American Foreign Policy

Commander in Chief is the President

Head of State...what is their job? Anyone??

Congress has the power to declare war

Who has the power to ratify treaties?

Washington's Farewell Address states:

The United States should avoid alliances.

Pushes neutrality

Monroe Doctrine:

declares US control over the Western Hemisphere

Declares we will not interfere with European affairs as long as there is no attempt to colonize

in any location in the Western Hemisphere

Spanish American War

Cuba rebels against Spanish government

US enters because:

USS Maine was sunk/badly damaged by alleged Spanish assault

"Remember the Maine, to hell with Spain" was the national attitude

Public was calling for war

Yellow Journalism was the act of media pushing the public for war

Jingoism was the advocation of aggressive foreign policy

DeLome Letter:

an ambassador in Spain wrote a letter got intercepted by the US

It contained the ambassador'

*ambassador's opinion concerning the war

and insults to the president

which enraged the country further

Outcome of the war:

US gained territory:

Cuba, Phillipines, Wake Island, Guam, and maybe Midway(double check)

US gains control over the Western Hemisphere

NOt Midway, it was Puerto Rico

US becomes a world power

Policies:

Theodore Roosevelt and the Big Stick

Big Stick=Navy

Roosevelt's corollary=Big Stick policy

Intimidation by showing off hugemangous fleet

Asia and the Open Door

Opening up China for trade with the world

Taft's Dollar Diplomacy