Concise History of American Foreign Policy

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Concise History of American Foreign
Policy Independence-World War 2
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Revolutionary War 1)material advantages
2) utopian ideals
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• Goals
• Trade
• Independence (Alliance with France)

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War of 1812

• Territory

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2) Impressments
3) Blockade of France
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-- Treaty Ghent --Battle New Orleans
Andrew Jackson
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Monroe Doctrine 1823- Key to US Foreign Policy
Civil War 1861
Manifest Destiny
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Spanish American War 1898 --Cuba

• Broad Causes
• Manifest Destiny
• 2) Domestic Pressure

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Proximate Causes 3) USS Maine 4) Yellow Press