“The necessities of our altered relationship to the Pacific Ocean [after the late 1840s] found expression in a comprehensive tre
aty of friendship, commerce, and navigation with the sovereign kingdom of Hawaii. . . . “[The line] from San Francisco to Honolulu [in Hawaii] marks the natural limit of the ocean belt within which our trade with [eastern Asia] must flow. . . . When we survey the stupendous progress made by the western coast during the thirty years of its national life as a part of our dominion, . . . it is not easy to set a limit to its commercial activity or foresee a check to its maritime supremacy in the waters of [eastern Asia], so long as those waters afford, as now, a free and neutral scope for our peaceful trade. . . .
“[The United States] firmly believes that the position of the Hawaiian Islands as the key to the dominion of the American Pacific demands their neutrality, to which end it will earnestly cooperate with the native government. And if, through any cause, the maintenance of such a position of neutrality should be found by Hawaii to be impracticable, this government would then unhesitatingly meet the altered situation by seeking an avowedly American solution for the grave issues presented.”
Secretary of State James G. Blaine, letter to James M. Comly, United States ambassador to Hawaii, 1881
The foreign policy ideas in the excerpt are best explained by which of the following nineteenth-century developments?
A response to changing immigration patterns
A response to changing immigration patterns
A
An attempt to end Reconstruction policies
An attempt to end Reconstruction policies
B
A reaction to expanding United States economic activity
A reaction to expanding United States economic activity
C
An effort to enact political reforms in urban areas
C) A reaction to expanding United States economic activity
Explanation:
The excerpt reflects an impact on United States diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Hawaii in response to expanding United States economic interests across the Pacific and in East Asia in the late nineteenth century. Also just finished the test :)
They no longer traded with anyone, and sought to become self sufficient. This led to the Opium Wars, and after the war Britain made China open its ports to western ships AND they got Hong Kong.
(1) The United States wouldn't interfere in the internal affairs of or the wars between European powers; (2) The United States wouldn't interfere with existing colonies and dependencies in the Western Hemisphere; (3) The Western Hemisphere was closed to future colonization; (4) Any attempt by a European power to oppress or control any nation in the Western Hemisphere would be viewed as a hostile act against the United States.
The yellow press was when the press used <u>BOLD EYE-CATCHING HEADLINES </u>while providing little to no info. This was to increase sales and in my opinion scam the public.
