| A | B |
|---|
| Legislative Veto | the unconstitutional repeal by congress of actions of federal agencies or the president |
| War Powers Act of 1973 | placed restrictions on president's wartime powers |
| Senate foreign relations committee | senate committee that deals with foreign affairs |
| Boland Amendment | prevented intelligence from supplying info to Nicaraguan contras |
| National Security council | council of select cabinet members dealing with national security |
| national security advisor | head of NSC |
| Iran-Contra | scandal of presidential aides selling guns to Iran in exchange for hostages |
| CIA | presidential agency which gathers intelligence and conducts covert operations abroad |
| Isolationist | foreign policy view which opposed involvement in European wars |
| "rally around the flag" effect | tendency of president's public support to rise during a foreign crisis |
| Iron curtain and the Cold War | when Russia controlled its smaller border countries, containment theory was popular |
| Containment | the view that we must keep american interests safe by having military readiness. |
| Domino Theory | the theory proposed by Eisenhower for Korea that once we knock over the first domino the rest will go quickly. |
| Munich | a failed meeting that attempted to appease Hitler, viewed as the failure of Isolationism |
| appeasement | the view of appeasing your allies and enemies to prevent war |
| Disengagement | the view that came out of Vietnam, attempted to avoid war at all costs |
| Human rights | the view that supported going to war for something that resembled genocide |
| Internationalist | a policy of cooperating among nations |
