Chapter 12 Vocabulary Words

1. Chapter 12 Vocabulary Words Foreign Affairs in the Young Nation

2. blockade: • a closing off of an area to keep people or supplies from going in or out • USS Constitution was one of six frigates authorized for construction by an act of Congress in 1794. Joshua Humphreys designed them to be the Navy’s capital ships.

3. doctrine: • a statement of official government policy, especially in foreign affairs • The Monroe Doctrine asserted the US would not accept European interference in American affairs.

4. embargo: • A government order that stops merchant ships from leaving or entering a country’s ports • President Jefferson wanted to halt trade to force Britain and France to leave American ships alone.

5. foreign policy: • guidelines for how a country handles political and economic interactions with other countries • THE SLIDING SCALE Isolationism -------Involvement

6. impressment: • the kidnapping of American sailors by the British to serve in the British navy

7. isolationism: • a policy of avoiding political or military agreements with other countries: first established by George Washington

8. neutrality: • a policy of not choosing sides in a war or dispute between other countries- 1793

9. secretary of state: • The head of the State Department, who oversees matters relating to foreign countries. The secretary of state is an important member of the president’s cabinet • President Monroe’s secretary of state: John Quincy Adams

10. Who is the current Secretary of State?

11. Secretary of State • President Obama’s Hillary Clinton

12. Tecumseh: • The leader of the Shawnee tribe who united the Native Americans up and down the Mississippi River • The Native Americans were mad that they were being pushed off of their lands

13. XYZ Affair: • France was mad because the British pulled their troops from the Ohio Valley. France started attacking American ships. President Adams sent representative to try to end these attacks. France sent secret agents X, Y, and Z to meet them and say that there will be NO PEACE TALKS unless America paid money for the price of protection. • "Millions for defense, sir, but not one cent for tribute!“

14. Let’s just see what you remember!

15. What is a blockade? A A government order that stops merchant ships from leaving or entering a country’s ports B A closing off of an area to keep people or supplies from going in or out

16. What is foreign policy? A a statement of official government policy, especially in foreign affairs B a guideline for how a country handles political and economic interactions with other countries

17. What is the XYZ Affair? A B France sent secret agents to meet the Americans and said that there will be NO PEACE TALKS unless America paid money for the price of protection. When the US delivered to France a policy of saying that the US would not choose sides in a war or dispute between other countries- 1793

18. Who is the Secretary of State? A B The leader of the Shawnee tribe who united the Native Americans up and down the Mississippi River The head of the State Department, who oversees matters relating to foreign countries.

19. What is isolationism? • a policy of not choosing sides in a war or dispute between other countries- 1793 • a policy of avoiding political or military agreements with other countries: first established by George Washington

20. If you were a sailor, explain why you would be fearful of IMPRESSMENT?