foreign policy

Question 1

what was the USA’s foreign policy like during Reconstruction and why

Answer 1

isolationist as they were vulnerable and had to build infrastructure/ economy to recover from civil war

Question 2

when was the Monroe Doctrine passed and what didn’t mean

Answer 2

1823 and it meant the US would avoid involvement in foreign wars unless it affected their interests

Question 3

give 3 instances of expansionism during reconstruction 1865-77

Answer 3

1867- Midway Atoll (unpopulated) US went there to get bird guano fkr gunpowder and fertiliser
1868- Burlingame Treaty with China to encourage free trade/ movement of ppl so chinese workers could build rr
Dominican Republic offered itself to US for colonisation but congress refused mainly due to racism

Question 4

give 2 instances of expansionism during the gilded age 1875-1890

Answer 4

Hawaii- expanded in its 1875 treaty to get permission to get a new naval base at Pearl Harbour
Latin America- Garfield’s first Pan American conference in 1881 to organise Pan American union

Question 5

when was the alaska purchase

Answer 5

1867

Question 6

what weee the reasons for the US buying Alaska and for how much

Answer 6

$7.2 mil; ended Russia’s presence in North America and gave access to Northern Pacific Rim

Question 7

give 3 reasons why russia wanted to sell alaska

Answer 7

had exhausted it’s natural resources (skinning otters)
didn’t want to sell to British (enemies)
lacked financial resources to support settlement