Foreign Policy

Foreign Policy

by Jessica Keleher

​Key Vocabulary

​Human rights: Freedoms everyone has.

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​Muckraker: A journalist who exposed problems.

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​​Pacifism: Belief in peace and opposition to war.

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​Progressivism: focus on social progress and making people's lives better

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​Suffrage: The right to vote - during this time women were working on getting it.

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Temperance: Some people wanted it to be illegal to drink alcohol.

Multiple Choice

Not drinking alcohol

• temperance

• muckraker

• progressivism

• pacifism

Multiple Choice

Focus on social progress and improving people's lives

• muckraker

• pacifism

• suffrage

• progressivism

Multiple Choice

The right to vote

• Pacifism

• Muckraker

• Temperance

• Suffrage

​Key Vocabulary

​Human rights: Freedoms everyone has.

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​Muckraker: A journalist who exposed problems.

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​​Pacifism: Belief in peace and opposition to war.

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​Progressivism: focus on social progress and making people's lives better

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​Suffrage: The right to vote - during this time women were working on getting it.

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Temperance: Some people wanted it to be illegal to drink alcohol.

Multiple Choice

Opposition to war

• suffrage

• pacifism

• muckraker

• temperance

Multiple Choice

Freedoms every person has

• Muckraker

• Temperance

• Suffrage

• Human rights

Multiple Choice

Journalist who exposed problems

• Progressivism

• Pacifism

• Muckraker

• Suffrage

​Expansion

​Why did the US want to expand in the 1800s?

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1) Economic interests (money)

​2) Belief in their cultural superiority - they thought they were better than other cultures and deserved to spread out

​3) Military interests

Multiple Choice

All of the following fed America's desire to expand in the late 1800s EXCEPT

• economic interests

• humanitarian interests

• belief in cultural superiority

• military interests

​Spanish-American War

​1) Cuba was a Spanish colony

​2) Cubans hated Spanish rule

​3) Cubans in New York supported the Cubans and hated the Spanish

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​4) USS Maine (an American boat) went to Cuba

​5) It blew up

​6) Newspapers said Spain did it (Yellow Journalism - exaggerated to stir up negative emotions towards Spain - was 1 cause of the war)

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​7) President McKinley agreed to war

​8) Fighting happened first in the Phillippines

Multiple Choice

President during the Spanish-American War

• Washington

• Obama

• McKinley

• Monroe

Multiple Choice

Where did the first fighting in the Spanish-American War happen?

• Mexico

• Cuba

• The Phillippines

• Spain

Multiple Choice

What role did Yellow Journalism (and newspapers) play?

• It exaggerated the news to stir up negative feelings towards Spain

• It was a cause of the Spanish-American War

• They blamed Spain for sinking the USS Maine

• All of those!

Multiple Choice

Which word means the use of sensational, often exaggerated stories to sell newspapers?

• Yellow Journalism

• Spheres of Influence

• Open Door Policy

Multiple Choice

Which country was the colonial ruler of Cuba, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and the island of Guam before the Spanish-American war?

• Sp

• France

• The US

• China

​End of Spanish-American War

​Cuba got independence

​ --> BUT... Cuba had to have the Platt Amendment

​ * limited Cuba's foreign interactions

​ * US made a naval base in Cuba

​ * US could send troops to Cuba whenever it wanted

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​US gained territories:

​1) Phillippines

​2) Guam

​3) Puerto Rico

Multiple Choice

Did the US acquire (get) Cuba?

• Yes - it became a territory

• No - it got it's independence

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of American imperialism in Cuba?

• Teller Amendment

• Monroe Doctrine

• Platt Amendment

• Yellow Journalism

Multiple Choice

Which was an addition to Cuba’s constitution that gave the United States much control over Cuba?

• Platt Amendment

• Boxer Rebellion

• Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty

​But then...

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​When they had fought with the Americans, they believed they were fighting for their independence. They were not happy​ that they didn't get it.

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​They fought under Emilio Aguinaldo to get their freedom.

​Roosevelt and Panama

​Roosevelt Corollary - got very involved in foreign affairs

​* Said US could act like a "policeman" in Latin America

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​President during the building of the Panama Canal

​ * Panama was controlled by Colombia

​ * The US helped Panama rebel against Colombia

​ * Canal was needed - it gave a faster route for US ships to travel between the east and west. It also showed off our strength.

​ * Canal was difficult to build - many workers died from diseases (yellow fever and malaria)

Multiple Choice

The Roosevelt Corollary said...

• Cuba was independent

• The US could be the "policeman" of Latin America

• The US gained Puerto Rico as a territory

Multiple Choice

Under Roosevelt the US gained control of...

• Japan

• Hawaii

• The Panama Canal Zone

Multiple Choice

Who controlled Panama?

• Mexico

• Colombia

• Spain

• Hawaii

Multiple Choice

Why did the US (Roosevelt) help Panama rebel against Columbia? 

• Colombia wouldn't trade with the US

• The US wanted a Naval Base in Colombia

• The US wanted to build the Panama Canal

Multiple Choice

What was a major problem when building the Panama Canal?

• rebeli

• interference from the French

• Running out of money

• diseases like yellow fever and malaria

Multiple Choice

Which gave the 10-mile-wide Panama Canal Zone to the United States for $10 million plus $250,000 a year for 99 years?

• Boxer 

• Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty

• Platt Amendment

​Vocabulary!

​Imperialism: when stronger nations extend control over weaker ones

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Isolationism: when a nation doesn't get involved in the affairs of other nations

​--> George Washington said stay out of foreign affairs

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Multiple Choice

When stronger nations extend their control over weaker nations 

• Imperialism

• Isolationism

• Nationalism

Multiple Choice

When nations don't get involved in the affairs of other nations

• Nationalism

• Imperialism

• Isolationism

​Japan

​Japan was isolated (alone and liked it that way)

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​Matthew Perry - wanted to force Japan to let in US ships to get fuel and trade with them

​--> It took a year but Japan agreed - the US scared them into it

​--> The US didn't own or control Japan

Multiple Choice

Which place did the US never control? 

• Hawaii

• Japan

• Alaska

Multiple Choice

Why did Commodore Perry visit Japan?

• To prevent Russia from expanding

• To annex Japan

• To enforce the open door policy

• To open up trade with Japan

​Alaska

​William Seward was Secretary of State.

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​He helped US BUY Alaska from Russia

​--> Russia owned it but very few Russians lived there

​--> Either sell to US or Britain might take it

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​At first people thought it was dumb - it was empty and frozen

​--> Then, discovered gold there and got timber, copper, and oil

Multiple Choice

Who helped the US buy Alaska? 

• William Seward

• Matthew Perry

• George Washington

Multiple Choice

What did William Seward do?

• led the planters who overthrew the Hawaiian government

• helped the US buy Alaska

• helped the US annex Hawaii

​Hawaii

​Had a queen

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​US had wealthy sugar planters there.

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​Queen Liliuokalani angered planters by returning power to the monarchy

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​The US sugar planters got power there and overthrew the queen

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Hawaii became a territory in 1900 and a state in 1960.

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Multiple Choice

Who wanted the US to take over Hawaii?

• Chinese workers working in Hawaiian factories

• People in California who wanted more land

• Wealthy and powerful sugar planters

Multiple Choice

Who was queen of Hawaii who gave power to the monarchy?

• Liliuokalani

• Emilio Aguinaldo

• William Gorgas

​China

US Secretary of State John Hay wasn't happy that Japan and Europe were expanding their spheres of influence in China.

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​He made the "Open Door" policy - China had to allow trade

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In the Boxer rebellion: The Chinese wanted to get rid of the foreign control over their country and fought back.

​"Awful sounds of raging Chinese filled the air. Some estimated there were 500,000 voices. 'Kill the foreign devil! Kill, kill, kill!' they cried."

Multiple Choice

Which was the siege of the settlement in which foreigners lived, which was started by Chinese nationalists who had been angered by foreign involvement in Chinese affairs?

• Boxer Rebellion

• Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty

• Platt Amendment

Multiple Select

Which country used the foreign policy of imperialism after it became industrialized?

• The US

• The US

• The US

• The US