Studied by 0 peopleWhy did the US seek to expand its economic, military, political, and cultural influence in the second half of the 19th century?
economic-wanted to expand to new markets to sell and gain new resources
military- creating stronger naval forces/growing military
political-increased sense of nationalism/jingoism, Turner thesis (manifest destiny)
cultural-white man's burden (kipling), social darwinism (spencer)
To what extent was the age of American imperialism a departure from previous foreign policy
originally, the US had a foreign policy of complete isolationism but due to new economic opportunities in other countries, the US becomes more involved in other countries stepping away from isolationism.
In what ways was the Spanish-American War emblematic of American foreign policy in the late 1800s?
When the US entered the Spanish American war, one reason was because the US entered the war based off another county (cuba) wanting independence and that the Spanish had humanitarian issues that the us got involved in
How did Americans debate the US new role in world affair from 1890-1920
-Imperialists vs Anti-imperialists
Why did the US become involved in WWI?
illegal unrestricted german warfare (sinking of lusitania), zimmerman note
How did American visions of the postwar world differ?
-wilson wanted peace (14 point plan) and league of nations and that Germany wasn't solo responsible for ww1
-US wanted to return to isolationism policy so they didn't support treaty of versailles/league of nations
-rest of the world wanted Germany to pay harsh reoperations for damaged caused in ww1
Did American involvement in WWI offer new opportunities or restrict freedom?
-more oppertunities for women to get jobs while men were at war
-restricted freedom of speech during war time (had right to throw people in jail if talked against the war), espionage act
What are similarities and differences between Taft, Roosevelt, and Wilson?
similarities: all progressive presidents
differences:
taft: dollar diplomacy (control country for economic gain)
roosevelt: big stick diplomacy/roosevelt corllary (stronger country can just take over with military force)
-wilson: moral/missionary diplomacy (support nations with similar political styles to the US)
what was woodrow wilson's ideal on foreign policy and what development made him change his mind about isolationism in ww1?
-wanted to stay out of the war as much as possible but wasn't afraid to abandon isolationism if the us had to go to war.
-unrestricted submarine warfare, zimmerman note
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