A national policy of avoiding participation in foreign affairs.
What is Isolationism
100
International governmental organization created shortly before the end of WWII to stabilize international currency transactions.
What is the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
100
The improvement in relations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union that occurred during the 1970s.
What is Detente
100
A system of international trade with limited government interference.
What is the Free Trade System
100
No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house.
What is the Third Amendment
200
Legislation passed by Congress in 1807 to prevent U.S. ships from leaving U.S. ports without the approval of the federal government
What is the Embargo Act
200
International governmental organization created shortly before the end of WWII to provide loans for large economic development projects.
What is the World Bank
200
Chief executive branch department responsible for formulation and implementation of U.S. foreign policy.
What is the Dept. of State
200
An international organization created in 1995 to supervise and open international trade.
What is the World Trade Organization
200
Contains the Double Jeopardy clause.
What is the Fifth Amendment
300
Pledge that the U.S. would oppose attempts by European states to extend their political control into the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine
300
U.S. policy initiated in 1947 to provide economic assistance and military aid to countries fighting against communist revolutions or political pressure.
What is the Truman Doctrine
300
Cabinet dept. created after the 9/11 attacks to coordinate domestic security efforts.
What is the Dept. of Homeland Security
300
Addition to the Monroe Doctrine that said the U.S. would police the Western Hemisphere in an attempt to maintain peace and security.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary
300
Amendment that prohibits the government from taking private property without just compensation.
What is the Fifth Amendment
400
Theory that the U.S. was divinely mandated to expand across North America to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Manifest Destiny
400
European collective recovery program that provided extensive American aid to Western Europe after WWII
What is the Marshall Plan
400
A trade policy wherein a country closes off its markets to foreign goods.
What is Protectionism
400
Military advisory body that includes the Army chief of staff, the Air Force chief of staff, the chief of naval operations, and the Marine commandant.
What is the Joint Chiefs of Staff
400
Prohibits cruel and unusual punishment
What is the Eighth Amendment
500
The idea that an attack on one country is an attack on all countries.
What is Collective Security
500
The first peacetime military treaty joined by the U.S.; A collective security pact between the U.S. and Western Europe.
What is NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
500
Agreement that promotes free movement of goods and services among Canada, Mexico, and the U.S.
What is the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
500
This meant that the U.S. government would treat foreign traders in the same way that foreign countries treated American traders.