Foreign Policy Flashcards
Which statement best describes President Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy position toward Latin America in the early 1900’s?
1) The United States should reduce its involvement in Latin American affairs.
2) The Monroe Doctrine permits the United States to intervene actively in the affairs of Latin American nations.
3) Latin American nations should form an organization to help them achieve political and economic stability.
4) The United States should give large amounts of financial aid to help the poor of Latin America.
2)The Monroe Doctrine permits the United States to intervene actively in the affairs of Latin American nations.
The Monroe Doctrine declared that the United States would
1) prevent the establishment of new European colonies anywhere in the world
2) help colonies in North and South America adopt a democratic form of government
3) view European interference in the Americas as a threat to the national interest of the United States
4) prevent other nations from trading with South American nations
3) view European interference in the Americas as a threat to the national interest of the United States
One important conclusion that can be drawn as a result of the United States experience in both the Spanish-American War (1898) and the Persian Gulf War (1991) is that
1) only the President should decide issues of war and peace
2) the media are a powerful influence in shaping American public opinion toward war
3) the public has little confidence in the ability of the American military
4) international organizations play a decisive role in determining the outcome of a war
2) the media are a powerful influence in shaping American public opinion toward war
In 1823, the Monroe Doctrine was established mainly because the United States wanted to
1) keep control of Alaska and Hawaii
2) establish more colonies in Latin America
3) support England’s attempt to keep its empire in Central America
4) warn Europe against any further colonization in Latin America
4) warn Europe against any further colonization in Latin America
Why did the United States formulate the Open Door policy toward China?
1) to develop democratic institutions and practices in China
2) to prevent a European and Japanese monopoly of Chinese trade and markets
3) to establish a military presence on the Chinese mainland
4) to support Japanese efforts to industrialize China
2) to prevent a European and Japanese monopoly of Chinese trade and markets
From 1900 to 1915, a basic aim of United States foreign policy was to
1) develop close economic ties with African nations
2) oppose revolutionary movements in western Europe
3) promote United States influence in Latin America
4_prevent the spread of communism in western Europe and Asia
3) promote United States influence in Latin America
“I took the Canal and let Congress debate.” -Theodore Roosevelt This quotation best demonstrates
1) an effort by a President to maintain a policy of isolationism
2) a decline in the use of militarism as a defense policy
3) an increased reliance on the legislative process
4) a Presidential action that achieved a foreign policy objective
4) a Presidential action that achieved a foreign policy objective
President Theodore Roosevelt’s policies toward Latin America were evidence of his belief in
1) noninvolvement in world affairs
2) intervention when American business interests were threatened
3) the sovereign rights of all nations
4) the need for European interference in the Western Hemisphere
2) intervention when American business interests were threatened
Throughout United States history, the most important aim of the country’s foreign policy has been
1) participation in international organizations
2) advancement of national self-interest
3) containment of communism
4) development of military alliances
2) advancement of national self-interest
Involvement in the Spanish-American War, acquisition of Hawaii, and introduction of the Open Door policy in China were actions taken by the United States Government to
1) establish military alliances with other nations
2) gain overseas markets and sources of raw materials
3) begin the policy of manifest destiny
4) support isolationist forces in Congress
2)gain overseas markets and sources of raw materials
United States annexation of the Philippines (1898) and military involvement in Vietnam (1960’s and 1970’s) are similar because in each event the United States
1) achieved its long-range foreign policy objectives
2) put the domino theory into action
3) demonstrated the strength and success of its military power
4) provoked domestic debate about its involvement in the internal affairs of other nations
4)provoked domestic debate about its involvement in the internal affairs of other nations
he Fourteen Points and the Atlantic Charter were both
1) statements of post-war goals for establishing world peace
2) plans of victorious nations to divide conquered territories
3) military strategies for defeating enemy nations
4) agreements between nations to eliminate further development of weapons
1) statements of post-war goals for establishing world peace
From 1914 to 1916, as World War I raged in Europe, Americans were not able to remain neutral in thought as well as action mainly because
1) United States membership in military alliances required the nation to fight
2) United States newspapers encouraged a policy of imperialist expansion
3) the warring powers interfered with the United States right to freedom of the seas
4) President Woodrow Wilson supported the war aims of Germany and Austria-Hungary
3) the warring powers interfered with the United States right to freedom of the seas
After World War I, the opposition of some Members of Congress to the Versailles Treaty was based largely on the idea that the Treaty
1) did not punish the Central Powers harshly enough
2) did not give the United States an important role in world affairs
3) would require the United States to join the League of Nations and might result in a loss of United States sovereignty
4) would require the United States to assume the cost of rebuilding the war-torn European economies
3) would require the United States to join the League of Nations and might result in a loss of United States sovereignty
President Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points were intended to
1) make the United States, Great Britain, and France into leading world powers
2) redistribute Germany’s colonies among the Allied nations
3) prevent international tensions from leading to war
4) punish Germany for causing World War I
3) prevent international tensions from leading to war
