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Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine restricted European involvement in the Western Hempisphere. -
Big Stick Diplomacy
Teddy Roosevelt's foreign policy that represents his readiness to use military force to intimidate them. This contrasts with the later US foreign policy of peace because it threatens aggression. -
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
The Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, between the US and Britain, allowed the US to build the Panama Canal through Central America without British involvement. -
Roosevelt Corollary
Teddy Roosevelt's foreign policy that stated the US had the right to intervene in Western affairs to prevent European involvement in the Western Hemisphere. This contributed to the idea that the US controlled the Western Hemisphere. -
Gentleman's Agreement
US agreement with Japan in which Japan agreed to limit immigration to America and Roosevelt agreed to end the segregation of Japanese schoolchildren in California. This illustrated America's attempt at maintaining peaceful diplomatic relationships. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
British ship that was sunk by German U-boats, which killed 128 Americans. Provoked the US to join the war. -
US joins WWI
The US stayed neutral during WWI until 1917 when it joined on the Allied side. Wilson decided to join the war for several reasons, including the sinking of Lusitania and the Zimmerman telegram. US involvement in the war represented America's strength. -
Fourteen Points
The Fourteen Points are Wilson's war aims, with which he hopes will promote peace after the war. This contributes to the period of peaceful US foreign policy. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles ended WW1 as a peace treaty that addressed the problems of WW1, which required Germany to dismantle its military and surrender some of its land. -
League of Nations
The League of Nations was contained in Wilson's Fourteen Points as an organization to promote peace and peaceful negotiations. However, American isolationism was made clear when Wilson refused to join the league, which greatly weakened it and made it unsuccessful. Wilson's League of Nations illustrated the continuity of US foreign policy seeking to maintain peaceful diplomatic relations. -
Dawes Plan
Charles Dawes negotiated the Dawes Plan after the first World War to work out the debt repayment issue. It required allowed the US to give loans to Germany, which Germany used to pay its war reparations, which France and Britain used to pay their war debts to the US. Maintains healthy diplomatic relations through foreign policy. -
Good Neighbor Policy
Good Neighbor Policy is American policy towards the Latin Americas that included nonintervention. FDR intended to be a good neighbor by getting involved in more economic affairs and straying from any conflict, especially armed intervention. Shows a slight change in US foreign policy because although it is neighborly, FDR used aggressive threats. -
Kellogg Briand Pact
The Kellogg-Briand Pact was an agreement that outlawed war among the fifteen nations that signed it. Continues US goal of peace through its foreign policy. -
Atlantic Charter
The Atlantic Charter was between the US and Britain in which both agreed not to gain new territory and fight for peace after WW2. Continues peaceful goals of US foreign policy. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was a US program that aided recovery after WW2 in Europe. The US send over $12 billion to Western Europe to aid economic reconstruction. Proves how US foreign policy continued to focus on being a good neighbor and preserving peace.
