his administration.
Bush
The Bush administrations framework states that preemption should replace containment and deterrence as the foundation _______ _________.
American Strategy
___________ means that the US will strike first with military force against any terrorist groups or rogue states that might threaten the nation with weapons of mass destruction.
Preemption
