Foreign Policy to Wilson

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Foreign Policy to Wilson

• Directions
• Print the following three slides, then cut the
  individual items apart. Students place policies
  in chronological order, then match the policies
  with the president and description.

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Example It would probably be a good idea to
place the policies (middle column) in
chronological order first
Start here

• President
• George Washington

• Policy
• Proclamation of Neutrality (1793)

Description U.S. should seek to avoid alliances
and other foreign entanglements
The chart on p. R17-R21 will help you greatly in
this assignment.
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• George Washington
• James Monroe
• William McKinley
• William McKinley
• William McKinley
• William McKinley, T. Roosevelt
• Abraham Lincoln

• Proclamation of Neutrality (1793)
• Monroe Doctrine (1823)
• Open Door Policy (1899)
• Annexation of Hawaii (1898)
• Teller Amendment (1898)
• Platt Amendment (1903)
• Civil War (1861-1865)

U.S. should seek to avoid alliances and other
foreign entanglements U.S. would not
interfere in European affairs, European nations
could not establish new colonies in the
Americas China must be open to trade with all
nations, including the U.S. U.S. gains
possession of the crossroads of the
Pacific U.S. promises not to annex
Cuba Cuban constitution allows U.S. to
intervene militarily in Cuba After the
Emancipation Proclamation was issued, Britain
France were reluctant to support the Confederate
war effort
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• James Madison
• John Adams
• Franklin Pierce
• Andrew Johnson
• William McKinley
• William McKinley

• War of 1812 (1812-1814)
• XYZ Affair (1797)
• Treaty of Kanagawa (1854)
• Alaska Purchase (1867)
• Spanish-American War (1898)
• Treaty of Paris (1898)

U.S. goes to war with Britain over the
impressment of seamen and interference with
shipping Causes the Quasi War, an undeclared
naval war between the U.S. and France Some
Japanese ports open to U.S. merchant
vessels Sewards Folly U.S. frees Cuba
and the Philippines from Spanish rule in this
splendid little war Spain gives up claims on
Cuba U.S. purchases Philippines, Guam and Puerto
Rico from Spain
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• William McKinley, T. Roosevelt
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Theodore Roosevelt
• William H. Taft
• Woodrow Wilson

• Filipino Rebellion (1899-1902)
• Panama Canal (begins in 1904)
• Portsmouth Treaty (1905)
• Roosevelt Corollary (1904, 1905)
• Dollar Diplomacy (1909)
• Moral Diplomacy (1910s)

Emilio Aguinaldos followers fight for
independence from American rule Teddys
Crown cuts the sea route from the mid-Atlantic
to Pacific in half Ends the Russo-Japanese War
keeps China open to trade from all nations wins
T. Roosevelt a Nobel Peace Prize Big Stick
Diplomacy U.S. may act as the policeman of the
Americas U.S. attempts to bring order in Latin
America Asia through investment, often
provoking anti-American sentiment U.S. should be
the conscience of the world, promoting peace
and democracy
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• Woodrow Wilson
• Woodrow Wilson
• Woodrow Wilson
• Woodrow Wilson
• Woodrow Wilson

• Neutrality (1914-1917)
• Sinking of Lusitania Sussex Pledge (1915)
• Zimmerman Note (1917)
• 14 Points (1918)
• Treaty of Versailles, League of Nations (1919)

Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated World War I
breaks out in Europe U.S. decides not to enter
the war German submarines sink passenger ships,
but Germany pledges to warn future ships before
attacks U.S. remains neutral Britain intercepts
top-secret German telegram U.S. declares war on
Germany President Wilsons speech listing ways
to attain lasting post-war peace Henry Cabot
Lodge and other U.S. senators reject the WWI
peace treaty and membership in a world
peacekeeping body because they fear it will
involve the U.S. in future wars