Foreign Policy 1865-1890 Flashcards
The consolidation of the US to occupy the North American continent is known as?
Manifest destiny ( term first used in 1845)
list 3 reasons why many in the US were isolationists?
- Anti-colonialism
- The US was safe anyway due to Oceans
- America was the Land of the Free- shouldn’t dominate other countries
what was the Monroe Doctrine?
1823 President James Monroe stated that the US would resist any interference by European powers
which 2 powers seemed keen to establish an empire in Mexico?
- France
- Austria
who was the Sec of State under Lincoln and then Andrew Johnson?
William Seward
what happened to Archduke Maximillian in 1867?
He was finally killed by the Mexicans
who was Hamilton Fish?
Succeeded Seward as Sec of State
list 2 territorial acquisitions/examples of imperialism by the USA in the 1860s/1870s?
- Alaska purchase 1876
- Trade Treaty with Hawaii 1973
- Trade Treaty with Samoa 1878
what became known as ‘Seward’s folly’ and how much did it cost?
Alaska purchase from Russia
$7.2 million
in 1871 how many battles/conflicts were there with the Native Americans?
101
which Native Americans tribe agreed to the Treaty of Fort Laramie in 1868?
Sioux Nation (plains Indians)
what was President Grant’s policy towards Native Americans?
Reservation or assimilate
what were the 3 key issues causing tension with Canada?
- the Fenian Raids
- The Red River Colony
- The Western Canadian province of British Columbia
what was the Turner Thesis?
1893 Frederick Jackson Turner, Chicago address, Am democracy had been shaped by the values associated with the frontier- self help and thrift etc
what did the Knights of Labor campaign for?
- 8 hour day
- to protect jobs against cheap labour
- reform of business practices
