United States Foreign Policy

1. United States Foreign Policy

3. Unit 6: United States Foreign Policy, 1920s, Great Depression, and the New DealPhiladelphia Press. Ten Thousand Miles from Tip to Tip. 1898.Use your Primary Source Analysis Guide for Cartoons.

4. Unit 6: United States Foreign Policy, 1920s, Great Depression, and the New DealZimmerman, Arthur. Telegram. 1917Use your Primary Source Analysis Guide for Documents. On the first of February, we intend to begin unrestricted submarine warfare. In spite of this, it is our intention to endeavor to keep the United States of America neutral. In the event of this not succeeding, we propose an alliance on the following basis with Mexico: That we shall make war together and make peace together. We shall give generous financial support, and an understanding on our part that Mexico is to reconquer the lost territory in New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona. The details of settlement are left to you.

5. What is Foreign Policy? How a country deals with other countries

6. Isolationism Why did the United States follow a policy of Isolationism in the 1800s? • The first foreign policy in the United States (Monroe Doctrine) • When a country doesn’t get involved in the affairs of other countries

7. Industrialization and Isolationism After the U.S. Civil War, Cyrus Field attempted to create a transatlantic telegraph cable under the Bering Strait The Bering Strait

8. 1867: Alaska • Secretary of State William Seward negotiated the sale of AK • $7,200,000 or 2¢ per acre • “Russian America” • “Seward’s Folly”

9. Imperialism • When a country tries to dominate another country • Some European countries practiced imperialism in the 1800s by taking over the governments of other countries. Political Power (Territory, Natural Resources) Imperialistic Country

10. Was the United States Imperialistic?

11. Hawaiian Benevolence • 1830s: Britain and France forced Hawaii to extend “privileges” • 1842: U.S. reaffirmed that European colonization was not welcome in the Americas • 1849: Treaty of friendship between the U.S. and Hawaii • 1875: U.S. Sugar producers moved into Hawaii Hawaiian Sugar Plantation

12. Hawaiian Aggression • 1893: U.S. deposed Queen Liliuokalani (fear of high sugar tariffs) • Samuel Dole and sailors from the USS Boston surrounded the palace

13. Hawaiian Controversy President Grover Cleveland opposed the takeover and tried to restore the Queen. “I am ashamed of the whole affair.” President Benjamin Harrison encouraged the coup. President William McKinley annexed Hawaii in 1898, aroused by nationalism spurred from the Spanish-American War.

14. 1898: Spanish-American War Guam The Philippines Puerto Rico • The United States fought for Cuban Independence from Spain. • At the end of the war, the United States acquired protectorates:

15. Dollar Diplomacy • President Taft’s plan • Encouraged United States citizens to invest in Latin America • He promised that the United States would step in if unrest threatened their investments.

16. China in the 1800s • Early 1800s: Opium Wars • Not recognized as a sovereign nation by European countries • Sphere of influence: Area where a foreign nation has greater political power than a host nation

17. The Open Door Policy • Secretary of State John Hay proposed a policy that would give all nations equal trading rights in China. • This policy would give imperial nations EQUAL FOOTING and prevent China from being carved up.

18. China’s Humiliation • NO NATION FORMALLY AGREED TO THE OPEN DOOR POLICY…BUT • Hay announced the agreement to the Policy. • U.S. investment interests were PROTECTED.

19. The Boxer Rebellion • The “Boxers” (Chinese native martial artists) rebelled against Imperial Powers. • China paid $300 million in reparations. • The U.S. used part of its share to fund scholarships to Chinese students.

20. Global Economy Growth in international trade occurred from the late 1800s to World War I—the first era of a true “global economy.”

21. Imperialism • John Green