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The Great Rapprochement
The renewed relationship between America and Britain during the late 19th century and through the early 20th century. The Anglo-American cordiality set the groundwork for the foreign policies during WW1. -
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Foreign Policy 1900-1941
In beginning stages of America, Washington Farewell Address warned future generations of issues to occur when relations are established with other countries. Washington warned the U.S. to stay isolationist and not participate in alliances. This policy stayed true until the 1890's when McKinley decided to try America's hand at imperialism and its assertion of culture. In the 1900's, World War 1 caused the US to break tradition and be involved in worldly issues further. -
Roosevelt Corollary
Apart of Teddy Roosevelt's preventive intervention to reassert the Monroe Doctrine. The document helped forbid European countries to be involved in interventions in the Americas. -
Root-Takahira Agreement
During Teddy Roosevelt's presidency, the US have a large flow of Japanese immigrants. Roosevelt appeal to Japan with the Gentleman's Agreement to stop the flow of immigrants. After this the U.S. and Japan came up with the agreement to respect each others territories. -
Dollar Diplomacy
After the election of 1908, William Howard Taft became president. During his presidency he encouraged dollar diplomacy for his foreign policy. Dollar diplomacy is when the U.S. would invest in countries for strategic interests, thus strengthening America's defenses and policies. -
Payne-Aldrich Bill
President Taft placed a tariff. on imported goods.The republican party disagreed with with taxes and were angered when Taft did not lower the tariff -
Fourteen Points Address
As President Wilson was convincing the American people and congress to support WW1, he gave this address to congress. In it he proposed more economic freedom between countries, no secret treaties, and most importantly the League of Nations. The League of Nations would allow for the world powers to create an alliance to prevent further warfare. -
Treaty of Versailles
This treaty ended WW1 at the Paris Peace conference. Negotiated among the Allied powers, Germany's borders were reassigned and Germany was allotted liability for reparations for the war. -
Emergency Quota Act of 1921
This act reflected America's policies to become isolationists as it set the maximum number of immigrants from Europe to be 3% of the amount already in the states. -
Five-Naval Power Treaty
During the Washington Disarmament Conference, this treaty was agreed upon to limit the construction of certain naval ships and ratio limits to the size of a navy a country could have. It also included that the British and American would refrain from fortifying eastern territories. -
Immigration Act of 1924
This act replaced the Quota Act in 1921 by cutting the quota of foreigners from 3% to 2%. Japanese were banned from migrating into the U.S., while Canada and Latin America were exempt from the act because of their close proximity. -
Dawes Plan of 1924
Negotiated by Charles Dawes, it was meant to privately loan Germany money to pay the reparations to the Allies. After Germany payed the Allies, Britain and France could repay the war debts. -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
The secretary of state, Frank B Kellogg signed with the French foreign minister the pact to ratify 62 nations by trying to outlaw war as a solution for conflicts unless the wars were for defensive reasons. -
Stimson Doctrine
As Japan started to forcefully imperialize by invading Manchuria in China, the document is the U.S. telling Japan they would not recognize their newly acquired territories. -
Neutrality Act of 1939
After Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles, Britain and France needed materials from America. This allowed for Europeans to buy American goods as long as they were transported on European ships and paid in cash. Allowed America to avoid loans, war debts, sinking of American ships. -
Lend-Lease Bill
With the pretense that this would allow America to protect itself, the bill allowed America to lease arms to democracies of the world that needed them and them the arms to be returned to America after the war. It was an effort to keep the war away from American soil.
