Foreign Policy Review

“An independent American destiny means, on the one hand, that our soldiers will not have to fight everybody in the world who prefers some other system of life to ours.” This quote would most closely be associated with...

• Realism
• Social Darwinism
• Idealism
• Isolationism

“From the day of our Founding, we have proclaimed that every man and woman on this earth has rights, and dignity, and matchless value, because they bear the image of the Maker of Heaven and earth. Across the generations we have proclaimed the imperative of self-government, because no one is fit to be a master, and no one deserves to be a slave. Advancing these ideals is the mission that created our Nation. It is the honorable achievement of our fathers. Now it is the urgent requirement of our nation's security, and the calling of our time. So it is the policy of the United States to seek and support the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world.” This quote would most closely be associated with...

• Realism
• Social Darwinism
• Idealism
• Isolationism

All of the following factors contributed to the United States' decision to declare war against Spain in 1898 EXCEPT:

• the explosion of the U.S.S. Maine.
• yellow journalism.
• Spanish impressment of American sailors.
• the desire to protect American citizens and businesses in Cuba

The Senate did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles because...

• Wilson refused to invite Senate Republicans to help negotiate the treaty
• Republicans wanted Wilson to fail because he was a Democrat
• Opponents were afraid that it would force the US into wars against its will
• All of the above

What was a big reason for the United States expanding their influence throughout the world?

• A need for more land
• A need for new markets for businesses to sell goods
• A belief in isolationism
• A need to take over the world

Which best describes the United States’ approach to obtaining the land for the Panama Canal?

• They negotiated with the Colombians and got the land
• They used gunboat diplomacy to back a Panamanian revolution against Colombia, then bought the land
• They negotiated with the Panamanians and got the land
• They made a treaty with Mexico

To Woodrow Wilson, neutrality in World War I meant the U.S. would...

• Seek a military balance between the combatants so no side would win.
• Trade with both sides involved in the war, which was good for the US economy.
• Secretly help only the Allies.
• Secretly help only the Central Powers.

What was the MOST IMPORTANT reason that the US entered World War One?

• German submarines sinking ships with US citizens
• The Zimmerman Telegram
• The British refused to allow the US to trade with Germany
• The Russians left the war leaving the Allies vulnerable

The Supreme Court decision in the Schenck case showed that during WWI the Court valued...

• Civil liberty more than national security
• National security more than civil liberty
• Both civil liberty and national security equally
• Neither civil liberty nor national security

On the issue of what to do with the Philippines, President William McKinley said “The truth is I didn’t want the Philippines, and when they came to us, as a gift from the gods, I did not know what to do with them. I walked the floor of the White House night after night until midnight; and I am not ashamed to tell you, gentlemen, that I went down on my knees and prayed to Almightily God for light and guidance more than one night. And one night late it came to me this way-I don’t know how it was, but it came…1) that we could not give them back to Spain-that would be cowardly and dishonorable; 2) that we could not turn them over to France or Germany-our commercial rivals in the Orient that would be bad business and discreditable; 3) that we could not leave them to themselves-they were unfit for self-government and they would soon have misrule over there worse than Spain’s was; and 4) there was nothing left for us to do but to...educate the Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them, and by God’s grace do the very best we could for them, as our fellow men for whom Christ also died…” As revealed by the passage, McKinley believes...

• The United States should annex the Philippines for idealistic reasons
• The United States should not intervene in the Philippines for isolationist reasons
• The United States should annex the Philippines for realistic reasons
• The United States should annex the Philippines for both idealistic and realistic reasons