Chapter 13

Question 1

isolationism

Answer 1

Political ideology that favored not becoming entangled with European powers, either as friend or foe, but did favor robust trade with a variety of partners

Question 2

Manifest Destiny

Answer 2

The belief that American expansion of an “Empire of Liberty” through the Western Hemisphere was justified by the benefits of bringing the American way of life to acquired territories.

Question 3

Monore Doctrine

Answer 3

Ideology of James Monroe in which any aggressive move by a European power in the Western Hemisphere would be regarded as a challenge and affront to the United States.

Question 4

jingoism

Answer 4

An aggressive style of bragging by European governments that helped bring about WWI

Question 5

national self-interest

Answer 5

An approach to foreign policy that places the value and interests of one’s own country above that of others. Unlike individual self-interest that promotes cooperation and exchange in a market, national self-interest tends to be aggressive and destructive.

Question 6

Cold War

Answer 6

The armed stalemate of the US and the Soviet Union during the latter half of the 20th century; it was portayed as a war of freedom versus tyranny, of democracy versus totalitarianism, of capitalism versus communism