American Foreign Policy Four Schools
Jeffersonian School Third American president ( ) Declaration of Independence pure frontier democracy avoid entangling alliances Thomas Jefferson
Hamiltonian School First Secretary of the Treasury raised funds to win Revolutionary War wanted US capital to be New York City wanted to create a Bank of America wanted USA to trade with Britain Alexander Hamilton
Jacksonian School Seventh American president ( ) war hero (War of 1812) first non-aristocratic president popular democracy created modern Democratic Party Andrew Jackson
Wilsonian School 28th American president ( ) US war aims: make world safe for democracy famous 14 points League of Nations Woodrow Wilson