Foreign policy: Monroe Doctrine
Why was it needed: To give money and other non military personnel aid to countries that lacked to means to
defend themselves
Key players: James Monroe, John Quincy Adams
Countries involved: USA, Spain, Portugal, Bolivia
Effects of policy: Helped to fund the independence of Bolivia and other Latin American countries
Foreign policy: Truman Doctrine
Why was it needed: To provide countries with any resources needed (troops included) that wanted to practice
democracy and resist communism
Key players: Harry Truman, Joseph Stalin
Countries involved: USA, Greece, Turkey, USSR
Effects of policy: Ultimately allowed Greece and Turkey to resist communism and their entry into NATO
Foreign policy: Dollar Diplomacy
Why was it needed: US attempt to further gain strongholds throughout Asia and Latin
America through giving secured loans (MONEY)
Key players: Howard Taft, Teddy Roosevelt, Monroe Doctrine,, Philander Knox
Key countries involved: USA, Central America, Nicaragua, China
Effects of policy: Helped fund overthrow of Nicaraguan Gov’t and build railroads in China
Foreign policy: Missionary Diplomacy
Why was it needed: Refused to recognize hostile governments in Latin America as part of
Woodrow Wilson’s idea of the US’s moral obligation to the world
Key players: Woodrow Wilson
Countries involved: USA, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean Islands
Effects of policy: Creation of the League of Nations
Foreign policy: Open Door Policy
Why was it needed: To keep trade with China wide open and to prevent any 1 superpower from
taking it over, and to create trade between China and the US
Key players: John Hay, William McKinley
Countries involved: Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Russia, & USA
Effects of policy: Kept China from being imperialised by any one nation and opened door to the US
and China for trade
Foreign policy: Roosevelt Corollay (Big Stick Diplomacy)
Why was it needed: To keep European nations from imperialising Caribbean and other Latin
American nations
Key players: Teddy Roosevelt
Countries involved: USA, Venezuela, Latin America
Effects of policy: US is the “police of the western hemisphere”
Foreign policy: Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points
Why was it needed: To create peace among European nations and America post WWI; allowed for open trade,
democracy, and self-determination
Key players: Woodrow Wilson
Countries involved: USA, Japan, Germany, Great Britain, France
Effects of policy: Was denied by European Nations, but ultimately led to the League of Nations
Foreign policy: League of Nations
Why was it needed: To provide a place to settle international disputes
Key players: Woodrow Wilson, Howard Taft, Sir James Eric Drummond, Joseph
Avenol, Sean Lester
Countries involved: USA, Great Britain, France, Ireland, Cuba, Switzerland, Canada,
And a lot of others
Effects of policy: Created a strong alliance between nations and the eventual formation
of NATO
Foreign policy: Hawaiian Annexation
Why was it needed: Mainly the US needed a place to set up a military base in the Pacific
Key players: Queen Lili’uokalani, William McKinley
Countries involved: USA, Hawaiian Kingdom
Effects of policy: Hawaii eventually became a state (the 50th), gave the US a military base in the
Pacific
Foreign policy: Purchase of Alaska
Why was it needed: To weaken any control in the western hemisphere by Russia or Great Britain
Key players: William Seward, Andrew Johnson, Edouard de Stoeckl
Countries involved: USA, Russia
Effects of policy: Removed any British controls in the western hemisphere, and led to Canadian
Independence