People
1st female National Security Advisor
Condoleezza Rice
(Appointed by George HW Bush)
The policy of dealing with other countries.
Foreign Policy
Branch of the military trained to act as the nation’s rapid-response, maritime expeditionary force, specializing in amphibious warfare and combined-arms operations.
The Marine Corps
They advise and consent to treaties and confirmations.
The Senate
1st US Secretary of State
Thomas Jefferson
This trade treaty was signed by the US, Mexico and Canada.
NAFTA
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
What event caused the Department of Homeland Security to be established?
The World Trade Center attacks on 9/11/2001.
The "Television War".
Vietnam
Current US Secretary of State
Marco Rubio
A war between the US and the Soviet Union that did not include any military actions or fighting.
The Cold War
What group was responsible for the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001.
al-Qaeda
They hold "The Power of the Purse", all appropriations bills must start here.
The House of Representatives
1st Secretary of Homeland Security
Tom Ridge
This document, signed by President James Monroe and written by Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams, forbade European countries from interfering in the affairs of Western Hemisphere countries.
The Monroe Doctrine
Name two treaties that were never approved by the US Senate.
The Treaty of Versailles (ending WW I)
Salt II (Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty with the Soviet Union)
What are three main contributing factors to US safety?
1. The policy of isolationism
2. We are flanked by two oceans.
3. We are sheltered by two weak nations (Mexico and Canada).
The president who most favored "Isolationism".
George Washington
The cooperation of several countries in an alliance to strengthen the security of each.
collective security
In which county did the Soviet Union experience it's own "Vietnam".
Afghanistan
The US supplied billions of dollars in support to European countries after WWII through the…
Marshall Plan
This president helped form the "Camp David Accords" between Israel and Egypt.
Jimmy Carter
A policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
Isolationism
What US war did the media play a large role in starting?
The Spanish American War
What were two major weapons used by the US to stop Soviet aggression and the spread of communism?
Containment
Nuclear Deterrence
This president referred to the Soviet Union as the "Evil Empire".
Ronald Reagan
The act of keeping Communism from spreading from the Soviet Union to other countries.
Containment
What two "hot" wars were the US involved in after WW II?
Korea
Vietnam
(Iran)
Who can declare war, the Congress or the President or both?
Congress only
This president formed the Department of Homeland Security.
George W. Bush
A Cold War-era military doctrine asserting that possessing a credible, survivable arsenal of nuclear weapons prevents adversaries from attacking due to fear of massive retaliatory destruction.
nuclear deterrence
Signed in September 1978 by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, and U.S. President Jimmy Carter, were two framework agreements that established a historic peace treaty between Egypt and Israel.
Camp David Accords
Who are the key members of the National Security Council?
1 Vice-President 2 Secretary of the Treasury
3 Secretary of State 4 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
5 Secretary of Defense 6 Director of the CIA
This president evoked the "Monroe Doctrine" when he blocked the Soviet Union's attempt to install nuclear weapons in Cuba.
John F. Kennedy
Developed after WW II to help rebuild Western Europe.
The Marshall Plan
The only foreign invasion of the United States was during this war.
The War of 1812
This president said "the price of liberty is eternal vigilance".
Thomas Jefferson
The executive cabinet-level agency responsible for managing the nation's foreign policy and international relations.
State Department
What event in 1941 helped transform the US into a "Superpower" by 1945?
The attack on Pearl Harbor (which involved us in World War II, which led to the development of the Atomic Bomb).
This president helped create the "League of Nations". However, the US did not join the organization.
Woodrow Wilson
The government department concerned with the representation of a country abroad. Most members work in the State Department.
After the defeat of Germany in World War II, what new obstacle to world peace would arise from Eastern Europe?
Communism
This president encouraged a revolution in Panama in order to build a canal.
Theodore Roosevelt
Economic punishments directed at nations that violate rules and treaties.
sanctions
The loss of which war by the US was a blow to the theory of containment?
Vietnam
He became the first person to negotiate a treaty by a Western nation with Japan.
Commodore Matthew Perry
An official document that confirms the citizenship of a person for a particular country.
passport
After World War I, the US refused to join this organization over fears that it would bring us into more foreign wars.
The League of Nations
In 1991, which dictator did the US help defeat in an effort to protect the world's oil reserves?
Saddam Hussein
An official endorsement of a passport by the government of the country a person visits.
visa
What dictator of North Korea tried to develop nuclear weapons to use against the US?
Kim Jong-un
A premier foreign intelligence service of the United States federal government. Established in 1947, it collects, analyzes, and disseminates intelligence about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals to protect U.S. national security, operating primarily overseas
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)