US Foreign PolicyHistorical Review

1789 - 1900

Foreign Policies: 1789 – 1820

• Washington – avoid alliances with European powers 1796

• Jefferson – Barbary Pirates 1802• Monroe Doctrine 1820• Isolationist

Foreign Policies: 1821-1890• 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