Foreign Policy: Section One

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**consists of the strategies and goals that guide a nations relations with other countries and groups in the world

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Foreign Policy

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The specific strategies that make up US foreign policy from year to year change in response to changes in the

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international environment

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The long-term goals of that policy remain constant, reflecting both the

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nations ideals and its self-interest

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The principal goal of American foreign policy is to

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preserve the security of the United States

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**means protection of a nation’s border and territories against invasion or control by foreign powers

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National security

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In today’s global economy national security means more than

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Military Defense

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Maintaining ____ with other nations and preserving access to necessary natural resources have also been basic goals of US foreign policy

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Trade

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Productive American factories and farms need _____ ______in which to sell their goods

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Foreign Markets

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Generally, the United States supports trade that is free from both

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export and import restrictions

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American leaders also work for world peace because they believe it helps the nation avoid outside ____and aids ______

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Conflicts and aids National Security

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**The United States tries to help other nations settle disputes and has also supplied ______ aid to at-risk countries

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Economic

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The rise of __________, along with direct terrorist attacks, have made the goal of world peace an even greater challenge

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Terrorist groups

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The united states aids ______ and helps others create democratic political systems

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democratic nations

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**The United States has responded by providing ___,____,_____ for humanitarian reasons

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food, medical supplies, and technical assistance

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strategic interests of the United States by maintaining ________ in the world

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Political stability

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Until the late 1800’s, American foreign policy was based on

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Isolationism

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**the avoidance of involvement in world affairs

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Isolationism

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When who became president in 1789, the US was a small nation in deep debt

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George washington

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In 1823, president James Monroe announced a new foreign policy known as the _______________

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Monroe Doctrine

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It began to look for the world markets for its products and for new sources of

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Raw materials

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For some government leaders, isolationism no longer fit the US’s role as an

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Economic Power

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The US leaders of the time believed the nation needed to expand and acquire a

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Colonial empire

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**In 1898 the US fought the

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Spanish American War

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As a result of the Spanish American War, the US acquired the ____, _____, and ________

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Philippine Islands, Guam, and Puerto Rico

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The United States was now a major power in the ________ as well as the Pacific region and East Asia

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Caribbean

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When World War 1 began in Europe in 1914, _______ sentiment in the United States was still strong

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Isolationism

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When World War 2 began in 1939, the United States officially remained

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Neutral

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The_________ in 1941, however, drew the United States into war

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Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

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Since World War 2, US foreign policy has been based on

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Internationalism

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The United States emerged from World War 2 as the leader of the ________ of the world

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Free nations

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US government leaders viewed the power of the who? as a threat to national security

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Soviet Union

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1949 __________ seized control of China

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Chinese Communist

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The Communist takeovers in these nations convinces American leaders that they must halt

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Communist Aggression

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The Cold War was a war of words and ideologies rather than a

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shooting war

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With the threat of expanding communism, the US drew upon the ideas of __________ an American diplomat and expert on Soviet history and culture

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George F. Kenan

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_______ was the policy designed to keep the Soviet Union from expanding its powers

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Containment

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America also tried to stop the spread of communism by giving economic aid to nations they said were threatened by

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totalitarian regimes

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President Harry Truman announced what later became known as the _______ in a speech in 1947

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Truman doctrine

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**Months later the ____________ provided badly needed economic aid for war-torn Europe

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Marshall Plan

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Cold War tensions and fears also led to an

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arms race

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****The Cold War policy of containment drew the United States into two wars

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Korea and Vietnam

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n 1989 the __________ dividing Communist East Germany from the Democratic West Germany was torn down by demonstrators

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Berlin Wall

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Truman saw the invasion of South Korea as _________by the Soviet Union and sent American troops there under the UN sponsorship

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expansionism

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While ______ called on the US to stay involved in world politics to protect American trade interests, encourage democracy, and advanced human rights

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Policymakers

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in 1990 Iraq's leader _________, invaded neighboring Kuwait threatening Middle Eastern oil supplies

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Saddam Hussein

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Theses actions included a program of inspections aimed at preventing Iraq from developing weapons of ________

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Mass destruction

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During the 1990's Hussein kept tension high by failing to cooperate with _____________

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UN-mandated inspections

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Throughout the 1990's president ______ sent troops to several places in attempts to maintain political order and protect humanitarian interest

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Clinton

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in 1992 US troops join a multi-nation force in _______to protect relief organizations operating during a civil war

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Somalia

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1994 US troops preserved order in _____ when their president was forced to flee the country

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Haiti

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1995 _______&_______ intervened to end ethic warfare among Croats, Serbs, and Muslims resulting from the breakup of the former Yugoslavia

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US and NATO allies

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1999, US and NATO air power and troops forced Serbian troops to withdraw from the Yugoslavian providence of Kosovo

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Yugoslavian and Kosovo

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The FBI intelligence sources identified the attack as the work of ________, a global network of Islamic terrorist whose leaders were based Afghanistan

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al-Qaeda

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President ________quickly announced that a war on terrorism would become the focus of his administration

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George W. Bush

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the ___________ framework states that preemption should replace containment and deterrence as the foundation American strategy

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Bush administration

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preemption means that the US will strike first with military force against any_____ or ________ that may threaten the nations with weapons of mass destruction

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terrorist groups or rouge states

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President Bush applied preemption in March 2003 when the ______ and ______of others removed the government of Hussein

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US and a coalition

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In _____,____, Hussein was captured

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month, year