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Open Door Policy
With backing from Great Britain, the Open Door Policy was announced so that all nations could gain access to the China market on equal terms. -
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Dollar Diplomacy
the use of American investments to boost American political interests abroad. This approach to foreign-policy was a derogatory term used by Taft's critics. The almighty dollar thereby supplanted the big stick of Roosevelt. -
Panama Canal Tolls Act
Let American Shippers not pay tolls for using the canals. President Wilson was anit-imperialist, and didn't care or the aggressive policy. -
Isolationism
The U.S. practiced isolationism throughout the beginning of the 20th century. -
Jones Act
Granted the Philippines territorial status and promised independence as soon as a stable government was established. -
Emergency Quota Act
Newcomers from Europe were restricted at any year to a quota, which was set at 3% of the people of their nationality who lived in the U.S. in 1910. -
Washington Naval Conference
A conference hosted by the US which was called for US and British defortification of Far East possessions (though Japan could fortify all it wanted). It also called for general naval disarmament. -
Immigration Act of 1924
Cut quotas for foreigners from 3 % to 2% of the total number of immigrants. Prevented Japanese immigration which led to fury in Japan. -
National Origins Act
Congress passed a discriminatory immigration law that restricted the immigration of Southern and Eastern Europeans and practically excluded Asians and other nonwhites from entry into the United States. -
Dawes Plan
A plan to revive the German economy, the United States loans Germany money which then can pay reparations to England and France, who can then pay back their loans from the U.S. -
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Raised tariffs to an unprecedented level and worsened the depression by raising prices and discouraging foreign trade. -
Stimson Doctrine
Foreign policy that stated that the U.S. would not formally recognize any territories that were seized by force. -
Good Neighbor Policy
FDR's foreign policy of promoting better relations with Latin America by using economic influence rather than military force in the region. -
Neutrality Acts
The acts stated that when the president proclaimed the existence of a foreign war, certain restrictions would automatically go into effect. -
Lend-Lease Act
A sum of $50 billion was appropriated by Congress for Lend-Lease. The money went to 38 different countries with Britain receiving over $31 billion. Over the next few years the British government repaid $650 million of this sum.
