1865-1890 Foreign Policy Flashcards
what is manifest destiny?
against foreign engagement
“americas right and duty to become a continental power from sea to sea”
re-enforces isolationism from Europe
give 4 reasons against relations with other countries?
- canadian border dispute=strained rel. with GB
- spain worried US may interfere with empire
- Conservative countries like A-H feared US democracy
- Napoleon 3 had interfered in Mexico
what is said in the Monroe Doctrine (1823)?
efforts from Europe to colonise land/interfere in America would be seen as acts of aggression, requiring US intervention
3 reasons for isolationism?
- anti-colonialism
- didnt need alliances when protected by 2 large oceans
- USA=land of the free
who was the sec of state from 1865?
Seward
was Seward a isolationist or interventionist?
interventionist
who took over from Seward?
Hamilton Fish
was Fish isolationist or interventionist?
interventionist
how much did USA buy alaska for from russia in 1867?
$7.2m
how many battles did whites have with Native tribes in 1971?
101
what was the first phase of Native consolidation?
- treaties (e.g. Treaty of Medicine Lodge 1867)
- gave new borders to Indian territory
- Treaty of Fort Laramie 1868
- great Sioux reservation
what was the second phase of Native consolidation?
under Grant
- ‘reservation or assimilation’
- tried to protect from corrupt gov
what was the third phase of Native consolidation?
- 3 main theatres of war (SW, Great Plains, NW)
- Apache wars ended 1874
who was the most notable Indian rebel after the 1870s wars?
Geronimo
in the 1889 Oklahoma land rush, how much Indian Land was given to whites?
2 million acres
