CIVICS: INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT & ORGANIZATIONS

_______ means a country will not take a side in a foreign conflict.

• Aggression

• Neutrality

• Militarism

• Appeasement

The Monroe Doctrine said __________________.

• no more European colonies could be started in the Americas

• Europe must leave the Americas alone

• the United States would stay out of Europe's business

• all of the above

Because of the Monroe Doctrine, the United States became a powerful leader in the ____________ hemisphere.

• northern

• southern

• western

• eastern

The philosophy of "Manifest Destiny" stated that American should expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the __________

• Mississippi River

• Pacific Ocean

• Rocky Mountains

• Great Lakes

________ in the 1800s believed that America should expand its land holdings by occupying territory outside of the continental U.S., taken by force if necessary.

• Communists

• Militarists

• Nationalists

• Imperialists

Foreign conflicts in North America in the 1800s were the result of ________.

• cultural differences

• imperialism

• economic competition

• the rise of fascism

WWI started as a conflict between the great _______ Empires.

• African

• European

• Asian

• Oceanic

The refusal of the United States to join the League of Nations reflected a desire of the nation to

• return to a policy of isolation.

• abandon neutrality in favor of collective security.

• take an active role in solving the worlds economic problems.

• actively involve itself in preventing world tensions.

Some historians feel that US isolationism after WWI led the the rise of ______.

• communism

• capitalism

• fascism

• neutrality

The US did not join WWII until the Japanese attack on ___________.

• Pearl Harbor

• Normandy

• Midway

• Iwo Jima