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Washington's Farewell Address
Washington’s Farewell Address in 1796 stressed American independence and political isolation from other nations, and it inspired later presidents, who defended or went against this belief. -
Monroe Doctrine
President Monroe's foreign policy statement to European countries that the era of colonization in the U.S. was over; nonintervention and noncolonization reflected early American refusal to become involved in global affairs.. -
"Big Sister" Policy
An extension to the Monroe Doctrine by Secretary of State James G. Blaine, attempting to gain Latin American support for U.S. trade in their markets; supported Washington's Farewell Address by establishing commercial, not political ties abroad. -
Annexation of Hawaii
Congress finally decided to annex Hawaii upon pressure from U.S. business men, who saw great profits from the islands' sugar and proximity to Asian markets; went against early American foreign policy by interfering with the established Hawaiian government by overthrowing Queen Liliuokalani. -
Teller Amendment
After declaring war on Spain, Congress stated that when American forces defeated Spain, Cuba would be freed; this was an early instance of the era of American imperialism in the Caribbean. -
Spanish American War
The United States went to war with Spain, justified by Spanish misrule in Asia and the Caribbean. The U.S. won, and as a result acquired Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. These territories were not annexed as states, going against the Monroe Doctrine component of noncolonization. -
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Period 7
Evaluate the extent to which the United States' foreign policy fostered change politically and diplomatically from 1900 to 1941. -
Platt Amendment
The United States declared Cuba free in 1902, but first passed the Platt Amendment, to secure their profits and benefit in Cuban markets. It stated that the U.S. could intervene in Cuba when it saw fit and restricted Cuba from trade with other nations. A sharp contrast from the early foreign policy claims of nonintervention. -
Roosevelt Corollary
TR's extension to the Monroe Doctrine that the United States would intervene in Latin America and provide economic aid to keep European forces out. This was another instance of later presidents contradicting and manipulating the Monroe Doctrine as they saw fit. -
Dollar Diplomacy
President Taft's foreign policy that encouraged American bankers to invest in foreign countries to expand American political and economic influence. This tactic contradicted past nonintervention policies to obtain diplomatic hold abroad with the guise of commercial interests. -
Fourteen Points Address
President Wilson's statement to Congress upon entering World War I. He assured that the U.S. was entering the war as a moral leader for the Allies and called for post-war peace in Europe. This instance also sharply contrasted Washington's Farewell Address, from which many presidents were inspired. -
Emergency Quota Acts
The Emergency Quota Acts of 1921 and 1924 placed a strict restraint on immigration, notably from Southern Europe for the first time in its history. This was the beginning of America's shift back to traditional isolationism after the war. -
London Economic Conference
66 nations sent delegates to this Conference in an effort to discuss solutions to the massive global depression. FDR refused to go because he felt it would interfere with his own plans to revive the American economy. -
Tydings-McDuffie Act
This act guaranteed independence to the Philippines by 1946, further emphasizing the United States point of distancing themselves from the rest of the world, especially with the prospect of another war rising. -
Neutrality Act
After World War II had officially begun, this act kept the U.S. out of war but it enabled European democracies to buy war supplies from them; an instance of the United States establishing only commercial, not diplomatic, ties abroad. -
Lend-Lease Bill
It enabled the U.S. to lend arms to democratic countries that needed them. America feared the collapse of Britain, but they justified involvement by stating that it was to defend the United States.
