AICE International History Exam with
Accurate Answers
Conflicts of scramble - ✔✔-treaty of Berlin
-fashoda incident
-Boer Wars
-increased tension between European rivals
aims of berlin conference - ✔✔-to establish rules
-to ensure possessions are respected
-to ensure that vital transport routes (such as the Congo and Niger rivers) remained open to all.
-abolish slavery
Fashoda incident - ✔✔- rivalry between Britain and France over Sudan.
-proved that neither Britain or France were prepared To war over African territory
-safety no risk of war
Boer Wars - ✔✔-disputed over ownership of the Transvaal and orange free state, problems
faced by Britain in defeating boers
-isolated (ended isolation)
-damaged Anglo-German relations
Three territories US gained as a result of war - ✔✔-Philippians
-Guam
-Puerto Rico
-Cuba (Platt Amendment)
, Protectionism - ✔✔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 - ✔✔-economic downturn of
1893
-sinking of ships (USS Maine, Lusitania, Aztec)
Issue usa was dealing with in 1800s that led to isolationist foreign policy - ✔✔-westward
expansion (manifest destiny)
-American civil war 1861-65
President candidates in 1900 election - ✔✔-William mckinley: imperialist (wonJ
-William Jennings Bryant: anti-imperialist
Why was there an economic downturn in 1893 in USA - ✔✔Over reliance on domestic markets
How was economic downturn tried to be fixed / what did they need to do - ✔✔-Sell more
goods abroad
-European nations practiced protectionism
-need for overseas bases and strong navy
-needed access to Chinese Marks's
Why was it important for the USA to develop a strong navy and acquire over seas based in the
late 1800s and early 1900s - ✔✔To protect us interest and merchant ships
Monroe doctrine - ✔✔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
Accurate Answers
Conflicts of scramble - ✔✔-treaty of Berlin
-fashoda incident
-Boer Wars
-increased tension between European rivals
aims of berlin conference - ✔✔-to establish rules
-to ensure possessions are respected
-to ensure that vital transport routes (such as the Congo and Niger rivers) remained open to all.
-abolish slavery
Fashoda incident - ✔✔- rivalry between Britain and France over Sudan.
-proved that neither Britain or France were prepared To war over African territory
-safety no risk of war
Boer Wars - ✔✔-disputed over ownership of the Transvaal and orange free state, problems
faced by Britain in defeating boers
-isolated (ended isolation)
-damaged Anglo-German relations
Three territories US gained as a result of war - ✔✔-Philippians
-Guam
-Puerto Rico
-Cuba (Platt Amendment)
, Protectionism - ✔✔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 - ✔✔-economic downturn of
1893
-sinking of ships (USS Maine, Lusitania, Aztec)
Issue usa was dealing with in 1800s that led to isolationist foreign policy - ✔✔-westward
expansion (manifest destiny)
-American civil war 1861-65
President candidates in 1900 election - ✔✔-William mckinley: imperialist (wonJ
-William Jennings Bryant: anti-imperialist
Why was there an economic downturn in 1893 in USA - ✔✔Over reliance on domestic markets
How was economic downturn tried to be fixed / what did they need to do - ✔✔-Sell more
goods abroad
-European nations practiced protectionism
-need for overseas bases and strong navy
-needed access to Chinese Marks's
Why was it important for the USA to develop a strong navy and acquire over seas based in the
late 1800s and early 1900s - ✔✔To protect us interest and merchant ships
Monroe doctrine - ✔✔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
