American Foreign Policy

President Theodore Roosevelt strengthened the Monroe Doctrine by establishing the policy that the United States would

• require Latin American nations to end trade with Europe

• reduce Asian influence in Latin America

• intervene in Latin America to prevent European interference

• develop military alliances with Pacific navel powers

One feature common to the foreign policies of President George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson was that each wanted to

• favor France in its conflict with Great Britain

• secure new territory west of the Mississippi River

• maintain neutrality during European conflicts

• seek military alliances with neighboring countries

We intend to begin on the first of February unrestricted submarine warfare. We shall endeavor in spite of this to keep the United States of America neutral. In the event of this not succeeding, we make Mexico a proposal or alliance on the following basis: make war together, make peace together, generous financial support and an understanding on our part that Mexico is to reconquer the lost territory in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.... -Zimmerman Note

The disclosure of this document contributed to

• a declaration of war against Mexico

• the entry of the United States into World War I

• the passage of the Treaty of Versailles

• a restriction on immigration from Latin America

The United State created the Marshall Plan (1947) as a program to

• develop an atomic bomb

• increase civil defense during the Cold War

• provide economic aid to war-damaged Europe

• deliver weapons to Nationalist China

The Major argument of opponents of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles was that the treaty would require the United States to

• become involved in future international conflicts

• pay for war damages

• adopt a policy of military alliances

• keep troops permanently in Europe

Which trend in United States foreign policy is shown by the passage of the Neutrality Act of 1939, the destroyers for bases deal of 1940, and the Lend Lease Act of 1941?

• withdrawal from overseas colonies

• expansion of trade with the Axis powers

• increase in support for the Allied powers

• reduction in war preparedness

One reason President George Washington called for a policy of neutrality in the 1790s was to

• improve his popularity among Federalist voters

• avoid United States participation in European wars

• gain support for the development of a United States navy

• enforce the Treaty of Alliance with France

In the early 1900s, the United States proposed the Open Door policy to

• gain new colonies in the Pacific

• win support for building the Panama Canal

• improve relations with Europe

• secure access to markets in China

The "cash and carry" policy and the Lend-Lease Act were used by the United States to

• help fund the League of Nations efforts to maintain peace

• encourage British appeasement of Germany

• fulfill treaty obligations with Great Britain

• provide support for the Allies in World War II without entering the war

President Franklin D. Roosevelt referred to December 7, 1941, as "a date which will live in infamy" because on that day

• Germany invaded Poland

• Japan attacked Pearl Harbor

• Italy declared was on the United States

• the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima