Unit 4 Assessment

Washington's Farewell Address in 1796 advised the United States to continue to look for commercial relationships with other nations but to have as little political connections with other nations as possible and to avoid "foreign entanglements."

With the purpose of staying out of other countries' affairs, which foreign policy did Washington recommend the US try to follow? (2 points)

• Engagement in other countries' political affairs

• Isolationism in other countries' political affairs

• Realism and Engagement

• Realism and Multilateralism

Which foreign policy doctrine did the United States promote since the early 1800s in which we discouraged European countries from colonizing the American continents?

• Domino Theory of the Cold War

• Monroe Doctrine of the early 1800s

• 
  Truman Doctrine of the post WWII timeframe

• Manifest Destiny of the push to spread America to the west

While dealing with Peacekeeping in Bosnia, the US coordinated its foreign policy and worked through the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Which type of foreign policy is this?

• Engagement and Multilateralism

• 
  Isolationism and Unilateralism

• Enagagement and Unilateralism

• Isolationism and Multilateralism

In 1846, U.S. President James Polk was intent on achieving "Manifest Destiny" by extending American territory across the Southwest from Texas to California.

Based on the view that America should dominate this area politically, economically, and socially, Polk would probably support this type of foreign policy:

• Engagement and unilateralism

• Isolationism and unilateralism

• Engagement and multilateralism

• Isolationism and multilateralism

The shift in United States foreign policy towards an imperialistic one led to the acquisition of overseas possessions in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Which of the following statements supports this shift towards Imperialism? (2 points)

• The United States realized the competition among nations for resources and markets was growing and the U.S. could not be left behind.

• The United States began to understand the need to strengthen its relationship with Spain and share overseas markets and territories.

• The United States wanted to become the main world power in order to conquer and colonize foreign nations on every continent.

• The United States realized the Doctrine of Manifest Destiny was no longer valid and must be replaced by the Platt Amendment.

United States Navy Admiral Alfred T. Mahan detailed his view on how to defend the nation and to support imperialism in his 1897 book, "The Interest of America in Sea Power."

Which of the following answers best fits his main argument? (2 points)

• With the outward expansion of the United States, the attention to building a stronger navy was important to be able to defend its new territories.

• God's favor gave the United States the "right" to expand and impress its beliefs upon all of mankind.

• 
  It was the United States' responsibility as a superior race to uplift, civilize, and Christianize native peoples.

• 
  The United States would be able to save countries (like the Philippines) by governing them.

"Destruction of the War Ship Maine Was the Work of an Enemy"; "Assistant Secretary Roosevelt Convinced the Explosion of the War Ship Was Not an Accident"; "Who Destroyed the Maine?"; "Naval Officers Think the Maine Was Destroyed by a Spanish Mine."

These New York Journal headline quotes arguably present a sensationalized picture of events to its readers. Which of the following terms best describes this style of exaggerated writing by the newspaper?

• Yellow Journalism

• Muckraking

• Investigative Reporting

• Propaganda

The United States' victory in the Spanish-American War established America as a world power.

What was one significant effect of the victory over Spain?

• The victory and treaty allowed the United States to abandon the core principles of the Monroe Doctrine.

• The victory enabled the United States to create many foreign aid programs to assist needy in the Pacific and Caribbean regions.

• The victory encouraged the writing of the Monroe Doctrine which laid out the rules to enforce the Roosevelt Corollary.

• The victory and treaty gained the United States former overseas Spanish colonies in Asia, the Pacific, and the Caribbean.

Analyze this political cartoon and identify the United States foreign policy and its purpose characterized in the drawing.

• The Open Door Policy; this policy aimed to help expand trade between the United States and China.

• The Treaty of Paris; this treaty was created to help create spheres of influence in Europe for the sole purpose of trading.

• The Roosevelt Corollary; the purpose of this policy was to protect American business interests in China.

• The Platt Amendment; this amendment required the new Chinese constitution to include for the United States to control parts of China.

When the United States gained control of Puerto Rico in the Caribbean and the Philippines in the Pacific, it realized the need for a short cut between the two bodies of water. President Roosevelt tried to negotiate a treaty with Colombian officials but was unsuccessful. The aim of this proposed treaty was for ____.

• the signing of the Platt Amendment for the new Cuban constitution.

• a cease fire between the Panamanians and Colombians.

• the annexation of both the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines.

• the leasing of land that would be used to build the Panama Canal.