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1. Record the definition:
 Isolationism:_________________________________________________________________________
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Embargo:____________________________________________________________________________
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2. What did the Jay Treaty accomplish?
3. What is the XYZ Affair? What was the U.S. response?
4. Which country was most responsible for the change in U.S. foreign policy at the end of the 18th century?
A. Spain
B. Germany
C. Great Britain
D. Canada
5. List 2 important achievements of John Adam’s administration.
6. List 3 events that affected John Adam’s foreign policy.
7. Why did Great Britain and France seize U.S. merchant ships?
8. Who was hurt most by Jefferson’s embargo on trade?
9. List 3 results of the War of 1812.
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10. Why was the Battle of New Orleans unnecessary?
12. Answer all parts of the question.
Who are the War Hawks?
What did they want?
Due: Fri. 1/22
Why?
13. What happened to the Chesapeake? How did it affect foreign relations between the U.S. and Great
Britain?
14. Who advised President Monroe to announce the Monroe Doctrine?
15. Answer all parts of the question.
What event caused President
What did the Monroe Doctrine
Monroe to declare the Monroe
declare?
Doctrine?
What was its effect?
Directions: use the Great Seal of the United States to answer
the following questions.
16. What does the olive branch represent?
17. What do the arrows represent?
18. How was the great seal used?
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19. Explain the foreign policy of each president. Include at least 2 events that contributed to each president’s
foreign policy. Then describe which foreign policy you think should have been followed in the early 1800s.
Support your answers with historical facts.
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George Washington
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John Adams
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Thomas Jefferson
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James Madison
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James Monroe