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Diplomatic History of Early America: From Neutrality to Imperialism

Explore key events in American diplomacy, from George Washington's Neutrality Proclamation to Roosevelt's Big Stick Diplomacy and the Vietnamization policy under Nixon. Understand the influential treaties, wars, and doctrines that shaped America's foreign relations.

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Diplomatic History of Early America: From Neutrality to Imperialism

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  1. Foreign Policy

  2. Early America • George Washington and the Neutrality Proclamation • Pickney’s Treaty • Washington’s Parting Advice • Jay’s Treaty • Quasi War • XYZ Affair • Louisiana Purchase • Barbary War • War of 1812 • Monroe Doctrine

  3. Crisis in America • Mexican American War • Slidell Mission • Mexican Cession • Gunboat Diplomacy and the Mejii Restoration

  4. Imperialism • Hawaii • Spanish American War- Platt Amendment, Teller Amendment Teddy Roosevelt and the Roosevelt Corollary • Big Stick Diplomacy- Venezuela • Panama Canal • Great White Fleet • William Taft and Dollar Diplomacy- Nicarauga, Santo Domingo • Woodrow Wilson and Moral Diplomacy- Pancho Villa and Mexico (soft power)

  5. WWI • Isolationism • Sinking of the Sussex, Lusitania • Sussex Ultimatum • Zimmermann Telegram • League of Nations/Treaty of Versailles

  6. 1920s • Isolationism “return to Normalcy” • Refusal to join the League of Nations • Washington Disarmament Conference • Kellog Briand Pact • Four, Five and Nine Power Treaties

  7. 1940s • Initial Isolationism • Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1937, 1939 (cash and carry) • Lend Lease Act • Atlantic Charter • Pearl Harbor • End of WWII- Tehran, Potsdam and Yalta Conferences

  8. Post WWII/Cold War • Containment and Note X • Truman Doctrine • Marshall Plan • Radio America • Korean Conflict • NATO and UN • Eisenhower Doctrine and Suez Crisis • Kennedy and Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis (brinkmanship) • LBJ and escalation • Nixon and Vietnamization • Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan- détente

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