Monroe Doctrine

Question 1

Black Legend

Answer 1

Purpose: demonize Spain and LA (give USA + Britain more power)
What: Corruption and ‘backwardness’ of LA

Question 2

Early Foreign Policy

Answer 2

Isolationist + Manifest Destiny
- protection of borders and commercial interests

Question 3

Why Did the U.S. Like Texas Independence?

Answer 3

• manifest destiny + push out foreign powers (Mexico –> potentially Europe)

Question 4

Battle of the Alamo (1836)

Answer 4

What
rallying cry for Texan independence
“Remember the Alamo!”

Who
Texan Rebels vs Gen. Santa Anna
(Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, and William B. Travis)

Question 5

Battle of San Jacinto (1836)

Answer 5

Texan Army (Sam Houston) vs Santa Anna

*Ja for victory

Question 6

Mexican and American War (1846-1848)

Answer 6

James Polk

*like poke

End: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)
Land ceded: California, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico

Question 7

Lincoln and the Commission

Answer 7

Spot Resolutions (1847)
prove the spot where American blood was shed

Anti War

Question 8

Evolution into 20th century

Answer 8

The Roosevelt Corollary (1904)
*coral to top it off

• gave US right to intervene in LA –> US becoming “policeman”

Grant Corollary
- no European switching colonies

Question 9

British Support (Monroe Doctrine)

Answer 9

*giant octopus

“balance of power”
- keep it overseer and prev. other Eur. powers from emerging