The Development of a Good Neighbor Policy – Flashcards
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What year did Hoover get elected?
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1928
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Name 3 reasons why Roosevelt left the Philippines
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• Great Depression caused a decrease in imperialistic attitude
• Organized labor demanded for exclusion of low-wage Filipino workers
• American sugar producers wanted elimination of Philippine competition
• Organized labor demanded for exclusion of low-wage Filipino workers
• American sugar producers wanted elimination of Philippine competition
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What was the Tydings-McDufie Act?
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Provided Philippines with independence
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What was the Tydings-McDufie Act?
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Provided Philippines with independence
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What year was the Soviet Union officially recognized by the US?
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1933
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Who were some of the critics of relations with the Soviet Union?
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• Anti-communist conservatives
• Roman Catholics( Kremlin anti-religious)
• Roman Catholics( Kremlin anti-religious)
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What did Roosevelt hope to achieve with Soviet Union relations?
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Counterweight to threat of Germany in Europe and Japan in Asia.
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What did the Hoover presidency represent in terms of diplomacy?
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The beginning or relation with South America.
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What was different about the 1930s compared to the 1920s?
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A shift in thinking from a more imperialist to isolationist policy.
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What was the purpose of the London Conference?
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The delegates hoped to organize a coordinated international attack on the global depression
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Who was the Secretary of State during the Roosevelt Presidency?
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Cordell Hull
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Why did Roosevelt want Latin American relations?
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Since many dictators were seizing control in Europe, he needed their help to defend the Western Hemisphere.
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What happened in the Seventh Pan-American Conference?
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The US delegation formally endorsed nonintervention.
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What were the two key points of the Good Neighbor Policy?
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• consultation
• nonintervention
• nonintervention
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What were some of the side effects of the Good Neighbor Policy?
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Hurt some bondholders.
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Twain observed that by occupying the Philippines the United States was committing "one grievous error, that irrevocable error," playing the "European game" of imperialism and colonization. How was this true?
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Soon the cost was rising and people were not interested in imperialism. The Philippines also increased competitiveness.
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Why did Roosevelt back out of the London Conference?
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He believed that if a stable currency was enforced, then he would not be able to have inflationary policies at home.
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What were the Reciprocal Trade Agreements?
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Avoided wholesale tariff; amended the Hawley Soot Law; and lowered existing tariff rates
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How many countries did the US get into trade agreements with?
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21
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Name two effects of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements
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• Paved the way for American-lead free-trade international economic systems
• Reversed traditional high-tariff policies that existed since after the Civil War
• Reversed traditional high-tariff policies that existed since after the Civil War
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What was the only battle that Roosevelt sought?
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Depression
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BONUS: What happened in the 6th Pan-American Conference?
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The intention of the new policy was to mend relations with Latin American countries after they criticized The Coolidge Administration during the Sixth Pan-American Conference in Havana in 1928 for armed interventions in Haiti and Nicaragua.
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BONUS: What was the Lima Declaration?
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The Lima Declaration adopted at the International Conference of American States in 1938 reinforced inter-American solidarity.
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BONUS: What ended the Era of Good Neighbor Policy?
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The Cold War
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BONUS: What year did the USs marine leave Nicaragua?
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1934
