490 CHAPTER 15|FOREIGN POLICY
WHAT IS FOREIGN POLICY?
E Describe the major approaches to understanding foreign policy and trace how America’s role in the world has evolved.
Pages 469–74SUMMARY
Foreign policy is any government action with a group out-
side of America’s borders. Foreign policy goals are com-
plex, and debates on what America’s goals should be are
traditionally framed in terms of general principles. Ameri-
can foreign policy has changed its goals over time and has
become increasingly internationalist.KEY TERMS
foreign policy (p. 469)
unilateral action (p. 469)
multilateral action (p. 470)
isolationism (p. 470)
internationalism (p. 470)
realism (p. 470)
idealism (p. 470)
constructivism (p. 471)
Monroe Doctrine (p. 471)
Cold War (p. 472)
containment (p. 472)
mutually assured destruction (p. 473)
détente (p. 473)
Bush Doctrine (p. 474)PRACTICE QUIZ QUESTIONS- When one country does something on its own
without coordinating with other countries, it is
.
a) isolationist
b) internationalist
c) acting unilaterally
d) acting multilaterally
e) nation building- ___ believe that countries pursue their own
interests.
a) Realists
b) Idealists
c) Constructivists
d) Internationalists
e) Isolationists - The Monroe Doctrine stated that in European wars,
America would ____.
a) support Britain
b) support the attacking country
c) support the attacked country
d) provide arms but not troops
e) remain neutral - American foreign policy became increasingly interna-
tionalist following ____.
a) the Civil War
b) World War I
c) World War II
d) the Vietnam War
e) the Cold War - The goal of containment infl uenced the _____
and ____.
a) war in Iraq; war in Afghanistan
b) Korean war; war in Iraq
c) Vietnam war; war in Iraq
d) Vietnam war; Cuban Missile Crisis
e) Vietnam war; World War II
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