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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