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Timeline of American Foreign Policy

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  • 1985 BCE

    The Cold War Ends

    The Cold War Ends
    Relations between the United Sates and the USSR improved remarkably after Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in Moscow in Moscow in 1985
  • 1972 BCE

    Improving Relations

    Improving Relations
    President Richard Nixon flew to Beijing in 1972 to begin a new era in American-Chinese relations.
  • Period: 1969 BCE to 1973 BCE

    The War in Vietnam

    In 1969, President Richard Nixon began what he called the "Vietnamiztion" of the war. Over the next four years, the United States gradually pulled troops out of combat. Finally, two sides reached a cease-fire agreement in early 1973, and United Sates withdrew its last units.
  • 1947 BCE

    The Truman Doctrine

    The Truman Doctrine
    The United States began to counter the aggressive actions of the Soviet Union in the early months of 1947. Both Greece and Turkey were in danger of falling under Soviet control.
  • 1917 BCE

    World At War

    World At War
    Germany's submarine campaign against American shipping in the North Atlantic forced the United States out of its isolationist cocoon in 1917.
  • 1903 BCE

    The Good Neighbor Policy

    The Good Neighbor Policy
    In 1903, Panama revolted and became independent of Colombia, with America's blessing.
  • 1899 BCE

    The Open Door in China

    The Open Door in China
    In 1899, Secretary of State John Hay announced this country's insistence on an Open Door policy in China.
  • 1823 BCE

    The Monroe Doctrine

    The Monroe Doctrine
    James Monroe Gave the policy of isolationism a clearer shape in 1823. In a historic message to Congress, he proclaimed what has been known ever since as the Monroe Doctrine.
  • Period: 1803 BCE to 1819 BCE

    A World Power

    Following its victory in the Revolutionary War, the United States began to expand across the continent almost at once. The Louisiana Purchase in 1803 doubled the nation's size in a single stroke and the Florida Purchase Treaty in 1819 completed its expansion to the south

  • The Middle East

    The Middle East
    The United Nations created Israel as an independent state on May 14, 1948, and the United States recognized the new Jewish state with a matter of minutes.
  • Period: to

    The Korean War

    The Korean War began on June 25, 1950. Communist North Korea (the People's Democratic Republic of Korea) attacked South Korea (the UN-sponsored Republic of Korea). Cease-fire negotiations began in July 1951, but fighting continued until an armistice was signed was signed on July 27, 1953.