Foreign vs. Domestic Policy
Foreign Policy Powers
National Interest
Foreign Policy Tools
International Conflicts
100
"The U.S. decides to send weapons to Ukraine" is an example if this type of policy.
What is foreign policy?
100
This part of the government acts as Commander in Chief of the armed forces, with the power to send troops into battle.
Who is the President?
100
In 1990, Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein led Iraqi troops to invade and take over neighboring Kuwait. In January 1991, Congress authorized President George H. W. Bush to lead U.S. troops into Kuwait and force the Iraqi troops to leave.
This is the method being used to pursue national interest in this scenario.
What is Military Action?
100
This foreign policy tool is used to negotiate and resolve conflicts peacefully.
What is diplomacy?
100
This was the theory the U.S. believed and was the reasoning behind the U.S. involvement in the Korean and Vietnam Wars - the belief that if one country became communist, the next would, and the next, and so forth.
What is Domino Theory?
200
"Soldiers are sent to another country to promote peacekeeping efforts" is an example of this type of policy.
What is foreign policy?
200
This part of the government has the power to negotiate treaties.
Who is the President?
200
In 2003, President George W. Bush decided to focus support on a worldwide initiative to help countries prevent and treat HIV/AIDS.
This is the method being used to pursue national interest in this scenario.
What is Foreign Aid?
200
This foreign policy tool is primarily focused on providing aid to those in need.
What is humanitarian efforts?
200
During this international conflict and in the background of proxy wars, U.S. and Soviet Union were stockpiling nuclear weapons, leading to heightened tension but never direct military action.
What is the Cold War?
300
"Congress votes to increase the income tax" is an example of this type of policy.
What is domestic policy?
300
This part of the government approves funding for all federal programs, including defense, foreign aid, and the State Department budget.
What is Congress?
300
One of the national interests or goals of the U.S. is to encourage other countries to trade with the U.S.
This is the method the U.S. would use to pursue that national interest.
What is Treaty/Executive Agreement?
300
This foreign policy tool is typically used to punish another country economically. It can be used to get another country to stop doing something OR to get them to do something new.
What is sanctions?
300
This event in the 1960s resulted from American spy planes revealing that Soviets were setting up nuclear missile sites on an island 90 miles from the coast of Florida.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
400
"The Supreme Court takes a case involving a foreign-born citizen" is an example of this type of policy.
What is domestic policy?
400
This part of the government may declare war.
What is Congress?
400
In 1949, after World War II, the United States and other democratic countries formed NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It said that if any country was attacked by an outside nation, they would help defend each other.
This is the national interest the U.S. had in mind in this scenario.
What is "protecting the national security of the U.S." or "promoting international peace"?
400
During the Iran Hostage Crisis, the U.S. used a combination of these foreign policy tools to secure the release of the hostages.
What are diplomacy and sanctions?
400
The above quote is a speech given by President Bush on September 20, 2001, explaining why the U.S. was engaging in military action in the Middle East (Gulf War II/Iraq War). This was the reason for the U.S.'s involvement.
What is 9/11 terrorist attacks?
500
"How can air pollution be reduced?" is an example of this type of policy.
What is both foreign and domestic policy? (need both to get the answer correct)
500
The President and Congress control Foreign Policy, however this government official is in charge of the day-to-day running of U.S. Foreign Policy.
Who is the Secretary of State?
500
The U.S. government provides advice and help for countries wanting to start new democracies by showing them how to run fair elections.
This is the national interest the U.S. had in mind in this scenario.
What is "spreading the American system of democracy..."?
500
The Zimmerman Telegram, an intercepted message from Germany to Mexico, was discovered as a result of the British using this foreign policy tool.
What is espionage?
500
The above quote is a speech given by President Roosevelt after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Following the attack, the U.S. became involved in this international conflict.
What is WWII?