US Foreign Policy Involvment

  • George Washington's Farewell address

    Warned us against being involved in foreign affairs; he said it would only bring trouble for America
  • Alien and Sedition Acts

    These acts made it harder for foreigners to come into the US. If a foreigner spoke against the US they would be sent back to the country they came from.
  • Barbary Pirates

    during Thomas Jefferson's presidentcy, first time America showed the force of its power past its own boundaries.
  • US declared war on Germany

    After claiming to be neutral for years Wilson finally declares war on Germany starting WWI for the US
  • Neutrality Act of 1939

    This neuttrality act is one of the three..this one however is different
    it allowed us to sell weapons if the country could pay
  • The Lend-Lease Act

    The US began to get more involved...this act allowed us to give weapons with the promise that we would be repaid after the war.
  • Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    The Japanese attacked our navy base(pearl harbor). in retailation to the US cutting off their raw materials.
  • US Declares War on Japan, Germany and Italy