Unit 3 Study Guide

Question 1

What President left office saying “It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances”

Answer 1

George Washington

Question 2

What war(s) were caused by Privateers disrupting American Neutrality and Free Trade?

Answer 2

Barbary Wars

Question 3

What wars did not interrupt the Free Trade and American Neutrality of the early Non-Interventionist United States?

Answer 3

Napoleonic Wars

Question 4

What war(s) were caused by the British impressing American Merchants from trade ships disrupting American Neutrality and Free Trade?

Answer 4

War of 1812

Question 5

The United States saw Latin America becoming independent of European power and realized they could have an informal power over the entire Western Hemisphere

Answer 5

Sphere of Influence

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Monroe Doctrine

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Spanish American War

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Open Door Policy

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Roosevelt Corollary

Question 10

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”

Answer 10

Dollar Diplomacy

Question 11

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”

Answer 11

Moral Diplomacy

Question 12

What was caused by the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, British Propaganda, the Zimmerman Telegram, and the Germans resuming Unrestricted Submarine Warfare?

Answer 12

WWI

Question 13

What proves the US Senate wanted to return to American Neutrality?

Answer 13

They did not sign the Treaty of Versailles

Question 14

What proves the average American wanted a Return to Normalcy?

Answer 14

They rejected Internationalism by choosing the Republican Harding

Question 15

The bombing of Pearl Harbor caused the US to enter:

Answer 15

WWII

Question 15

What is the main reason the US created the Dawes Plan to provide loans to Germany?

Answer 15

To help the suffering German economy

Question 16

Leapfrogging, or the strategy of island hopping was used

Answer 16

Against Japan in the Pacific by the US Navy and Marine Corps

Question 17

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

Answer 17

UN

Question 18

The collective security organization developed in response to NATO by the Soviets and their “Satellite States”

Answer 18

Warsaw Pact

Question 19

A Intergovernmental Organization (IGO)

Answer 19

is governments working together toward a common goal

Question 20

A Nongovernmental Organization (NGO)

Answer 20

is a nonprofit private charity working towards solving an international problem

Question 21

The Lieber Code

Answer 21

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

Question 22

The Geneva Conventions

Answer 22

defines international Military Law, or the conduct of nations during military conflicts to avoid War Crimes

Question 23

The Hague Conventions

Answer 23

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

Question 24

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

Answer 24

defines the liberties and freedoms of all people regardless of their nation

Question 25

Which Foreign Policy describes Washington’s Farewell Address, also known as the Doctrine of Unstable Alliances?

Answer 25

Non-Interventionism

Question 26

Which Foreign Policy describes Theodore Roosevelt’s Roosevelt Corollary and Big Stick Diplomacy?

Answer 26

New Imperialism

Question 26

Which Foreign Policy describes James Monroe’s Monroe Doctrine?

Answer 26

Non-Interventionism

Question 27

Which Foreign Policy describes William H. Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy?

Answer 27

New Imperialism

Question 28

Which Foreign Policy describes Woodrow Wilson’s First Annual Message 1913, where he outlined Moral Diplomacy?

Answer 28

Internationalism