The evolution of the US role in world affairs. What factors have influenced US relations with the rest of the world militarily, politically and economically? ­ Lindsay, Ben, Annie, Stephen, Cosmo Militarily Politically ➢ French Aid in Revolutionary War ➢ French and Indian War (​
1754 – 1763) ➢ War of 1812 ➢ Mexican War (1846 ­ 1848) ➢ Spanish American War (1898) ➢ Isolationism ➢ World War 1 (1914 ­ 1918) ­League of Nations ➢ World War 2 (1939 ­ 1945) ­Neutrality Acts (1935), ­ Atomic Bomb, ­Potsdam Conference (1945), ­Yalta Conference (1945), ­Neutrality Acts (1935) ­United Nations (1945) ➢ Cold War (1946 ­ 1991) ­Marshall Plan ­Berlin Airlift ­Red Scare ­U­2 incident ­Sputnik ­Korean War (1950 ­ 1953) ­Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) ­Vietnam War (1955 ­ 1975) ➢ Middle East (1990 ­ Economically ➢ Washington’s Farewell Address (1796) ➢ XYZ Affair (​
1798) ➢ Louisiana Purchase (1803) ➢ Nativism ➢ Monroe Doctrine(1823) ➢ 54˚40 or Fight (1844) ➢ Roosevelt Corollary(1901­1909) ➢
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➢ Fur Trade (1800s) ➢ Triangle Trade and Slave Trade (1450 ­ 1750) Intolerable Acts (1774) Louisiana Purchase (1803) Embargo Act of 1807 Tariff of Abomination (1828) Imperialism (1890­1915) Dollar Diplomacy (1909­1913) Open Door Policy (1899) Panama Canal (1903 ­ 1914) The Great Depression (1929 ­ 1939) ➢ Neutrality Acts ­ Cash and Carry (1939) ­ Lend Lease Act (1941) ➢ Energy Crisis and OPEC (1970s) ➢
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Wilson’s Fourteen points (1918) Truman Doctrine (1947) NATO (1949) Indian Reorganization Act Eisenhower Doctrine (1957) Khrushchev's 10 Day Visit To US Détente (1969­1979) Iranian Hostage Situation (1981) USSR “Evil Empire” (1983) Present) ➢ Persian Gulf War, 1990 (To protect our oil interests)