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AP American Government Foreign and Defense Policy

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1 - Foreign Policy Nat. govt. policy relating to other countries.
2 - United Nations Group of nations formed after WWII. +More successful version of League of Nations
3 - North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Agreement between US, Canada, and Mexico to lower tariffs between each other.
4 - European Union Group of European nations. +If one is attacked, all declare war on the aggressor.
5 - Commander and Chief Pres. of the US. +As leader of the army
6 - War Powers Act Restricts pres. war actions made before asking Congress to declare war.
7 - Department of State Agency for foreign policy decisions.
8 - Secretary of State Leader of the Department of State.
9 - Department of Defense Runs US military.
10 - Secretary of Defense Leader of the Department of Defense.
11 - Joint Chiefs of Staff Cabinet members.
12 - Central Intelligence Agency Agency that gathers intel. for nat. govt.
13 - National Security Agency (NSA) Gathers foreign information and communications. +Uses cryptographers
14 - National Security Council Discusses domestic and foreign security issues. +Advises and assists president
15 - Congress' "power of the purse" Congress has the power to fund programs.
16 - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Covers and passes foreign policy bills. +Senate
17 - House Committee on Foreign Affairs Covers bills and investigations related to foreign policy. +House +Less powerful than Senate version
18 - Isolationism Policy of non-foreign involvement. +Practiced by US before WWII
19 - Cold War Stand-off between US and USSR between WWII's end and the fall of the USSR.
20 - Containment Strategy to contain USSR from expanding communism until the USSR collapsed from within.
21 - Arms Race US and USSR race in created the largest military. +During Cold War
22 - Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) US program to ensure enough nuclear capacity that the US could destroy its aggressor, even as the US would be destroyed. +Opposed by US group titled SANE
23 - Vietnam War A messy conflict never declared a war.
24 - Détente Pres. Nixon's strategy to develop a stronger relationship with the USSR by playing it and China off of each other.
25 - Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) or "Star Wars" US plan to create satellites with lasers able to shoot down long-range nuclear weapons. +This plan scared the USSR +This plan did not succeed
26 - War on Terror US battling to defeat extremist, terrorist groups.
27 - Axis of Evil Countries named by pres. Bush as supporting terrorist activities.
28 - Afghanistan Conflict within Afghanistan, between US and USSR, made SALT II fail.
29 - Iraq Iraq war began to find WMD.
30 - Nuclear Proliferation Spread among nations of access to nuclear weapons. +Most nations oppose this spread
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