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US Foreign Policy Timeline

  • Monroe Doctrine

    Monroe Doctrine
    Europeans tried to interfere with North and South America.
  • Roosevelt Corollary

    Roosevelt Corollary
    It was stated in the state of the union address in addition to the monroe doctrine.
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    World War I

    A global war against Europe. Smaller allied countries fought against Europe because of many reasons, including: Concern over other countries’ military expansion, leading to an arms race and entangling alliances, fear of losing economic and/or diplomatic status, long-standing ethnic differences and rising nationalism in the Balkans, French resentment of territorial losses in the 1871 Franco-Prussian War, and the influence exerted by military leaders.
  • Sinking of the Lusitania

    Sinking of the Lusitania
    Germany fought submarine warfare against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
  • Good Neighbor Policy

    Good Neighbor Policy
    The Godd Neighbor Policy is the foreign policy of the administration of United States President Franklin Roosevelt towards Latin America, named the Good Neighbor by Henry Clay.
  • World War II

    World War II
    After world war 1 it set up for another war, in Europe, Hitler invaded Poland, which caused Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany.
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan
    America gave $13 billion to aid Western Europe.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    A 13 day confrontation between America and the Soviet Union.
  • Operation Desert Storm

    Operation Desert Storm
    The first major foreign crisis for the United States after the end of the Cold War.
  • 9/11

    9/11
    A terrorist attack the twin towers in New York, many people in the planes and the buildings died.
  • Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom)

    Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom)
    This event was in response to 9/11.
  • War on Terror

    War on Terror
    A military campaign resulting from 9/11.