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

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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

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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

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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