Chapter 16

Area of policy making that encompasses how one country builds relationships with other countries in order to safeguard its national interest.

Area of policy making that focuses on the strategies that a country uses to protect itself from its enemies.

The U.S. policy of avoiding entangling alliances with foreign pow- ers.

When President George Washington left office, he wrote a letter, addressed to the people of the United States, warning them of the dangers to avoid in order to preserve the republic.

President James Monroe's 1823 pledge that the United States would oppose attempts by European states to reestablish their political control in the Western Hemisphere.

Taxes on imported goods.

Theory that the United States was divinely supported to expand across North America to the Pacific Ocean.

Concept developed by President Theodore Roosevelt early in the twentieth century declaring that it was the responsibility of the United States to ensure stability in Latin America and the Caribbean.

A global military conflict from 1914-1918 across Europe and its overseas territories, into which the United States militarily intervened in 1917-1918.

A multilateral diplomatic organization that existed from 1920-1946 that sought, unsuccessfully, to prevent future wars; the United States never joined.