Jenor Rasmussen
Govt. Chapter 14 1. C 2. E 3. A 4. C 5. B 6. E 7. C 8. B 9. E 10. E
Bretton Woods System: international financial system devised shortly before the end of WWII that created the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund
Collective security: The idea that an attack on one country is an attack on all the countries
Containment: U.S policy of opposing Soviet expansion and communist revolutions around the world with military forces, economic assistance, and political influence
Cuban Missile Crisis: the 1962 confrontation over the deployment of ballistic missiles in Cuba that nearly escalated into nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union
Defense policy: area of policy making that focuses on the strategies that a country uses to protect itself from its enemies
Democratic enlargement: policy implemented during the Clinton administration in which the United States would actively promote the expansion of democracy and free markets throughout the world
Department of Defense: chief executive branch department responsible for formulation and implementation of U.S defense and military policy
Department of Homeland Security: cabinet department created after the 9/11 terrorist attacks to coordinate domestic security efforts
Department of state: chief executive branch department responsible for formulation and implementation of U.S foreign policy
Détente: the improvement in relations between the United States and the Soviet Union that occurred during the 1970s
European Union: an organization that joins 27 countries in Europe into a union that includes free trade, a central bank, a common currency, ease of immigration, a European Parliament, and other political institutions to govern and administer the organization
Farwell address: when president George Washington left office, he