FINAL

Question 1

Platt Amendment (1901)

Answer 1

u.s would only withdraw its remaining troops from cuba if cuba met its conditions, the amendment limited cuba’s sovereignty by giving the u.s a certain level of authority. Cuba adopted the amendment into its constitution in order to end u.s occupation, and established the next 30 years of u.s/cuba relations

Question 2

RMS Lusitania (1915)

Answer 2

British passenger ship sunk by german U-boats, the deaths of American passengers helped to propel the United States into world war 1

Question 3

The Zimmerman Telegram (1917)

Answer 3

Telegram detailing germanys plan to form an alliance with mexico, thus if the u.s entered ww1 and mexico attacked the u.s, in the event of a mexican victory they could have the land the u.s annexed back, this got exposed to the public and the U.S entered ww1

Question 4

Wilson’s 14 Points

Answer 4

Proposal for a new world order to prevent future conflicts on the scale of ww1- an association of nations, democratic self rule, disarmament, free trade, free seas, open diplomacy

Question 5

League of Nations

Answer 5

product of wilson’s 14 points, an association of democratic nations designed to keep the peace and prevent future ww1 level conflicts, main component in establishing a new world order. Helped to create the international order we see today

Question 6

Five Powers Treaty (1921)

Answer 6

US, Britain, Italy, Japan, France
disarmament treaty, first in modern history, froze battleship construction for 10 years, set tonnage limits for each navy

Question 7

Kellogg-Briand pact (1928)

Answer 7

Outlawed War, an effort to force all future co flicks to be settled through other diplomatic means

Question 8

Stimson Doctrine

Answer 8

U.S would not recognize any changes made internationally through the use of force/agression, virtually useless

Question 9

The Nye Committee

Answer 9

Special committee on the investigation of the munitions industry, heightened debate on senate intervention, exposed merchants of death, nation realized businesses could steer it into war

Question 10

Neutrality Acts

Answer 10

1935 - president could. not use the embargo selectively, could only decide when a state or war existed
1937 - added a ban on loan or credits
established cash and carry policy

Question 11

Cash and Carry act

Answer 11

part of the 1937 neutrality act, other than arms ships can carry supplies as long as they pay cash and carry them on your own ships

Question 12

Land lease

Answer 12

lend countries supplies and they pay back later, extended to countries critical to u.s defense, created when Britain couldn’t afford arms

Question 13

Atlantic Charter

Answer 13

established at the atlantic conference in 1941, cements u.s and Gb friendship which was needed for victory in ww2, condemns nazi tyranny, embraces 4 freedoms, establishes humanitarian war aims

Question 14

Pearl Harbor ( dec 7th 1941)

Answer 14

Japanese attack on u.s, naval base in hawaii, the day that will live in infamy, pushed the u.s into ww2

Question 15

The Manhattan project

Answer 15

over 100’000 scientists from us canada and gb work to create the atomic bomb because germany had discovered fission, lead to the creation of the atomic bomb and a nuclear world

Question 16

Yalta

Answer 16

conference between us uk and ussr leaders to plan german defeat

Question 17

Potsdam - 1945

Answer 17

conference which established new big 3 , attlee truman and stalin ( new world order post ww2)

Question 18

Truman Doctrine - 1947

Answer 18

goal was to contain the soviet geopolitical threat, us must support people trying to resist subjugation ( BY COMMUNISTS )

Question 19

The Marshall plan

Answer 19

all european nations could request u.s assistance in rebuilding their economies in order to prevent the conditions which allow communism to flourish

Question 20

NATO - 1949

Answer 20

North Atlantic Treaty Organization, designed to be able to fight the soviets army, u.s and european nations allied together

Question 21

NSC - 68

Answer 21

report from the national security council received by truman in 1950, shapes decades of cold war policy “ forget containment, let’s win”. increased defense spending from 13 to 50 billion. encouraged development of the h-bomb

Question 22

Korea

Answer 22

korean war fought as part of cold war

Question 23

Bay of Pigs

Answer 23

invasion of cuba by the united states in an effort to “ stop castro and communism??”
u.s had ended relations with cuba a few years prior and had bad relations with castro due to cold war
conflict

Question 24

Cuban missile crisis

Answer 24

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Question 25

Berlin Crisis

Answer 25

berlin is divided into the middle
of east germany, khrushchev wants us to terminate western access to berlin, kennedy refuses. Big conflict and escalation between u.s and soviets, lead to creation of berlin wall

Question 26

The gulf of Tonkin resolution (1964)

Answer 26

allows the president to take action against another country without congressional approval in case of an emergency ( created as a result of gulf of tonkin incident)

Question 27

Tet offensive

Answer 27

North vietnamese attack, attacks four major south vietnamese cities and the us embassy in saigon. us regains lost territory but this shows the war is far from over

Question 28

Nixon Doctrine

Answer 28

U.S will shift the burden of containment to some of its allies, signifies decline in u.s power

Question 29

Detente

Answer 29

u.s will make comsessions in arm race to help with the strain it places on the soviets and in exchange the soviets will pressure north vietnam to negotiate

Question 30

China Card

Answer 30

u.s will open up diplomatic relations with china- marks significant shift in cold war policy

Question 31

SALT

Answer 31

strategic arms limitation talks, pledge to not develope new system of anti ballistic missiles,agree to limit number of intercontinental ballistic missiles

Question 32

Henry Kissinger

Answer 32

National security adviser and secretary of states caught up in watergate, realist, took a covert approach to foreign policy which he shaped in the 70’s,

Question 33

War Powers act 1973

Answer 33

president had to consult congress if possible when committing troops, required an explanation within 2 days and troops had to be withdrawn in 80 if congress did not approve

Question 34

Bretton Woods

Answer 34

creates imf and world bank, ties other currencies to the dollar and the dollar to gold

Question 35

Dumbarton Oaks

Answer 35

us uk soviet union and china come
together
to create what would eventually become the united nations

Question 36

Eisenhower Doctrine

Answer 36

us would aid middle eastern countries threatened by revolution or the ussr

Question 37

Isolationism

Question 38

John Foster Dulles

Answer 38

secretary of state, helped to build NATO

Question 39

Progressive Diplomacy

Question 40

Roosevelt corollary

Answer 40

added use of u.s military force to monroe doctrine principles

Question 41

Sputnik

Answer 41

soviet satellite ( first ever) kicked off space race portion of cold war

Question 42

U -2

Question 43

Suez Crisis

Question 44

From colony to superpower U. S foreign relations since 1776

Answer 44

George C. Herring

Question 45

Major Problems in American foreign relations documents and essays

Answer 45

Dennis Merril and Thomas g. Paterson

Question 46

detente was at the top of nixon agenda

Answer 46

from colony to superpower

Question 47

Racism lead the u.s to believe that latin american cultures were more inherently prone to communist ideology’s

Answer 47

From colony to superpower

Question 48

“ Americans were horrified by hitlers persecution of the jews”

Answer 48

from colony to superpower

Question 49

Wilson anti war policy, league of nations, slogan “ he kept us out of the war

Answer 49

Major Problems in u.s foreign relations