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Title: US Foreign Policy 1890 - 1917


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US Foreign Policy 1890 - 1917
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Important Basics
  • Manifest Destiny
  • Monroe Doctrine
  • Open Door Policy

3
Spanish American War
  • Monroe Doctrine (1823)
  • 1898 McGinley administration humbled the Spanish
  • Puerto Rico Annexed
  • Cuba became a protectorate
  • Repeated interventions in the US Lake

4
Pacific Expansion
  • The Pacific ocean is considered in two ways
  • Open door - Asia
  • Naval expeditions to Japan and Korea
  • Washington demanded voice in economic and
    political future of China
  • 1900 Troops sent to Northern China to restore
    order

5
First steps in Europe
  • Seizure of colonies makes US look similar to
    Imperial Europe
  • Began to become entangled in European alliances
    and rivalries
  • 1905 Theodore Roosevelt offers to mediate
    between France and Germany in dispute over
    Morocco
  • Then offers to mediate in Russo-Japanese
    conflict.
  • Begins to create common thoughts with Britain
  • Begins to create tensions with Germany
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