Becoming a World Power

What term describes building an empire by conquering other nations?

• Isolationism
• Republicanism
• Militarism
• Imperialism

What does isolationism mean?

• having nothing to do with others

• starting wars with neighboring countries

• having little to do with political affairs of weaker regions

What does expansionism mean?

• extending friendships with other countries

• extending a nation's boundaries

• seeking control over other countries politics and economy

What is foreign policy?

• How much one nation respects another

• How a nation relates to another nation

What are the goals of foreign policy?

• protect U.S. citizens

• promote prosperity

• work for peace and democracy

• all of the above

What are the tools of the foreign policy?

• defense and alliances

• diplomacy and foreign aid

• trade and intelligence

• all of the above

What is the Big Stick politics about?

• U.S. soldiers have sticks

• U. S. uses threats

What are tariff?

• a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports

• a part of the military

• a part of the army

What foreign policy could be described as " stay out of our neighborhood and make colonies elsewhere and they will stay out of your neighborhood"?

• Swanson doctrine

• Nomroe doctrine

• Monroe doctrine

What policy is being described as " if Latin America is threatened by another country we will intervene on their behalf"?

• Monroe doctrine

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Moral Diplomacy