Foreign Policy

(p.161)

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Textbook Definition: Guidelines for how a country handles political and economic interactions with other countries.

Sentence:But few remember that Washington defined our nation's first foreign policy.

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XYZ Affair

(p.164)

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Textbook Definition:Instead, they were met by secret agents, later identified only as X, Y,and Z.

Sentence: The XYZ Affair outraged Americans.

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Impressment

(pp. 166&168)

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Textbook Definition: It was even harder when Britain began impressments, or started kidnapping

Sentence: American anger over impressement peaked in 1807 after a British warship, The Leopard, stopped an American warship, the Chesapeake, to search for deserters.

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Barbary States'

(pp. 166-167)

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Textbook Definition:American ships face a different threat from the Barbary States of North Africa:piracy, or robbery at sea.

Sentence: Presidents Washington and Adams both paid tribute to Barbary State rulers in exchange for the safety of American ships.

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Tecumseh

(pp. 169-170)

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Textbook Definition:Two Shawnee Indians- a chief named Tecumseh and his brother, the Prophet-tried to fight back by uniting Native Americans up and down the Mississippi River into one great Indian nation.

Sentence:On November 7, 1811, Tecumseh and his warriors fought with a militia force led by Indiana governor William  Henrey Harrison in the Battle of Tippecanoe Creek.

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Secretary of State

(p.172)

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Textbook Definition: The head of the State Department, who oversees matters relating to foreign countries.

Sentence:The secretary of state is an important member of the president's cabinet.

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Neutrality

(pp.163-167)

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Textbook Definition: A policy of not choosing sides in a war or dispute between other countries.

Sentence: Instead, he announced a policy of neutrality.

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Jay Treaty

(p.164)

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Textbook Definition: In the Jay Treaty, the British finally agreed to pull their troops from the Ohio Valley.

Sentence: French officials viewed the Jay Treaty as a betrayal by the United States.

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Piracy

(pp. 166-167)

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Textbook Definition: American ships faced a different threat from the Barbary States of North Africa: piracy, or robbery at sea.

Sentence: Piracy from Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripolihad was a danger on merchant ships entering the Mediterranean Sea.

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Blockade

(p. 168)

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Textbook Definition: A closing off of an area to keep people or supplies from going in or out.

Sentence: Merchants in New England knew that war would mean a blockade of their ports by the British navy.

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War of 1812

(pp.169-170)

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Textbook Definition: Although both sides claimed victory, neither Britain or the United States really won the War of 1812.

Sentence: Many Americans considered the War of 1812 "the second war of independence"

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Monroe Doctrine

(p.172)

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Textbook Definition: A statement of official government policy, especially in the foreign affairs that Monroe announced.

Sentence: In 1823, President Doctrine made a speech to Congress announcing a policy that became known as the Monroe Doctrine.

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Isolationism

(p.163)

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Textbook Definition: A policy of avoiding political or military agreements with other countries; first established by George Washington.

Sentence: Washington's policy of avoiding alliances with other countries became known as isolationism.

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Privateers

(p.164)

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Textbook Definition: Meanwhile, Congress authorized American warships and privately owned ships, called privateers, to launch a "half-war" on the seas.

Sentence: During this undeclared war, privateers captured more than 80 armed French vessels.

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Embargo

(p.167)

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Textbook Definition: A government order that stops merchant ships from leaving or entering a country's ports.

Sentence: When diplomacy failed, Jefferson propsed an embargo- a complete halt in trade with other nation.

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War Hawks

(p. 169)

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Textbook Definition: Several young congressmen from the South and West, including Henry Clay of Kentucky and John C. Calhoun of South Carolina, were so eager for war with Britain that they were nicknamed, "War Hawks."

Sentence: War hawks were so overjoyed when war was declared.

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Treaty of Ghent

(p.170)

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Textbook Definition:  Two weeks earlier, American and British diplomats meeting at Ghent ,in Belgium , had signed a peace treaty ending the war, Treaty of Ghent.

Sentence: And the Treaty of Ghent settled none of these issues that had led to the fighting.

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The Prophet

(p.168-169)

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Textbook Definition: Two Shawnee Indians- a chief named Tecumseh and his brother, the Prophet -tried to fight back by uniting Native Americans up and down the Mississippi River into one great Indian nation. Tecumseh and his warriors including the Propeht, fought with a militia force led by governor William Henry Harrison in the battle of Tippecanoe Creek.

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Works Cited

History Alive!:The United States through Industrialism

Bert Bower-Jim Lobdell-Teachers' Curriculum Institute-2005 The American Nation James West Davidson-Michael B. Stoff-Pedro G. Castillo-Prentice Hall-2000