US Foreign Policy Historical Review
Foreign Policies: 1789 – 1820 Washington – avoid alliances with European powers 1796 Jefferson – Barbary Pirates 1802 Monroe Doctrine 1820 Isolationist
Foreign Policies: Focus on expansion –Mexican Cession territory –Alaska “Seward’s Folly”
France in Mexico 1864 Overseas trade expands –Open Door Policy - China Great White Fleet sails around the world –Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan –Need for overseas bases –Focus on both Pacific and Atlantic
Roosevelt’s Big Stick Policy Roosevelt’s Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine Russo-Japanese War Arbitration Hemisphere policeman
Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy Secretary of State Knox, businessman South America - Honduras and Nicaragua (1912) Chinese Railroads
Wilson’s Moral Diplomacy Poncho Villa and Mexico Joined the Allies vs. the Central Powers 14 Points of Peace Peace without Victory League of Nations