Answer/explanation: China became communist. Leading the US to cut ties with them. Vietnam and Korea were split along a parallel, which divided the communist north and the democratic south
The historical precedence of isolationism as a form of government policy began in during the time of the Revolutionary War, the latter part of the 18th century, due to the fact that the colonies respected the ideals of autonomy and self-reliance. The colonists had revolted against Britain to attain their independence and through their sufferings as colony, recognized that Britain's imperialism and the idea of imperialism was something to be avoided. Thus began the government policy of isolationism, or attempting to minimize international relations unless for clear purpose of trade that would not expose the government to more responsibility or difficulty like an imperial power.
However, this policy could not last, as the increase in technology in transportation and communication continued to make the world a smaller place with diplomatic relations and commercial interests increasing on a global scale. Some of these ideas of technology include the innovation of the telegraph and improved sailing technology to better and more safely transport people and goods across the oceans.
One of the most dramatic shifts in the this policy of isolationism to expansionism occurred at the end of the 19th century with places like Hawaii and Cuba. Due to the location of Hawaii it was much more likely to be influenced by China and indeed in the agricultural industries which flourished in Hawaii, attracted significant numbers of Asian workers, including many Chinese. So at the end of the century the U.S. saw that it would be beneficial to maintain some improved relations with Hawaii as a strategic gateway to Asia via the Pacific routes and therefore moved ahead with normalizing relations with Hawaii and designating it a form of protectorate in order to maintain the business relations that had been developed there.
Cuba along with several other Latin American countries/colonies, on the other hand, were becoming more and more influenced by the Spanish. The U.S. government did not like another strong foreign imperialist country beign so close to the U.S. homeland. In 1898, the U.S. worked to secure independence for Cuba and other nations.
So the interest in these places came about in order to protect U.S. interests in business and government. The U.S. tried to maintain policies of isolationism into the 20th century, but business and diplomatic relationships along with the two World Wars would forever change this and eventually result in the U.S.'s status as world superpower/leader/imperialist.
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Explanation:
Europe outlawed the slave trade
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Absolute advantage: The ability to produce more cheaply.
Comparative advantage: The existence of lower opportunity costs than competitors.
Specialization: The performance of a particular task within an economic system.
Protectionism: The existence of barriers to free-flowing trade.
Explanation:
The four terms that are defined above have to do with trade and the economic theories behind the different trade policies that countries employ. Protectionism is employed when countries want to avoid trade with outside countries and to lower competition with outside countries. Therefore, a country may impose tariffs that make importing goods very expensive. A country will have an absolute advantage in a product if they can make it much cheaper than another country. For example, timber products in Canada will cost less because they have an abundance of forests compared to other countries. A country may have an absolute advantage in one industry but that still may not be its comparative advantage. The country will have to weigh the trading opportunity costs are. Say that one country has no farmland but it has lots of oil. The other country has farmland and oil, but is willing to forgo trading oil in order to trade food for oil with the other country because the opportunity costs for forgoing oil are lower. Now the second country has a comparative advantage in food and the first country has a comparative advantage in oil. David Ricardo believed that comparative advantage would lead to specialization as in countries would specialize in the products they have a comparative advantage in.
