Download Washington`s Presidency: Questions

SOCIAL STUDIES 8H
CHAPTER 12 (TCI)
AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
WASHINGTON’S PRESIDENCY:12.2
DIRECTIONS: Use complete sentences to answer the following questions and definitions;
1. Define neutrality:
2. Define isolationism:
3. What foreign dangers did the United States face during Washington’s administration?
4. In his farewell address, Washington recommended that the United States take a neutral, or isolationist stand in
foreign affairs. What were the advantages of Washington’s advice? What are the disadvantages?
5. What role did geography play in Washington’s thinking?
6. Do you think that the United States could live according to Washington’s advice today?