Foreign Affairs 1865-1900
Read President Theodore Roosevelt's
Quote on page 424.
What are foreign affairs?
What part should the U.S. play?
What do we have to decide?
How is the U.S. involved foreign affairs today?
Enforcing the Monroe Doctrine
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
Europe stay out of the Americas and
the U.S. will stay out of Europe
In the 1860s Emperor Napoleon III sent
Archduke Maximilian of Austria to Mexico
to establish a French empire in Mexico.
The United States used the principle of the
Monroe Doctrine to drive France out of Mexico.
| Archduke Maximilian of Austria taken to be executed. |
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Confederate ship Alabama, a British built ship, damaged U.S. shipping during the Civil War
1. U.S. demanded that Britain pay the claims
2. Treaty of Washington sent the
case to arbitration (settling a dispute by a third party)
3. U.S. was awarded $15.5 million
Venezuelan boundary dispute
Venezuela and British Guiana disputed
over where the wilderness border was
between the two countries.
Other Latin/South American Affairs
What happened to the U.S.S. Baltimore? p426

1. U.S.S. Baltimore
was docked in Valparaiso, Chile and attacked by
Chilean citizens. Two sailors killed and 18 wounded. With the threat of war, Chile apologized and pay damages
What is the Pan-American Union? p 427
A union of Latin American states and the
U. S. to promote commerce and peace.
In 1970 it was replaced by the
Organization of American States
What did it become? p 427
Photo Credits:
Archduke Max by Kerry R. J. Tattersall http://www.austrian-mint.com/e/maxhist.html
Confederate Ship Alabama freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ ~mysouthernf...
USS Baltimore: www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/ images/ussbalt... |
Lesson Objectives
Students will learn
OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to:
1. list
2. explain the difference between
3. describe the
4. chart on a map the
5. define the terms
6. Explain the significance of
Knowledge: Recall of data.
Comprehension: Understand the meaning, translation, interpolation, and interpretation of instructions and problems. State a problem in one's own words.
Application:
Use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the workplace.
Analysis:
Separates material or concepts into component parts so that its organizational structure may be understood. Distinguishes between facts and inferences.
Synthesis:
Builds a structure or pattern from diverse elements. Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on creating a new meaning or structure.
Evaluation:
Make judgments about the value of ideas or materials.
| Remember : Recognizing, Recalling |
| Understand : Interpreting, exemplifying, classifying, summarizing, inferring, comparing, explaining |
| Apply : Executing, implementing |
| Analyze : Differentiating, organizing, attributing |
| Evaluate : checking, critiquing |
| Create: generating, planning, producing |
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