Vocabulary
building relationships with other countries
foreign policy
chief policy advisor to the president
Secretary of State
defensive agreement between U.S. Canada, and Mexico
NAFTA
a plan of action
policy
representative of US in other countries
ambassador
"headquarters" in another country
embassy
Cuban Missile Crisis President
JFK
replaced the League of Nations
United Nations
policy from Washington to Wilson
isolationism
ratifies treaties
Senate of the U.S.
"keep communism out of the U.S."
containment
Eisenhower's "Chess Game"
Zero Sum Game
seeking to share chinese trading rights
McKinley's "Open Door" Policy
"Stay out of the Western Hemisphere"
Monroe Doctrine
current broad description of foreign policy
internationalism
"friendships" or agreements to work & support other countries
alliances
"Star Wars" foreign policy
Ronald Reagan
Part of a broad Cold War strategy the US would provide aid to friendly unstable regimes in the Middle East
Eisenhower Doctrine
Truman's massive economic & military aid plan
Marshall Plan
Current domestic & foreign policy
Bush's War on Terror
Initiated by Hoover, and carried out by FDR, the U.S. began to shift to a policy of non-intervention in Latin America
Good Neighbor Policy
theme of Cold War Presidents
"Domino Theory"
EAsing of hostility between countries
Detente
Caused devastation of NAtive Americans
Manifest Destiny
America's calling to be "something of a global police force"
Roosevelt's "Big Stick Policy"