| A | B |
|---|
| Legislative veto | The rejection of a presidential or administrative-agency by a vote of one or both houses of Congress without consent of the president. |
| War Powers Act (1973) | Law passed in 1973 over a presidential veto, this law places restrictions on the president's ability to use military force. |
| Senate Foreign relations Committee | Committee in the senate that handels foreign affairs |
| Boland Amendment | Bill limiting intelligence agencies from aiding Nicaraguan contras |
| National Security Council | A commitee that coordinates agencies and handles foriegn policy for review by the president. |
| National Security Adviser | Head of National Security Council, top aid to a president for foreign affairs. |
| Iran-contra | Aid was supplied to Iran without the president's knowledge in exchange for hostages. |
| Central Intelligence Agency | Agency which supplies intelligence to the president. |
| Isolationist | Between WW I and II, US stayed out of European Affairs |
| Internationalist | View which opposed US involvment in WWII |
| "rally around the flag" effect | Tendency to support the country and president during times of conflict. |
| Iron Curtain & Cold War | the barrier that stopped fre trade and communicatin between Eastern adn Western Europe, and the nonmilitary struggle between the US and the USSR |
| Containment | 1945 - 1991, emphasized stopping the spread of Communism |
| Domino Theory | Once one country would fall to Communism, all the countries surrounding it would too |
| Munich | Conference where attempts to appease Hitler failed, isolationism view failed. |
| Appeasement | Appeasing a country's allies and enemies to prevent war |
| Disengagement | Spawned from Vietnam, said it was an economic and military disaster and similar involvements should be avoided |
| Human Rights | The idea that the government should try to enhance the rights of people living in another country |
