Foreign policy 1890-1920

Question 1

What dictated foreign policy pre-1890

Answer 1

monroe doctrine, isolationism

Question 2

motives for expansion

Answer 2

search for new markets
international security
Turner Thesis
Accidental empire
Preclusive imperialism

Question 3

What was US foreign policy in China

Answer 3

‘open door’
Respect each other’s trading rights but China stays independent

Question 4

Dollar diplomacy meaning

Answer 4

lent money to foreign countries in exchange for some infuence in their government

Question 5

Progressive imperialism

Answer 5

Promotion of better living standards

Question 6

Roosevelt corollary meaning

Answer 6

armed intervention to prevent financial or political collapse

Question 7

What was the yellow press

Answer 7

Press contributing to the anti-Spanish feeling 1898

Question 8

why did the search for new markets increase after 1893

Answer 8

the 1893 panic caused instability
Agricultural surpluses

Question 9

when did panama canal construction started

Answer 9

1904

Question 10

how did the us get control of panama

Answer 10

supported those revolting against the Columbian government

Question 11

what resources were in China

Answer 11

silk, tea and porcelain

Question 12

when was Hawaii annexed

Answer 12

1898

Question 13

How many US sugar growers in Hawaii

Answer 13

3,000

Question 14

Why was Hawaii strategically important

Answer 14

stopping place on the way to Asia

Question 15

negatives of open door policy

Answer 15

more competition from other countries

Question 16

how much did the US pay for the Philippines

Answer 16

$20m

Question 17

How much did the US spend fighting the Filipinos

Answer 17

$600m

Question 18

when was the ‘The influence of sea power upon history’ posted

Answer 18

1890

Question 19

What did Mahan’s book say

Answer 19

needed a strong navy to be a leading world power

Question 20

When did Nicaragua annex the mosquito coast and who did it belong to before

Answer 20

1894, Britain

Question 21

when did the US overthrow the Nicaraguan president and install their own

Answer 21

1909

Question 22

why did the US colonise the Philippines and when

Answer 22

believed they couldn’t rule themselves, to stop other European powers doing so
1898 after SA war

Question 23

example of the use of the Monroe Doctrine

Answer 23

1895 US demanded the border dispute in Venezuela be sent to arbitration

Question 24

Why was Samoa colonised

Answer 24

to stop other countries
Strategic naval base

Question 25

when was Samoa colonised

Answer 25

by 1904 all Eastern islands had conceded to the US

Question 26

What did the US do which was positive in Cuba

Answer 26

eradicated yellow fever by 1903 by isolation and eradication (average of 462 deaths from yellow fever per year in Havana before this)

Question 27

how was christianity spread in the Philippines

Answer 27

1900 around 100 missionaries settled to spread the Christian message

Question 28

which organisation sent missionaries abroad

Answer 28

he Foreign Christian Missionary Society was established in 1876 and sent missionaries to the Philippines, China and Cuba from 1882, with further expansion in 1903

Question 29

when was the Turner thesis and what did it say

Answer 29

1893 The US should look to expand elsewhere to fulfill their pioneering spirit

Question 30

example of US isolationism in Samoa 1872

Answer 30

the King of Samoa offered the US a naval base but they refused

Question 31

when was the tripartite convention

Answer 31

Established a US prectorate in the East of Samoa and German colony in the west 1899

Question 32

when was Pearl Harbour built

Answer 32

1887

Question 33

what did the treaty of Paris do and when was it

Answer 33

1898 ended the Spanish-American war

Question 34

what did the Organic Act do and when was it

Answer 34

1900 established Puerto Rico as being administered by the US

Question 35

when was the Platt Amendment and what did it do

Answer 35

1901 gave the US lots of control over Cuba after the SA war

Question 36

when was the Maine explosion

Answer 36

1898

Question 37

what did the yellow press leak

Answer 37

a letter from a Spanish diplomat criticising McKinley

Question 38

who were 2 people who wrote lots in the yellow press

Answer 38

William Randolph Hearst William Pulitzer

Question 39

big stick diplomacy

Answer 39

'speak softly whilst carrying a big stick' negotiate but have a strong military

Question 40

how much did the US export to Britain in 1914

Answer 40

$549m

Question 41

US trade surplus with Britain in 1914

Answer 41

$300m

Question 42

trading profit to Germany in 1914

Answer 42

$154m

Question 43

what % of government income was from tarriffs

Answer 43

40%

Question 44

what would a loss of trade with Europe result in

Answer 44

trade deficit as big as $100m

Question 45

when did the British blockade of Germany start

Answer 45

1914

Question 46

trade with the allies by 1916

Answer 46

£3.2bn

Question 47

American loans to the allies by 1917

Answer 47

$2.25bn

Question 48

trade with Germany in 1916 vs 1914

Answer 48

1% of what it had been in 1914

Question 49

when was the sinking of the Lucitania and how many americans died

Answer 49

1915 128

Question 50

when was the Zimmerman telegram and what did it say

Answer 50

1917 Germany asked Mexico to side with them and offered to take back US land for Mexico

Question 51

what did the War Industries Board do and when was it set up

Answer 51

1917 set quotas and efficiency standards regulated the distribution of raw materials

Question 52

when was the Level Food and Fuel act and what did it do

Answer 52

1917 set wheat prices, encouraged food production etc.

Question 53

how much did union membership rise by during the war years

Answer 53

2.3m

Question 54

when was the National War Labour board set up and what did it do

Answer 54

1918 tried to maintain good relations between workers and employers

Question 55

how many women helped with the war effort

Answer 55

1m

Question 56

how many women served in the armed forces

Answer 56

90,000

Question 57

how many women worked in aircraft manufacturing

Answer 57

6,000