History Alive! Chapter 12
Foreign Affairs in the Young Nation
12.1 Introduction
1. Which president defined our nation’s first foreign policy?
2. Elements of the Great Seal:
Unfinished pyramid—
Bald eagle—
Talon with arrows—
Talon with olive branch—
12.2 President Washington creates a Foreign Policy
1. Why had the army not been replaced after the Revolutionary War?
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2. Neutrality—
3. Isolationism—
4. What did the policy of neutrality mean for the United States?
5. What did Washington say about foreign policy in his farewell address?
12.3 Dilemma 1: What Should President Adams Do to Protect American Ships?
1. What was the Jay Treaty?
2. What was the XYZ Affair?
12.4—What Happened: Adams Purses Peace?
1. Adams sent what to France but congress pleaded with his to change his mind?
2. Who had taken over the French Government?
3. What cost Adams his political popularity?
4. Adams let the nation at ________________and with no _____________________________.
12.5 Dilemma 2: How should President Jefferson Deal with Pirates?
1. In 1803 what two countries were at war?
2. Jefferson called England a ________________________________________.
3. Jefferson called France a _________________________________________.
4. Name the British ship.
5. Name the American ship.
6. Where were the pirates from?
7. What did Washington and Adams do about the pirates?
12.6 What Happened: Jefferson solves half the problem.
1. How did Jefferson handle the situation with the pirates?
2. What ship was captured?
3. When diplomacy failed—what did Jefferson do?
4. What was the Embargo Act of 1807?
5. When did congress repeal the act?
6. Did any of these situations change?
12.7 Dilemma 3: What should President Madison do to protect sailors and
settlers?
1. What new approach did Madison take dealing with Britain and France?
2. Who opposed going to war?
3. Who favored the going to war?
4. What was going on in the Ohio and Mississippi Valley during this time?
5. Who was the chief of the Native Americans?
6. What battle took place?
7. What two congressmen favored war with Britain?
8. What were their nicknames?
12.8 What Happened: Madison Launches the War of 1812.
1. Madison chose to abandon ____________________________________.
2. Congress declared war on ___________________ on ______________________________.
3. What country did the War Hawks think “a mere matter of marching”?
4. Where did Oliver Hazard Perry capture a British fleet of six ships?
5. What did the British do when they invaded Washington D.C.?
6. Who watched the British Bombard Fort McHenry?
7. What did he do the next morning when he saw the flag still waved over the fort?
8. What did it later become?
9. What battle became the “sea of blood”?
10 What battle was the greatest American victory of the War of 1812?
11. What was the treaty that ended the War of 1812?
12. List the three effects the war had on our nation.
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12.9 Dilemma 4: What should President Monroe do to support the New Latin
American Nations?
1. Monroe returned our nation to ___________________________________.
2. What two leaders liberated South America?
3. What two presidents did Monroe ask advice?
12.10 What Happened: The U.S. issues the Monroe Doctrine
1. What policy did Monroe announce to congress?
2. What was stated in the Monroe Doctrine?
3. What did the Monroe Doctrine join as a basic principle of U.S. foreign policy?