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US Foreign Policies and Wars from 1890-1945
The US Foreign policies and wars from 1890-1945 that include: key events, people, treaties, policies, battles, etc. This time period in history is when the United States really began to progress into a worldwide power. For one they increased the amount of international trade. Also, they became very powerful from the two world wars. The reason for this is that the United States wasn't where the wars took place and thus didn't suffer from war damage like Europe. -
Hay-Pauncefote Agreement
The Hay-Pauncefote Agreement was a treaty signed between the United States and Great Britain. This treaty had a couple regulations that the US and Great Britain had to follow. For one, Britain would give up its treaty rights to participate in any Central American canal project. Also, it divided up British Columbia and Alaska. Also, it nullified the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty of 1850 and gave the US the right to create and control a canal across the Central American isthmus. -
Roosevelt Corollary
The Roosevelt Corollary was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union address in 1904. This was created after the Venezuela Crisis of 1902-1903. The Roosevelt Corollary stated that the United States could be involved in conflicts between Europe and Latin America. The United States' plan was that they would enforce the claims of European powers in Latin America, rather than European countries dealing with it themselves. -
Zimmermann Telegram
The Zimmerman Telegram was a note that Germany sent to Mexico convincing Mexico to side with Germany, and in return would give the territories of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona back to Mexico. British intelligence was responsible for finding this document and figuring out its meaning. This caused the US to gain anti-German feelings as this made many Americans feel threatened and angered at Germany. Mexico ended up not giving into this because they figured it wasn't affordable and realistic. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the many peace treaties signed at the end of World War I. This treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. The signing of this treaty is what officially ended World War I. The Germans had no participation in the writing of this treaty and this treaty is what forced Germany to pay huge war reparations. America was glad that the war had finally ended. Despite only being in the war for a couple of years, over 100,000 died. -
Black Tuesday
Black Tuesday was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States. The crash was a sign of the 10-year Great Depression that affected all Western industrialized countries. The results were catastrophic. In just four days, the stock market dropped by 25%. On the day when stock prices hit their lowest point in 1929, November 13, over $100 billion had disappeared from the American economy. Black Tuesday was a result of people getting into large amounts of debt. -
Good Neighboor Policy
The Good Neighbor Policy was Franklin Delano Roosevelt's foreign policy, regarding the United States' administration over Cuba. The main idea that this policy greatly emphasized was that the United States should not intervene or be involved in Latin American affairs. Also, this policy reinforced the idea that the US should act as a "good neighbor", meaning that they should be involved in reciprocal exchanges with Latin American countries. -
Lend-Lease Act
The Lend-Lease Act was a program where the United States supplied Free France, Great Britain, the Republic of China, and later the USSR and other Allied nations with food, oil, and material between 1941 and August 1945. In other words it was a way for US military to aid foreign nations during World War II. This act permitted the US to support the war without being greatly involved in battle. However, some people in the US opposed this because it went against the idea of isolationism. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise attack of the US naval base Pearl Harbor by the Imperial Japanese Navy. This attack is what caused the United States to join the "Allied Powers" in World War II. In this attack more than 2,000 American soldiers and sailors died, and another 1,000 were wounded. The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor because they were upset that President Franklin Roosevelt had froze Japanese assets in the US and because the US instituted an embargo on all trade with Japan. -
Victory in Europe Day
Victory in Europe Day was a celebration to mark the official surrender of Nazi Germany. This in turn meant that World War II in Europe was over. After Germany surrendered, celebrations erupted throughout the entire world. In the United States, this victory happened on President Harry Truman's 61st birthday. -
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasakj
World War II had concluded in Europe when Nazi Germany surrendered on May 8, 1945. However, the Japanese refused to surrender and as a result the Pacific War dragged on. President Harry Truman decided that he would rather drop two atomic bombs and force them to surrender quickly, rather than drag the war on for another year or two. These bombings caused the deaths of thousands of Japanese people and many died from the radiation and chemicals of the bomb. Japan surrendered on 15 August 1945.
