What were Alfred Thayer Mahan's ideas, and how did they affect American foreign policy?
What will be an ideal response?
Mahan believed that a strong navy was the key to national prosperity, and his ideas were very influential around the world. Most students should be able to tie the Spanish-American War and the subsequent debate over annexing the Philippines to Mahan's ideas on sea power. Students should also view Mahan's theories in the context of industrialization. Improved technology made the world smaller and opened up new markets for trade, but only nations with powerful navies could take advantage of the situation. Students should also mention the modernization of the U.S. Navy during this era.
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A) the creation of a Navy department and military appropriations to pursue the Federalist demands for war with France. B) France unilaterally ending the alliance of 1778 with America. C) France securing an alliance by bribing the American negotiators. D) the creation of a permanent standing army with military appropriations to pursue the Republican demands for war with England.
In the 1820s, Mexico attempted to attract American settlers to Texas by
A) ?? promising to make Texas a Protestant state. B) ?? providing generous land grants to recruiting agents. C) ?? introducing a viable economic commodity in long horn cattle. D) ?? forcing Native Americans to leave Texas for New Mexico. E) ?? offering any settler $1,000 and 200 acres of land.
The largest of the surviving Mississippian earthen mounds stretching over 1000 feet and rising over 100 feet above the ground is located at
a. Adena. b. Cahokia. c. Hopewell. d. Poverty Point. e. Chaco.
The No Child Left Behind Act
A. provided health care for all children of families living under the poverty level. B. was bipartisan legislation that gave federal funding to schools that could meet federal standards. C. established Head Start kindergarten programs for children in the inner city. D. was supported by Republicans but voted down by Democrats, who opposed the provision for impoverished families receiving vouchers to attend private schools.