America in the World

Foreign Policies

100

Under this doctrine, the U.S. would aim to prohibit European involvement in the Western Hemisphere

Monroe Doctrine

200

This term refers to an easing of hostilities and is often associated with the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)

Détente

300

Adding on to the ideas of earlier presidents, Teddy Roosevelt proposed this idea, that stated the U.S. had the right to intervene in the affairs of Latin American nations in order to preserve order and keep Europeans out

Roosevelt's Corollary

400

Dwight Eisenhower was a fan of this strategy, in which one tries to gain foreign policy concessions by ramping up hostilities, almost to the point of armed conflict

Brinkmanship

500

This Massachusetts senator and chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was the leader of the fight against the Treaty of Versailles

Henry Cabot Lodge

Treaties

100

This was the treaty that ended World War I

Treaty of Versailles

200

This real estate, the largest in world history, was struck by Napoleon Bonaparte and Thomas Jefferson for $15 million

Louisiana Purchase

300

Commodore Matthew C. Perry used threats of force to get the Japanese to sign this 1854 treaty

Treaty of Kanagawa

400

In this 1794 treaty, the British agreed to vacate forts along the Great Lakes

Jay's Treaty

500

The Treaty of Wanghia guaranteed that U.S. citizens in China would be subject to American laws, a practice that is referred to with this term

Extraterritoriality

Enemies/Allies

100

During the Cold War, this country was America's main enemy

Soviet Union

200

This French term refers to the World War I alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia

Triple Entente

300

This event almost pushed the U.S. and Great Britain to war, after Confederate diplomats were discovered on a British ship

Trent Affair

400

This refers to the U.S. and Great Britain gradually becoming close allies during the close of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th

Great Rapproachment

500

The U.S. has often maintained its alliance with this Middle Eastern country, which is currently led by Mohammed Bin Salman, due to shared economic and military interests

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Wars

100

Following the attack at Pearl Harbor, the U.S. entered this war

World War II

200

Antietam, Fort Sumter, and Appomattox Court House were all battles in this war

Civil War

300

"Operation Desert Storm" was a part of this war, which saw the U.S. repel an Iraqi invasion of Kuwait

Gulf War

400

This was the name for Richard Nixon's policy of gradually withdrawing U.S. troops from Vietnam and transferring the responsibility of the war to the South Vietnamese

Vietnamization

500

Over the course of four days in 1983, the U.S. overthrew the communist government of this Caribbean country

Grenada

Potpourri

100

The U.S. is currently a member of this alliance, in which an attack on one member is considered an attack on all

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

200

He was Stalin's successor and was in charge of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis

Nikita Khrushchev

300

One of the reasons for the War of 1812 was Great Britain engaging in this practice, which saw them forcibly conscript American sailors into the British navy

Impressment

400

This Berlin border crossing station was the site of a major standoff in 1961

Checkpoint Charlie/Checkpoint C

500

This affair led directly to the Quasi-War with France after a group of French diplomats demanded that U.S. diplomats pay an exorbitant sum just to begin negotiations with French foreign minister Tallyrand

XYZ Affair