American Foreign Policy & Expansion Flashcards
What was the US expansionism?
a policy or practice of expansion and especially of territorial expansion by a nation.
What were the reasons for American expansionism?
Economic competition among industrial nations.
Political and military competition, including the creation of a strong naval force.
A belief in the racial and cultural superiority of people of Anglo-Saxon descent.
What was the purchase price of Alaska?
$7.2 million
On March 30, 1867, the two parties agreed that the United States would pay Russia $7.2 million for the territory of Alaska. For less that 2 cents an acre, the United States acquired nearly 600,000 square miles.
What was isolationism in America?
Isolationism refers to America’s longstanding reluctance to become involved in European alliances and wars. Isolationists held the view that America’s perspective on the world was different from that of European societies and that America could advance the cause of freedom and democracy by means other than war.
Why was Alaska called Seward’s Folly?
Seward agreed to purchase Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million dollars. Critics attacked Seward for the secrecy surrounding the deal, which came to be known as “Seward’s folly.” The press mocked his willingness to spend so much on “Seward’s icebox” and Andrew Johnson’s “polar bear garden.”
What did the War Hawks do?
The War Hawks were a group of Republican Congressmen who, at the end of the first decade of the 1800s, demanded that the United States declare war against Great Britain, invade British Canada, and expel the Spanish from Florida.
What are 2 examples of Manifest Destiny?
Before the American Civil War the idea of Manifest Destiny was used to validate continental acquisitions in the Oregon Country, Texas, New Mexico, and California. Later it was used to justify the purchase of Alaska and annexation of Hawaii.
What is soft power in leadership?
‘Soft Power’ is that ability to influence or persuade another or others through persuasion and personal attraction.
What was a missionary in the 1800s?
Abstract Missionaries were major providers of education to Indigenous peoples in the colonial world. They hoped both to convert their pupils to Christianity as well as to ensure that their converts had a Christian environment in which aspects of Western education were taught within the class room.
What was the missionary movement?
Missions involve sending individuals and groups across boundaries, most commonly geographical boundaries, to carry on evangelism or other activities, such as educational or hospital work. Sometimes individuals are sent and are called missionaries.
What is Lottie Moon best known for?
Moon was instrumental in the founding of The Woman’s Missionary Union, an auxiliary to the Southern Baptist Convention, in 1888. The first “Christmas offering for missions” in 1888 collected over $3,315, enough to send three new missionaries to China.
Did Lottie Moon ever get married?
Although she had several suitors, Moon was uninterested in marriage, feeling called to foreign mission work, specifically in the Far East. The field was closed to single women, however, and Moon reluctantly settled into a teaching career that took her to Cartersville, where she opened a school for young girls in 1871.
What was Frederick Jackson Turner famous for?
Frederick Jackson Turner, (born November 14, 1861, Portage, Wisconsin, U.S.—died March 14, 1932, San Marino, California), American historian best known for the “frontier thesis.” The single most influential interpretation of the American past, it proposed that the distinctiveness of the United States was attributable to its long history of “westering.”
What was Alfred Mahan known for?
Alfred Thayer Mahan (September 27, 1840–December 1, 1914) was a US Navy flag officer, geostrategist, and historian. His most prominent work, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660–1783, had a widespread impact on navies around the world.
What was Alfred Thayer Mahan’s theory?
Mahan believed that the U.S. economy would soon be unable to absorb the massive amounts of industrial and commercial goods being produced domestically, and he argued that the United States should seek new markets abroad.
