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Thesis
From 1900 to 1941, the United States's foreign policy experienced great change as the United States shifted from a isolationist nation to a nation of direct involvement and intervention. The rise of communism throughout Europe encouraged the US to intervene in Allied affairs in order to prevent further communist power. -
Roosevelt Corollary
Claimed the right of the United States to intervene in the domestic affairs of Western Hemisphere nations to maintain stability. -
Fourteen Points Address
War aims outlined by President Wilson in 1918, which he believed would promote lasting peace; called for self-determination, freedom of the seas, free trade, end to secret agreements, reduction of arms and a league of nations -
Treaty of Versailles
Outlines the creation of the League of nations, made Germany liable, and required Germans to pay war reparations. Imposed by President Wilson following World War 1. -
Merchant-Marine Act
Authorized the Shipping Board, which controlled about 1500 ships, to dispose of hastily built warships. They were sold at amazingly cheap prices. -
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. -
Four-Power Treaty
US, Britain, France, and Japan treaty that bound those nations to preserve the status quo of the Pacific. -
Five-Power Treaty
Stated that the navies of the US, Britain, and Japan would be a ratio of 5-5-3. The navies of the US, Britain, and Japan would be a ratio of 5-5-3. -
Nine-Power Treaty
Affirmed China's sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity and gave all nations the right to do business with it on equal terms. Reintroduced the concept of the Open Door Policy. -
Dawes Plan
A plan used by the United States to ensure payments of reparations by Germany after World War 1. -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
A treaty renouncing war as an instrument of national policy and urging peaceful means for the settlement of international disputes -
Stimson Doctrine
Declared in a note to Japan and China that the US would not recognize any international territorial changes brought about by force. It was enacted after Japan's military seizure of Manchuria in 1931. -
Neutrality Acts
Prohibited sale of arms to belligerents in a war. Banned loans to belligerents. Citizens could not travel to countries at war or travel on armed ships. Passed to prevent American involvement in future overseas wars., -
The Quarantine Speech
The speech was an act of condemnation of Japan's invasion of China in 1937 and called for Japan to be quarantined. FDR backed off the aggressive stance after criticism, but it showed that he was moving the country slowly out of isolationism. -
Lend-Lease Act
FDR's plan to "loan" supplies to Britain and other Allied nations, because they were not able pay for them during wartime. -
The Atlantic Charter
Pledge signed by US president FDR and British prime minister Winston Churchill not to acquire new territory as a result of WWII and to work for peace after the war.
