Foreign Policy to Wilson

1. Foreign Policy to Wilson Directions Print the following three slides, then cut the individual items apart. Students place policies in chronological order, then match the policies with the president and description.

2. Example It would probably be a good idea to place the policies (middle column) in chronological order first… President George Washington Policy Proclamation of Neutrality (1793) Start here Description U.S. should seek to avoid alliances and other “foreign entanglements” The chart on p. R17-R21 will help you greatly in this assignment.

3. George Washington James Monroe William McKinley William McKinley William McKinley William McKinley, T. Roosevelt Abraham Lincoln Proclamation of Neutrality (1793) Monroe Doctrine (1823) Open Door Policy (1899) Annexation of Hawaii (1898) Teller Amendment (1898) Platt Amendment (1903) Civil War (1861-1865) U.S. should seek to avoid alliances and other “foreign entanglements” U.S. would not interfere in European affairs, European nations could not establish new colonies in the Americas China must be open to trade with all nations, including the U.S. U.S. gains possession of “the crossroads of the Pacific” U.S. promises not to annex Cuba Cuban constitution allows U.S. to intervene militarily in Cuba After the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, Britain &France were reluctant to support the Confederate war effort

4. James Madison John Adams Franklin Pierce Andrew Johnson William McKinley William McKinley War of 1812 (1812-1814) XYZ Affair (1797) Treaty of Kanagawa (1854) Alaska Purchase (1867) Spanish-American War (1898) Treaty of Paris (1898) U.S. goes to war with Britain over the impressment of seamen and interference with shipping Causes the Quasi War, an undeclared naval war between the U.S. and France Some Japanese ports open to U.S. merchant vessels “Seward’s Folly” U.S. “frees” Cuba and the Philippines from Spanish rule in this “splendid little war” Spain gives up claims on Cuba; U.S. purchases Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico from Spain

5. William McKinley, T. Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt William H. Taft Woodrow Wilson Filipino Rebellion (1899-1902) Panama Canal (begins in 1904) Portsmouth Treaty (1905) Roosevelt Corollary (1904, 1905) Dollar Diplomacy (1909) Moral Diplomacy (1910s) Emilio Aguinaldo’s followers fight for independence from American rule “Teddy’s Crown;” cuts the sea route from the mid-Atlantic to Pacific in half Ends the Russo-Japanese War; keeps China open to trade from all nations; wins T. Roosevelt a Nobel Peace Prize “Big Stick Diplomacy;” U.S. may act as the “policeman of the Americas” U.S. attempts to bring order in Latin America & Asia through investment, often provoking anti-American sentiment U.S. should be the “conscience of the world,” promoting peace and democracy

6. Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson Neutrality (1914-1917) Sinking of Lusitania; Sussex Pledge (1915) Zimmerman Note (1917) 14 Points (1918) Treaty of Versailles, League of Nations (1919) Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated; World War I breaks out in Europe; U.S. decides not to enter the war German submarines sink passenger ships, but Germany pledges to warn future ships before attacks; U.S. remains neutral Britain intercepts top-secret German telegram; U.S. declares war on Germany President Wilson’s speech listing ways to attain lasting post-war peace Henry Cabot Lodge and other U.S. senators reject the WWI peace treaty and membership in a world peacekeeping body because they fear it will involve the U.S. in future wars