Unit 3 Study Guide Flashcards
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What President left office saying “It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances”
George Washington
What war(s) were caused by Privateers disrupting American Neutrality and Free Trade?
Barbary Wars
What wars did not interrupt the Free Trade and American Neutrality of the early Non-Interventionist United States?
Napoleonic Wars
What war(s) were caused by the British impressing American Merchants from trade ships disrupting American Neutrality and Free Trade?
War of 1812
The United States saw Latin America becoming independent of European power and realized they could have an informal power over the entire Western Hemisphere
Sphere of Influence
The United States announced that it would protect newly independent Latin American countries from the influence of European powers, telling European powers to stay out
Monroe Doctrine
Cuba was still under the waning power of Spain, but Americans did not care until Yellow Journalism “blamed the Maine on Spain” and the US defeated Spain, putting the Monroe Doctrine into action
Spanish American War
The US complained to European Powers and Russia that they should not close off trade with China for the US and other nations, which led to the Boxer Rebellion
Open Door Policy
The meaning of the Monroe Doctrine was twisted to mean that the US would intervene as a “police power” if Latin America had “chronic wrongdoing” by Teddy
Roosevelt Corollary
This Foreign Policy by William H. Taft “substituted [investment] for bullets” where “bankers were willing to lend a helping hand” and the US military would “help such countries… to help themselves”
Dollar Diplomacy
This Foreign Policy by Woodrow Wilson added many treaties, and only intervened in Mexico to restore the Mexican President Carranza and take out the “pretended government” of “General Huerta”
Moral Diplomacy
What was caused by the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, British Propaganda, the Zimmerman Telegram, and the Germans resuming Unrestricted Submarine Warfare?
WWI
What proves the US Senate wanted to return to American Neutrality?
They did not sign the Treaty of Versailles
What proves the average American wanted a Return to Normalcy?
They rejected Internationalism by choosing the Republican Harding
The bombing of Pearl Harbor caused the US to enter:
WWII
What is the main reason the US created the Dawes Plan to provide loans to Germany?
To help the suffering German economy
Leapfrogging, or the strategy of island hopping was used
Against Japan in the Pacific by the US Navy and Marine Corps
The international organization that has 192 member nations in its General Assembly, which was created in the post-WWII era to prevent future wars through diplomacy
UN
The collective security organization developed in response to NATO by the Soviets and their “Satellite States”
Warsaw Pact
A Intergovernmental Organization (IGO)
is governments working together toward a common goal
A Nongovernmental Organization (NGO)
is a nonprofit private charity working towards solving an international problem
The Lieber Code
defined the conduct of the Union soldiers during the Civil War and the basis of the Hague and Geneva Conventions
defines the liberties and freedoms of all people regardless of their nation
The Geneva Conventions
defines international Military Law, or the conduct of nations during military conflicts to avoid War Crimes
The Hague Conventions
defines international Humanitarian Law, or the conduct of nations towards civilian populations to avoid Crimes Against Humanity
defines international Military Law, or the conduct of nations during military conflicts to avoid War Crimes
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
defines the liberties and freedoms of all people regardless of their nation
Which Foreign Policy describes Washington’s Farewell Address, also known as the Doctrine of Unstable Alliances?
Non-Interventionism
Which Foreign Policy describes Theodore Roosevelt’s Roosevelt Corollary and Big Stick Diplomacy?
New Imperialism
Which Foreign Policy describes James Monroe’s Monroe Doctrine?
Non-Interventionism
Which Foreign Policy describes William H. Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy?
New Imperialism
Which Foreign Policy describes Woodrow Wilson’s First Annual Message 1913, where he outlined Moral Diplomacy?
Internationalism
