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1890-1945
Foreign Policy - Coggle Diagram
1890-1945
Foreign Policy
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World War I (1914-1919)
American neutrality
- but clear support for Allies
- economic links to UK and France
Moving towards war
Zimmerman Telegram
- Reason for US joining the war
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Unrestricted submarine warfare
Lusitiania
- British passenger boat sunk
- 100 Americans killed
- later found to be carrying weapons for the allies
Wilson’s idealism
- Defending democratic principles
- “Peace without victory”
- “Making the world safe for democracy”
Winning the War
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Opposition at home
- Henry Cabot Lodge
- Irreconcilables
- Lodge Reservations
American Public against war
- Espionage and Sedition Acts
World War II
US Entry to WWII
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FDR’s preparation for war
- Cash and Carry (1939)
- Arsenal of Democracy (December 1940) --> Justification for militarism
- Lend Lease (March 1941)
Atlantic Charter (August 1941) --> US and UK on winning wwII
Attack on Pearl Harbor
- December 7, 1941
- Reason for entering the war
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Mobilizing for WWII
Military mobilization
- Selective service
- WAC and WAVES
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Big Three
- Stalin
- Churchill
- Roosevelt
European Theater
- Russia opens a second front
- D-day --> US and British troops
Pacific Theater
- Island Hopping
- Fire bombing
- Two Atomic Bombs
Manhattan Project
- Developing the Atomic Bombs
Wartime Conferences
- Tehran
- Yalta
- Potsdam
- Once Roosevelt died tension between the big three grew
- Especially because Stalin was a Communist
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Post WWI Isolationism
International agreements
- Washington Naval Conference-->control size of militaries
- Kellogg-Briand Pact--> signed by many countries
- No way to enforce --> failures
Continued foreign investment
- Limited military action in Latin America
Isolationist foreign policy
- Stimson Doctrine (1932)
- Neutrality Acts
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