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AP GOVT CPHS CHAP 19
AP GOVT. CPHS CHAP. 19
Question | Answer |
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Isolationism | A national policy of avoiding participation in foreign affairs. |
Unilateralism | A national policy of acting without consultin others. |
Moralism | The policy of emphasizing morality in foreign affairs. |
Pragmatism | The policy of taking advantage of a situation for national gain. |
Washington's Farewell Address | Washington's 1796 final address as president in which he declared that the United States should avoid becoming involved in foreign alliances. |
Barbary Wars | Conflicts the United States fought in the early eighteenth century with North African states against their piracy. |
Impressment | The British practice in the early eighteenth century of stopping ships at sea to seize sailors suspected of having deserted the Royal Navy. |
Embargo Act | Passed by Congress in 1807 to prevent U.S. ships from leaving U.S. ports for foreign ports without the approval of the federal government. |
War or 1812 | Fought between the United States and Great Britain over impressment and U.S. territorial designs on Canada. |
Monroe Doctrine | President James Monroe's 1823 pledge that the United States would oppose attempts by European states to extend their political control into the Western Hemisphere. |