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a foreign policy which combines a non-interventionist military policy and a political policy of economic nationalism (protectionism). In other words, it asserts both of the following: - Non-interventionism - Political rulers should avoid entangling alliances with other nations and avoid all wars not related to direct territorial self-defense.
- Protectionism - There should be legal barriers to control trade and cultural exchange with people in other states.
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| a U.S. doctrine which, on December 2, 1823, proclaimed that European powers would no longer colonize or interfere with the affairs of the newly independent nations of the Americas. The United States planned to stay neutral in wars between European powers and their colonies. |
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Continentalism refers to the agreements or policies that favor the regionalization and/or cooperation between nations within a continent. The term is used more often in the European and North American contexts, but the concept has been applied to other continents. |
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| Battleship which exploded in Havana harbor in 1898, outraging the American public and pushing the United States and Spain toward war. |
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| Secretary of State under Lincoln and Johnson who advocated an American empire based on commercial expansion. To that end he acquired Alaska and a station in the Midway Islands. |
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| An attempt by Germany to split the British-French alliance and decrease French influence in Morocco that led to a threat of war. Theodore Roosevelt's diplomacy at the Algeciras Conference resolved the crisis favorably for France. |
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| Supreme Court decisions which ruled that colonial peoples would achieve citizenship and constitutional rights when Congress said they were ready. |
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| Congregationalist minister who argued for missionary expansion based on American religious and racial superiority. |
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| Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy calling for active, aggressive U.S. action to keep international order and peace. |
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| War where Philippines unsuccessfully attempted to gain independence from the U.S. |
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| Newspapers that printed sensational stories in order to increase circulation and manipulate public opinion. |
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| One nation gaining political or economic control or influence over other areas. |
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| Conference of American nations first held in 1889 in an effort to expand peace and trade in the Western Hemisphere. |
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| Congressional resolution, adopted as the United States went to war with Spain in 1898, which stated that the United States had no intentions of annexing Cuban territory. |
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| Naval strategist and author who argued that national power depended on naval supremacy, colonies, and foreign markets. |
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| Treaty between U.S. and Panama allowing the U.S. to build and operate an interoceanic canal through the Canal Zone. |
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| Spanish minister than criticized President McKinley and outraged American public opinion which lead to the Spanish-American War in 1898. |
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| U.S. China policy calling for equal trading rights for all nations. |
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| Rudyard Kipling's phrase representing the idea that the West needs to civilize inferior peoples. |
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