foreign policy

Question 1

what is isolationism?

Answer 1

america refused to get involved with other countries unless it affected their affairs

Question 2

what was the 1823 Monroe doctrine?

Answer 2

• avoid European wars unless within US interests
• american shouldn’t be colonized by European powers
• any attempt at colonization is an unfriendly act

Question 3

when was midway island taken for Guano and trade?

Answer 3

1867

Question 4

When was the Burlingame treaty made for trade and transport with China?

Answer 4

1868

Question 5

when was the Chinese exclusion ct?

Answer 5

1882

Question 6

when did the Dominican Republic offer itself for consolidation?

Answer 6

1869

Question 7

why did the US want Alaska?

Answer 7

• natural resources (like gold and wood)
• lightly inhabited
• provided a gateway to North and Asia for merchant ships
• extended US territory and Pacific coast
• keep brits away from the border
• maintain relations with Russia

Question 8

how much did the US buy Alaska from Russia for?

Answer 8

7.2 million

Question 9

why was Alaska purchase good?

Answer 9

doubles pacific coast
military and commercial significance
the fur trade
7 million in gold from Yukon (1896)
reduces British power
most valuable territory obtained by the US

Question 10

why was Alaska purchase bad?

Answer 10

“sewards icebox”
“dreary waste of snow and ice”
fur trade declining
naval protection expensive

Question 11

what did America want from Britain after the civil war?

Answer 11

$2 billion or ownership of canada

Question 12

when did Canada become self-governing while Britain still controlled its foreign and defense policies?

Answer 12

1867

Question 13

what were the 1866-71 Fenian raids?

Answer 13

when Irish American war veterans attack the Canadian border so that Britain would give the independent Irish Republic
(America let the attacks happen)

Question 14

what did Britain give America t settle the damage caused by the Alabama ship during the civil war?

Answer 14

$15.5 million

Question 15

how did the Alaska purchase affect British Columbia?

Answer 15

• columbia joined the Canadian confederacy rather than the US one
• Columbia was surrounded by US territory as it separated the US and Alaska

Question 16

who wrote books on naval expansion?

Answer 16

Mahan and hunt

Question 17

how many naval ships were there, and how many were operational?

Answer 17

140 and 42

Question 18

what did the 1875 agreement with Hawaii do?

Answer 18

• US import of duty-free sugar

- refused the concessions of imports and manufacturing of goods to other countries

Question 19

what did the 1887 agreement with Hawaii do?

Answer 19

continued duty-free sugar

pearl harbor

Question 20

when was the pan-americanism conference?

Answer 20

1881

Question 21

who created pan-americanism

Answer 21

James Blaine

Question 22

when did the US annex Hawaii after revolts against US farmers?

Answer 22

1898

Question 23

when did america make a protectorate cineast samoa while west samoa was a german colony?

Answer 23

1898

Question 24

when was the spanish american war where the US fought spain in cuba?

Answer 24

1898

Question 25

when was the treaty of paris?

Answer 25

1898

Question 26

what was the treaty of paris?

Answer 26

• bought philippine’s of 20 million

- but had to fight 4 year war to gain control

Question 27

when was puerto invaded and the spanish defeated here?

Answer 27

1898

Question 28

when did the US mediate between britain and venezuela (favour venezuela)?

Answer 28

1895

Question 29

when was roosevelt’s collarary that said the US should have greater intervention in latin america?

Answer 29

1904

Question 30

when was the platt amendment that imposes US control over cuba economy and impose new political system?

Answer 30

1901

Question 31

when was the panama canal for trade and faster transportation of goods?

Answer 31

1914

Question 32

what was progressive imperialism?

Answer 32

McDougall says imperialism was motivated by desire to improve lives rather than territorial expansion

Question 33

what was preclusive imperialism?

Answer 33

Langer says US took colonies to prevent other countries from doing so

Question 34

when and what was the open door policy in china?

Answer 34

• 1899

- stated countries respect each others interests in china

Question 35

when and what was the boxer rebellion?

Answer 35

• 1900

- broke out against foreigners in china, us send small army to stop rebellion

Question 36

when was the Russo japanese war where roosevelt negotiated peace treaty for them?

Answer 36

1904/05

Question 37

wehen and what was the root Takahira agreement?

Answer 37

• 1908

- agree to respect interests in china