World Views
Worldviews:
This worldview involves the U.S. resisting the expansion of aggressive nations
Name a historical example.
What is Containment?
What is the former Soviet Union?
the belief that the United States should resist the expansion of aggressive nations
Name the branch of government, or the body of individual, who can formally declare war.
Name the individual or the position who can is the 'commander-in-chief'.
What is the legislative branch/Congress?
What is the president?
Name the most common type of politics used when implementing foreign policy and who benefits and who pays.
What is Majoritarian Politics?
What are Treaties/Declarations of war?
Taxpayer money is used on the military budget or upholding the treaty.
Usually, everyone in the US benefits.;
Name the event that is known as the "great watershed event" in American foreign policy.
a. The Revolutionary War
b. Spanish-American War
c. World War I
d. World War II
What is D, World War II?
All are the following are terms in the War Powers Act of 1973, except:
a. notification within 48 hrs.
b. 60 day operation time limit.
c. Review by the Supreme Court
d. 30 day withdrawal period
What is C, review by the Supreme Court?
This worldview is the belief that the United States should withdraw from world affairs.
Name the experience from which this worldview adapted from.
What is isolationism?
What is World War I?
(pg. 494)
Name the number of times Congress has formally declared war.
Note: The United States has gone to war multiple times, but the Legislative branch does not formally declare war very often.
a. 5
b. 7
c. 9
d. 11
e. 12
What is the A, 5?
pg. 484
https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/history/h_multi_sections_and_teasers/WarDeclarationsbyCongress.htm
What happens when Client Politics is used when implementing foreign policy and who benefits and who pays.
Example: what are the military contractors (Boeing) benefit and the people pay.
This group of people tends to be informed more about foreign affairs, but are more likely to change their opinions rapidly.
a. The public
b. Political elites
c. Politicians
d. Social elites
What is B, Political Elites?
The military is frequently accused of purchasing items that are overpriced when compared to similar items readily available on the open market. This most likely occurs because of:
a. the military-industrial complex
b. inaccuracies in the estimating budgetary expenditures
c. the expenses associated with conflicting regulations
d. the ability of defense contractors to overcharge the military without oversight.
What is A, the military-industrial complex?
Explain the terms Unipolar and Bipolar and how they affect the world today.
What is one sole superpower in the world?
what are two superpowers in the world?
When WWII ended the world had two superpowers, the USA and the USSR.
When the Cold War ended the USA was the sole superpower.
Aaron Wildavsky, an American political scientist, did a study of the presidency and is mentioned in the text. When he was finished, he came to the conclusion that the American political system has "___ _________", one in domestic affairs and the other in foreign affairs.
Name the phrase/ two blanks.
What is "two presidencies"?
What happens when Interest Group Politics is used when implementing foreign policy and who benefits and who pays?
Example: what are tariffs?
The government benefits
Companies pay as their foreign products are taxed
Name the Foreign Policy Landmark Supreme Court case in which it was decided that the Executive Branch cannot unilaterally set up military commissions to try suspected terrorists; Congress must authorize this creation.
a. Rasul v. Bush (2004)
b. Korematsu v. United States (1944)
c. Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2006)
d. Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2004)
What is C, Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2004)?
Cost overruns are when the money actually paid to military suppliers exceeds the estimated costs. The text names five reasons for these overruns. Name three (or more) of the five.
What are
1) It is difficult to know in advance what something will cost when it has never been constructed before?
2) Individuals who want to persuade Congress to give money for new materials or military items have an incentive to underestimate the cost?
3) Officers at the Pentagon tend to try and buy the best that money can buy一sometimes going over the budget?
4) Sole-sourcing; many weapons are bought from one contractor, which means there is no competition, which means there is no reason to decrease the cost - Boeing anyone?
5) Start-and-stop production decisions are costly?
Define the Military-Industrial Complex and explain a supposed real-life example.
What is an alliance between corporate and military leaders where they have the most power?
Example: Boeing and the US government.
Explain what events caused the War Powers Act of 1973 to be implemented and its effects on American foreign policy so far. Name two limits stated in the War Powers Act of 1973.
What is the Koren and Vietnam War?
What is minimal?
What is the president has to report about all troops within 48 hours?
What is Congress must declare war within 60 days to extend the troops' deployment time?
Fill in the Blank: The rival of the Secretary of Defense is __________.
Explain its function.
What is the National Security Adviser?
What is to head the National Security Council?
Name the position the Supreme Court generally takes when it comes to foreign affairs.
a. The Court has been reluctant to intervene in disputes over foreign affairs
b. The Court has made decisions to protect civil rights, especially during wartime.
c. The Court has supported the decisions of Congress but has overturned executive orders.
d. The Court has rarely deferred to presidential power for fear of upsetting the balance of power.
What is C, the Court has supported the decisions of Congress but has overturned executive orders?
Name the conflict that best describes or illustrates the concept of polarization.
a. World War I
b. World War II
c. The Persian Gulf War
d. The war in Iraq
What is D, the war in Iraq?
Name the worldview in which it was the belief that the United States was harmed by its war in Vietnam and so should avoid supposedly different events.
Select the phrase/name the text states critics called this worldview.
a. Vietnam view
b. unilateralism
c. new isolationism
d. American containment
What is disengagement?
What is C, new isolationism?
pg. 495
State the two effects of the multiple competing organizations seeking to influence foreign policy.
What is nothing stays secret for long in Washington?
What are the rivalries only get more intense?
Fill in the Blank: After 9/11 the _______ __ __________ was established.
Describe its effects on US foreign policy.
What is the Doctrine of Preemption?
It sparked the War on Terrorism where the US would invade countries to root out terrorist cells before they committed acts of terrorism.
Name two trends in military spending.
What are
1) military spending increases during wartime?
2) The United States military spending increased after 9/11 (more than it had in 20 years) and has continued?
3) Since 9/11, the US has increasing spent more and more military money on national security and defense?
Upon a sudden attack on the United States, the president would most likely look to for advice and counsel for a certain department, or committee. Please name that group.
a. Cabinet
b. National Security Council
c. House and Senate Armed Services Committee
d. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
e. Senate president and Speaker of the House
What is B, the National Security Council?