Foreign Policy

I.

Find the right order of these presidents and write next to their names the parties
they belong(ed) to. Which presidents died or were killed during their terms? Who
resigned? Why?

Woodrow Wilson James Monroe Harry Truman William Clinton George Washington
Richard Nixon Dwight Eisenhower Lyndon Johnson Ronald Reagan Franklin
Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt James Carter George Bush Senior John Kennedy
1. ________________
2. ________________
3. ________________
4. ________________
5. ________________
6. ________________
7. ________________
II.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

(1789-97)
(1817-25)
(1901-09)
(1913-21)
(1933-45)
(1945-53)
(1953-61)

8. ________________
9. ________________
10. ________________
11. ________________
12. ________________
13. ________________
14. ________________

(1961-63)
(1963-69)
(1969-74)
(1977-81)
(1981-89)
(1989-93)
(1993-01)

Now connect their names to some important foreign affairs issues and discuss
their importance.
WILSON
MONROE
TRUMAN
WASHINGTON
NIXON

a
b
c
d
e

Farewell Address the neutrality of the USA

The Bay of Pigs Affair and the Cuban Missile Crisis
Supporting human rights in other countries.
Fourteen Points
The ___________ Doctrine. Policy of containment. Direct
American involvement in internal conflicts and wars. The war
in Korea.
6.
EISENHOWER
f The _________ Doctrine opposed European interference in
Latin America the isolationism of the USA
7.
JOHNSON
g The Lend-Lease Act
8.
REAGAN
h The ____________ Corollary the USA was justified in
intervening in the internal affairs of Latin America nation if
their economies and politics became unstable
9.
TH. ROOSEVELT
i The Fall of the Berlin Wall. The Gulf War
10.
F. ROOSEVELT
j Policy dtente (peaceful coexistence). Talks: China America.
11.
CARTER
k Talks: America Mikhail Gorbachev; agreements with China
12.
BUSH
l The Vietnam War - Policy of escalation.
13.
KENNEDY
m The USA would not intervene in countries within the Warsaw
Pact.
III.
Write the date/ the period next to the event and explain the importance of the event.
1) Pearl Harbor

2) The National Security Act

3) Dropping of atomic bombs on

4) NATO

Japan
5) Reunification of the Germanies
7) Yalta Conference
9) Manifest Destiny

6) Marshall Plan
8) McCarthyism
10) Dayton