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US Foreign Policy
Test 1
Question | Answer |
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4 Aspects of Philosophical Underpinnings | 1) Right to individual security 2) Right to revolt 3) utopia vs. pragmatism 4) rational accommodation of Reasonable interests (enlightenment) |
Jay's Treaty 1792 | 1) surrender NW forts 2) abort efforts to unite indians 3) US = MFN 4) open trade with british west indies -says nothing about impressment -Br. can seize US ships heading to/from France |
Hamiltonian Foreign policy | -don't need to honor treaty with France because it applied to old king -convinced Washington to declare neutrality (Jefferson wanted congress to declare this) -Trade important |
Model Treaty of 1776 | -US trade with all and not start war with europe -secure borders -seen as equal |
XYZ affair | -Br. seize foodstuffs bound for France -Fr would treat neutral ships the way Br. treats French ships -Fr. refuse to see US ambassador -Fr. seize US ships to pay for US debt -US almost goes to war with Fr. |
Treaty of Alliance | -Fr. recognizes US as nation -US guaranteed Fr. possessions in US -Fr. doesn't go back to US -US can't have peace with Br. without Fr. consent |
Treaty of Yorktown 1781 | -ends war -Br. withdraw army -agree to not recover debts -Sp. gets Florida back |
Citizen Edward Genet | Fr. Ambassador wanted to draw US into war against rebels in Fr. |
Precedents set by Genet/Jefferson | 1) de facto recognition: ruling power is only power recognized 2) sanctity of Treaty: Jefferson - treaty with nation Hamilton - treaty with government Jefferson won |
War of 1812: causes | 1) impressment 2) Chesapeake Affair: US refuse to let GB on ship to see if it carries Fr. goods, ship blown up by GB |
Treaty of Ghent 1814 | ends war of 1812 - prewar boundaries reset |
Manifest Destiny | Jane McManus Storm - original writer peaceful expansion god given right |
Monroe Doctrine | -hands off western world -non interference -non transfer = territory can't be used in treaties nor transferred to new nation -non colonization |
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848 | texas = state rio grande = new southern border Mexico = cedes California and New Mexico |
Missouri Compromise 1820 | balanced congress took Missouri as slave state Maine = free state |
Fugitive Slave Act 1850 | N. help recover/send back slaves |
Manifest Destiny 1850 | Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854 Dread Scott vs. Sandford 1857 - congress can't prohibit slavery = missouri compromise not constitutional Gadson Purchase = bought land under texas from Mexico |
Clayton Bulwar Treaty 1846 | US/GB can't colonize LA |
Age of Imperialism Factors | 1) econ situation 2) social Darwinism 3) race for empire |
Liberal School of thought | laze-faire worker unions free markets |
Modern School | some gov. intervention |
Pinckney's Treaty 1795 | right to navigate Mississippi River gain east florida |
Jefferson's vision for US | citizens main priority, organizations/gov. came second |
treaty of san ildefonzo | b/t Fr. and Sp. = Louisiana goes back to Fr. |
Adams-Onis Treaty | Sp. gave US Florida |
Rush-Bagot Treaty | limited Naval activity of GB on great lakes |
Convention of 1818 | settled NW boundary allowed fishing on east coast |
extraterritoriality | exempt from law of nation/area |
Alfred Thayer Mahan | countries with greater naval power = more power worldwide |
Treaty of Kanagawa | opened ports in Japan to US traders leader = Commodore Matthew Perry |
Virginius Affair | Ship used by cuban rebels to attack Spain full of US and Br. soldiers - killed by Spain as pirates |