Vocabulary
Neutrality
A policy of not choosing sides in disputes or wars between other countries
Who was the first President to create a foreign policy?
George Washington.
Blockade
Closing off an area to keep people or supplies from going in or out.
Who was the President who lost to Jefferson and watched his Federalist Party lose its support?
John Adams
Embargo
A government order that forbids trade with another country
Who was the president who tried to convince the British and France to leave American Ships alone?
Thomas Jefferson
Isolationism
a policy of avoiding political or military agreement with other countries.
Why did President George Washington create a foreign policy?
He created it because America couldn't gain anything from foreign wars.
Monroe Doctrine
President James Monroe declared in 1823 that the western hemisphere was no longer open to European colonization.
What was the reason for the Monroe Doctrine
It was made to stop European Colonization.