APUSH Foreign Policy Terms
Pancho Villa Expedition 1916
Expedition to capture Pancho Villa who raided Columbus New Mexico -never did catch him, but killed his forces
Moral Diplomacy
Form of Diplomacy proposed by US President Woodrow Wilson in his 1912 election. Moral Diplomacy is the system in which support is given only to countries whose moral beliefs are analogous to that of the nation.
Russo-Japanese Treaty 1905
Formally ended the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05. The negotiations took place in August in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and were brokered in part by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.
Dollar Diplomacy 1909
Policy for US to gain control in Latin America & East Asian countries through economic power -gave loans to foreign countries
Good Neighbor Policy
Policy of non-intervention with Latin America to promote mutual trade, Franklin Roosevelt put into effect
Gunboat Diplomacy 1854
Policy of showing displays to intimidate other countries -similar to Teddy Roosevelt's Big Stick Policy
Open Door Policy 1899
Policy that China should trade with all countries so one doesn't control China
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848
Treaty ending Mexican-American war and giving US Texas and Cali for 5 million
Northwest Ordinance 1787
A land act that provided for orderly settlement and established a process by which settled territories would become the states of Ohio, Induana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. It also banned slavery in the Northwest Territory.
Remember the Maine 1898
A slogan of the Spanish-American War. The United States battleship Maine mysteriously exploded and sank in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, in 1898.
Indian Removal Act 1830
Act removing Indians from their land to reservations -Andrew Jackson -Trail of Tears
Rush-Bagot Treaty 1817
Agreement between Britain and United States to stop maintaining armed fleets on the Great Lakes -first "disarmament" agreement and laid the foundation for future positive relations between Canada and US
Gadsden Purchase 1853
Agreement between the United States and Mexico in which the United States agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for a 29,670 square mile portion of Mexico -later became part of Arizona and New Mexico. Gadsden's Purchase provided the land necessary for a southern transcontinental railroad and attempted to resolve conflicts that lingered after the Mexican-American War.
Platte Amendment 1911
Amendment saying US would not occupy Cuba, but would have an unequal relationship with them, signed into Cuba's constitution
Missouri Compromise 1820
An act of Congress by which Missouri was admitted as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and slavery was prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase north of latitude 36°30′N, except for Missouri.
Embargo Act 1807
An act of Congress that prohibited US ships from traveling to foreign ports and banned overseas trade. -This embargo placed great strains on the American economy while only marginally affecting its European targets. -Encouraged northern manufacturing, hurt Democratic-Republican popularity.
Roosevelt Corollary 1904
An addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union address in 1904 after the Venezuela Crisis of 1902-03.
Pinckney's Treaty 1795
An agreement in 1795 between Spain and the U.S. by which Spain recognized the 31st parallel as the southern boundary of the U.S. and permitted free navigation of the Mississippi to American ships.
Teller Amendment 1898
An amendment to a joint resolution of the United States Congress in reply to President William McKinley's War Message. -It placed a condition on the United States military's presence in Cuba.
Compromise of 1850
Attempt to make a compromise between north and south -the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished.
Manifest Destiny
Belief that the US was destined to spread as far as Pacific Ocean
Neutrality Acts 1935 & 1937
Between 1935 and 1937, Congress passed three separate neutrality laws that clamped an embargo on arms sales to belligerents, forbade American ships from entering war zones and prohibited them from being armed, and barred Americans from traveling on belligerent ships.
Jay's Treaty 1795
Between the United States & Britain -The treaty accepted Britain's right to stop neutral ships -In return, it allowed Americans to submit claims for illegal seizures and required the British to remove their troops and Indian agents from the Northwest Territory
Macon's Bill #2 1810
Bill stating US would either trade with France or Britain if they would not attack US ships, but this failed
Ostend Manifesto 1852
Called for US to capture or buy Cuba, nothing became of it, pro US antislavery
Panama Canal
Canal that allows for passage between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans -US caused Panama to revolt from Columbia and bought Panama land to build canal
Battle of Tippecanoe 1811
Conflict between the Confederacy of Native Indian warriors led by Shawnee member Tecumseh and United States armed forces under the leadership of General William Henry Harrison.
14 Points Address 1918
Fourteen goals of the United States in the peace negotiations after World War I. -President Woodrow Wilson announced the Fourteen Points to Congress in early 1918.
Citizen Genet 1794
French diplomat who tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England
Monroe Doctrine 1823
Held that the US would not allow foreign powers to establish new colonies in the Western Hemisphere or allow existing colonies to be influenced by outside powers
Adams Onis Treaty (Florida Purchase Treaty) 1819
Helped define United States--Mexico border -border under Spanish control had created conflict between the two countries -Spain sold remaining Florida territory to US -US ceded its claims to Texas and Spain kept Cali & New Mexico regions
Kellogg-Brand Pact 1928
International agreement in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve "disputes or conflicts of whatever nature or of whatever origin they may be..."
Washington Disarmament Conference 1921
Meeting of world powers to discuss interests in East Asia & Pacific Ocean -5,4,&9 power treaties
Louisiana Purchase 1803
Purchase of French Territory west of the Mississippi that stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada. -nearly doubled the size of US & opened up future westward expansion -purchased by Thomas Jefferson
Frederick Jackson Turner's Frontier Thesis
Said that the frontier or western land was important in building American values, also said it was gone
Oregon Treaty 1846
The Oregon Treaty set the U.S. and British North American border at the 49th parallel with the exception of Vancouver Island, which was retained in its entirety by the British.
White Man's Burdon
The supposed or presumed responsibility of white people to govern and impart their culture to nonwhite people, often advanced as a justification for European colonialism.
Seward's Folly 1867
Treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska for $7 million
Tripolitan War 1801-1805
Undeclared war waged by the United States against the North African states of Morocco, Tripoli, Algiers, and Tunis. -The principle cause of the war was that those states harbored and supported the actions of pirates against American shipping vessels in the Mediterranean Sea.
Quasi War 1798
Undeclared war with France, entirely naval, ended by Convention of 1800
Spanish American War 1898
War between Spain and US after US supported a Cuban Revolution from Spain -US won easily and got Puerto Rico, Guav, & Philippines
War of 1812
War between US & Great Britain which caused British impressment of American Soldiers -US suspected Britain of encouraging Native American Rebellion -Warhawks
Washington's Farewell Address 1796
Warned Americans of the political dangers they can and must avoid if they are to remain true to their values -stay out of foreign affairs
Neutrality Proclamation 1793
formal announcement issued by President George Washington in May 1793, declaring the nation neutral in the conflict between France and Great Britain. It threatened legal proceedings against any American providing assistance to any country at war.
