AICE INTERNATIONAL HISTORY PAPER 2
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⩥ Conflicts of scramble. Answer: -treaty of Berlin
-fashions incident
-Boer Wars
-increased tension between European rivals
⩥ 3 conspiracies involved in USS Maine. Answer: -Cuba: wanted US
Involvement in the war with Spain
-Spain: didn't like our battleship so close to their colony
-US movement: needed a reason to convince the American people to
support war
⩥ Three territories US gained as a result of war. Answer: -Philippians
-Guam
-Puerto RICO
-Cuba
-(Platt Amendment)
⩥ Expansionist/imperialist. Answer: Early 1900s opposite of isolationist
,⩥ Protectionism. Answer: Policy of placing high tariffs on imports in
order to protect domestic industries from foreign completion
⩥ Two reasons why the USA abandoned the isolationist position.
Answer: -economic downturn of 1893
-sinking of the USS Maine
⩥ Issue usa was dealing with in 1800s that led to isolationist foreign
policy. Answer: -westward expansion (manifest desfinany)
-American civil war
⩥ President candidates in 1900 electoon. Answer: -William mckinley:
imperialist (wonJ
-William Jennings Bryant: anti-imperialist
⩥ Why was it important for the USA to develop a strong navy and
acquire over seas based in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Answer: To
protect us interest and merchant ships
⩥ American revolution 1775-1783. Answer: History of not wanting to
interfere in others affairs, nor be interfered with ours
⩥ Civil war 1861-1865. Answer: Preoccupied with internal matters
, ⩥ Manifest destiny. Answer: Westward expansion justifiable and
inevitable
⩥ Isolationism. Answer: The policy of isolating ones country from the
affairs of other nations by avoiding and international commitment
⩥ Why was the Monroe doctrine formed. Answer: Fear over European
countries trying to win back colonies that had gained independence in
the Americas led to new legislation
⩥ Monroe doctrine. Answer: States that the USA would not interfere in
European affairs and that any attempt by european affairs to interfere in
the American would be seen as an act of aggressive and dealt with
accordingly
⩥ Economic growth. Answer: USA experienced enormous industrial
growth in the late 1800s
⩥ Reasons USA was industrial in the late 1800s. Answer: -rich supplies
of raw materials
-expansion of railways
-large scale immigration (provided labor and market)
-protectionism policies (import tariffs proffered us industry from foreign
competition)
2025 FINAL SCRIPT 2026 FULL SOLUTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Conflicts of scramble. Answer: -treaty of Berlin
-fashions incident
-Boer Wars
-increased tension between European rivals
⩥ 3 conspiracies involved in USS Maine. Answer: -Cuba: wanted US
Involvement in the war with Spain
-Spain: didn't like our battleship so close to their colony
-US movement: needed a reason to convince the American people to
support war
⩥ Three territories US gained as a result of war. Answer: -Philippians
-Guam
-Puerto RICO
-Cuba
-(Platt Amendment)
⩥ Expansionist/imperialist. Answer: Early 1900s opposite of isolationist
,⩥ Protectionism. Answer: Policy of placing high tariffs on imports in
order to protect domestic industries from foreign completion
⩥ Two reasons why the USA abandoned the isolationist position.
Answer: -economic downturn of 1893
-sinking of the USS Maine
⩥ Issue usa was dealing with in 1800s that led to isolationist foreign
policy. Answer: -westward expansion (manifest desfinany)
-American civil war
⩥ President candidates in 1900 electoon. Answer: -William mckinley:
imperialist (wonJ
-William Jennings Bryant: anti-imperialist
⩥ Why was it important for the USA to develop a strong navy and
acquire over seas based in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Answer: To
protect us interest and merchant ships
⩥ American revolution 1775-1783. Answer: History of not wanting to
interfere in others affairs, nor be interfered with ours
⩥ Civil war 1861-1865. Answer: Preoccupied with internal matters
, ⩥ Manifest destiny. Answer: Westward expansion justifiable and
inevitable
⩥ Isolationism. Answer: The policy of isolating ones country from the
affairs of other nations by avoiding and international commitment
⩥ Why was the Monroe doctrine formed. Answer: Fear over European
countries trying to win back colonies that had gained independence in
the Americas led to new legislation
⩥ Monroe doctrine. Answer: States that the USA would not interfere in
European affairs and that any attempt by european affairs to interfere in
the American would be seen as an act of aggressive and dealt with
accordingly
⩥ Economic growth. Answer: USA experienced enormous industrial
growth in the late 1800s
⩥ Reasons USA was industrial in the late 1800s. Answer: -rich supplies
of raw materials
-expansion of railways
-large scale immigration (provided labor and market)
-protectionism policies (import tariffs proffered us industry from foreign
competition)
