US Foreign Policy

Question 1

Four philosophical schools (what are they, what are the beliefs)

Answer 1

Isolationism; keep focus at home
Realism; realpolitik- protect the US interest
Idealism; extension of American values
Internationalism; work multilaterally

Question 2

Development of U.S. Foreign Policy (including Monroe Doctrine)

Answer 2

American revolution; necessity of alliances
Post war: isolationism, Washington warned against European entanglements
Monroe Doctrine; 1823, no future colonization of the Americas by European powers
By 1898; US drops isolation

Question 3

What had changed about US by 1898?

Answer 3

US an industrial superpower, continental power, population changed from 9.6mil to 76 mil

Question 4

Theories behind why US ended isolationism

Answer 4

Frontiers closed, overprotection of goods, populist movement and protest encourage need for distractions, imperialist fever in Europe, Social Darwinism