The USA on the world stage by Simen Gjerdevik https://padlet.com/simengjerdevik/terms Key concepts en-us 2018-08-14 11:00:09 UTC 2023-10-24 06:02:55 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f9d0.png Americanization simengjerdevik https://padlet.com/simengjerdevik/terms/wish/433440104 Maria
Americanization is the influence of American culture and business on other countries outside the USA, including their media, cuisine, business practices, popular culture, technology or political techniques.]]> 2020-01-19 19:38:45 UTC https://padlet.com/simengjerdevik/terms/wish/433440104 The Cold War simengjerdevik https://padlet.com/simengjerdevik/terms/wish/433440137 Kenan

The Cold War was an ongoing political rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies that developed after World War II. In late 1991 the Soviet Union itself dissolved into its component republics.

]]> 2020-01-19 19:38:57 UTC https://padlet.com/simengjerdevik/terms/wish/433440137 Containment policy simengjerdevik https://padlet.com/simengjerdevik/terms/wish/433440163 Sander
The Containment policy, formulated by U.S. diplomat George F. Kennan in 1947 during the early years of the Cold War. The aim was to prevent the spread of communism, particularly Soviet influence, by containing it within its existing boundaries rather than directly confronting it militarily. This strategy involved providing economic and military support to non-communist countries and establishing alliances, such as NATO, for further expansion. ]]> 2020-01-19 19:39:08 UTC https://padlet.com/simengjerdevik/terms/wish/433440163 Interventionism simengjerdevik https://padlet.com/simengjerdevik/terms/wish/433440255 Stine

 A government policy or practice of doing things to directly influence the country's economy or the political affairs of another country.  Interventionism is characterized by the use or threat of force or coercion to alter a political or cultural situation nominally outside the intervenor’s moral or political jurisdiction. 

Example: A country may invade or threaten to invade another in order to overthrow an oppressive regime or to force the other to change its politics. The U.S. has shown many interventionist tendenceies after WWII.]]> 2020-01-19 19:39:50 UTC https://padlet.com/simengjerdevik/terms/wish/433440255 Isolationism simengjerdevik https://padlet.com/simengjerdevik/terms/wish/433440271 Johanna
A policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries. This was the dominant principle in U.S. foreign affairs, arguably until the end of WWII, when the U.S. adopted an interventionist strategy.]]> 2020-01-19 19:40:01 UTC https://padlet.com/simengjerdevik/terms/wish/433440271 Hard Power simengjerdevik https://padlet.com/simengjerdevik/terms/wish/433440288 Martin

  • Hard power is the method by which nations exert their power through force.
  • Traditional hard power is a way to show dominance.
  • Military and economic power are examples of hard power.
]]> 2020-01-19 19:40:09 UTC https://padlet.com/simengjerdevik/terms/wish/433440288 Soft Power simengjerdevik https://padlet.com/simengjerdevik/terms/wish/433440310 Lovise

Soft power refers to a nation's ability to influence others through non-coercive means, such as culture, values, and ideology, rather than through military force or economic coercion.]]> 2020-01-19 19:40:19 UTC https://padlet.com/simengjerdevik/terms/wish/433440310 Manifest destiny simengjerdevik https://padlet.com/simengjerdevik/terms/wish/2748646818 Kristoffer 

Manifest Destiny was the idea that white Americans were divinely ordained to settle the entire continent of North America. The ideology of Manifest Destiny inspired a variety of measures designed to remove or destroy the native population.]]> 2023-10-16 11:43:02 UTC https://padlet.com/simengjerdevik/terms/wish/2748646818 Internationalism simengjerdevik https://padlet.com/simengjerdevik/terms/wish/2748648162 Konrad: 
Internationalism is the idea of embracing cooperation among states - this includes political, economic, and even cultural cooperation. This unification is founded on adopting shared aims, values and a desire for a common good. 

The U.S. has been dominated by internationalism after WWII, with the creation of NATO, the UN and participation in several environmental agreements. 

The U.S.' internationalist principle depends on who sits in power. Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from several international agreements, and Joe Biden re-joined.

]]> 2023-10-16 11:44:04 UTC https://padlet.com/simengjerdevik/terms/wish/2748648162 War on Terror simengjerdevik https://padlet.com/simengjerdevik/terms/wish/2748657561 The war on terror, officially the Global War on Terrorism, is a global counterterrorism military campaign initiated by the United States following the September 11 attacks and is also the most recent global conflict spanning multiple wars. Most prominent are the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Gasim]]> 2023-10-16 11:51:40 UTC https://padlet.com/simengjerdevik/terms/wish/2748657561 Dollar diplomacy simengjerdevik https://padlet.com/simengjerdevik/terms/wish/2748659361 Erlend, G 
The use of a country's financial power to extend its international influence. Much used by President Howard W. Taft (1909-13) in Latin America.


]]> 2023-10-16 11:52:59 UTC https://padlet.com/simengjerdevik/terms/wish/2748659361 The New Deal simengjerdevik https://padlet.com/simengjerdevik/terms/wish/2748660052 Adrian

The New Deal was a set of reforms and regulations established and set into action by Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s. The reason for this large enactment of policies was due to the great depression, which hit the U.S in 1929. 
Examples of these programs were organizations to safeguard the banks and provide aid to both the elderly and the poor. ]]> 2023-10-16 11:53:33 UTC https://padlet.com/simengjerdevik/terms/wish/2748660052 The Great Depression simengjerdevik https://padlet.com/simengjerdevik/terms/wish/2748661762 Ada The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in US history. It began in 1929 and did not abate until the end of the 1930s. The stock market crash of October 1929 signaled the beginning of the Great Depression]]> 2023-10-16 11:55:02 UTC https://padlet.com/simengjerdevik/terms/wish/2748661762 The Louisiana Purchase simengjerdevik https://padlet.com/simengjerdevik/terms/wish/2748663693 Sarah

The Louisiana Purchase was the purchase of imperial rights to the western half of the Mississippi River basin from France by the United States in 1803. The deal granted the United States the sole authority to obtain the land from its indigenous inhabitants, either by contract or by conquest.

The price was $15 million, which could be called a bargain.]]> 2023-10-16 11:56:26 UTC https://padlet.com/simengjerdevik/terms/wish/2748663693 Mexican-American War simengjerdevik https://padlet.com/simengjerdevik/terms/wish/2748681331 Vebjørn

The Mexican-American War was primarily about a territorial dispute between the United States and Mexico. Tensions escalated, leading to a series of military engagements and eventually a full-scale war in 1846. The war concluded in 1848 and mexico lost a large portion of its territory to the United States.
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