U.S. Foreign Policy
Protecting the nation from outside threats like terrorism or hostile powers.
National security
The main U.S. foreign policy strategy during the Cold War, aimed at stopping the spread of communism.
Containment
The military alliance formed in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and Western European nations.
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Yalta Conference
Presidents Washington and Monroe advocated for ______ (isolationist or interventionist) policies.
Isolationist
This U.S. President's doctrine pledged to support free peoples resisting communism with military and economic aid.
Harry S. Truman
The military alliance formed by the Soviet Union and its Eastern European allies in response to NATO.
Warsaw Pact
The economic and political system where the government owns all property and businesses.
Communism
Presidents FDR and George W. Bush advocate for ______ (isolationist or interventionist) policies.
Interventionist
This massive aid program provided over $12 billion to help rebuild Western Europe after WWII.
The Marshall Plan
The principle that an attack on one member of NATO would be considered an attack on all members.
Collective defense/security
The period of intense geopolitical tension, but no large-scale direct fighting, between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
The Cold War
Name one goal of US foreign policy.
National security
Economic prosperity
Spreading democracy and human rights
Humanitarian aid and global development
The belief that if one nation fell to communism, its neighbors would follow.
The Domino Theory
This divided country was a crucial battleground, with its western part in NATO and its eastern part in the Warsaw Pact.
Germany - East Germany (Warsaw Pact) & West Germany (NATO)
A government system where the state has total control over all aspects of public and private life.
Totalitarianism