American Foreign Policy

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  • American Revolutionary

    American Revolutionary
    The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies won independence from Great Britain, becoming the United States of America. They defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War in alliance with France and others.

  • George Washington's Farewell Adress

    George Washington's Farewell Adress
    In his Farewell Adress in 1796, George Washington declared the "one true policy" urging the US government to steer clear of forming any alliances with the foreign world which begin marked the beginning of American isolationism.
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    Isolationism

    Enter For nearly 150 years U.S. foreign relations were based on isolationism, as U.S. leaders refused to get widely involved in foreign affairs. • From the 1940s on, the United States has played a major role in world affairs.

  • Monroe Doctrine

    Monroe Doctrine
    In 1823, President Monroe issued the Monroe Doctrine, warning European powers to stay out of the affairs of North and South America.

  • Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.

    Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.
    Since the 1900s, under the Theodore Roosevelt administration, the US began to police South America and stopped revolutions in many small Latin American countries. Latin America soon realized that this was for US's own interest. This came to be known as the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.

  • United States enter WWI

    United States enter WWI
    Germany's submarine campaign against the American shipping in the North Atlantic forced the US out of its isolation cocoon in 1917. The US entered World War I

  • The Good Neighbor Policy

    The Good Neighbor Policy
    In the 1930s President Franklin Roosevelt pursued the Good Neighbor Policy, reducing U.S. military and political involvement.

  • WWII

    WWII
    The Pearl Harbor attack by the Japanese officially ended the United States' historic commitment to isolationism. The US joined the AIlies, and became directly involved with WWII. This marked the beginning of Internationalis.
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    Internationalism

    From the 1940s on, the United States has played a major role in world affairs. – Today America’s national security can be endangered by terrorism and foreign conflicts. – Additionally, the U.S. economy is now tied to the global economy

  • Lead founder of the UN

    Lead founder of the UN
    Following WWII, the US and most of the rest of war-weary world looked to the principle of collective security. To that end, the US took the leads in creating the United Nations in 1945.

  • The Truman Doctrine

    The Truman Doctrine
    The US began to counter the aggressive actions of the Soviet Union in the early months of 1947. At President Harry Truman's urgent request, Congress approved a massive program of economic and military aid to Greece and Turkey who were in danger of falling under Soviet control. This became This came to be known as the Truman Doctrine which soon became part of a broader American plan for dealing with the Soviet
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    Cold War

    The Cold War began after WW II as the United States and the USSR confronted each other in Europe and elsewhere. – The Soviet Union occupied Eastern Europe and set up communist regimes.

  • Conflict in middle east and central Asia

    Conflict in middle east and central Asia
    In response to the terrorist attacks, US and NATO allies toppled the Taliban regime and many US troops were kept in Afghanistan. The US continues to face terrorist threats and attacks from Muslim countries, this marked the beginning of war on terror.