Civics_Ch11_web-callresults

=**You make the call - Compare your results**= See how your decisions compared to the decisions made in our history.

(1) In 1803, the Jefferson Administration chose to buy the Louisiana Purchase from France for $15 million, so they would have picked (a). It was controversial because it did double the size of the nation but the cost was high and they weren't sure what was in the new territory. Therefore, Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to explore the new Louisiana Purchase. As in turns out, the Louisiana Purchase provided a large amount of natural resources and vast land for America's westward movement.

(2) The Madison Administration chose (a) in 1812, which led the U.S. into war against Britain in the War of 1812. The British were seizing American ships and enlisting sailors into the British navy to help fight against the French. Since the British were fighting the French under Napoleon in Europe, the British couldn't focus it's best troops against the Americans. The U.S. did end up winning the War of 1812. It was in this war that Francis Scott Key watched as the British bombarded Fort McHenry in Baltimore in which he wrote the Star Spangled Banner.

(3) The choice in Europe in 1939 was (b), which would be called the appeasement policy. Adolf Hitler had already expanding his military and borders against the Treaty of Versailles from WWI and wanted part of Czechoslovkia. Hitler had already written a book, //Mein Kampf//, in which he explained his plans for world domination. Britain and France led the way to an agreement with Hitler in which he promised not to take any more land. You're most likely aware of whether or not Hitler kept his promise! NO!!! FDR and the U.S. proclaimed neutrality though FDR was cautious of Hitler.

(4) As Hitler expanded and waged war in Europe, America choose letter (b) and had an isolationist foreign policy.

(5) America was attacked by the Japanese on December 7, 1941. Franklin D. Roosevelt chose letter (a) and America went to war against Japan (and the rest of the Axis - Nazi Germany and Italy) in WWII. America was also attacked by the terror group al Qaeda on September 11, 2001. George W. Bush chose letter (a) and America went to war against terrorism seeking out the terrorists wherever they are located to prevent further terror attacks on America. In both situations, both presidents asked the Congress to declare war.

(6) President John F. Kennedy chose (c) in the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Soviet Union (Russia when it was a communist nation) was putting missiles into Cuba, which could hit almost anywhere in the U.S. JFK knew that attacking Cuba would result in the Soviet Union attacking an American friend in Europe and would ultimately lead to nuclear war. He therefore set up a blockade around Cuba and made a deal with the Soviet Union that would result in them taking the missiles out of Cuba. This was the closest that the U.S. and Soviet Union ever got to nuclear war.

(7) NAFTA is the North American Free Trade Agreement, which set up free trade without tariffs between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. It did increase trade between these three nations but it also resulted in American jobs moving to Canada and Mexico due to lower taxes and cheaper labor.

(8) The U.S. is in several alliances: NATO - the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which was originally formed to be against communism, but today is still a defensive alliance. OAS - Organization of American States is an alliance between nations of North and South America. ANZUS - Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S. also formed an alliance.

__Answer the following before you move on__:

(1) What is foreign policy?

(2) When does foreign policy require our government to use force and when should our government use peaceful ways to deal with foreign issues?

(3) What event took place December 7, 1941 and how did it impact the U.S.?

(4) What is NAFTA?

(5) What is NATO?

(6) Who makes treaties and who must approve of them?

(7) Which government position is the chief foreign policy advisor for the president?

(8) Which event was the closest that the U.S. and Soviet Union got to nuclear war?

(9) Who has the power to declare war?

(10) Why do you think foreign policy is important in terms of looking at all options before quickly making a decision?

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