Its only the
beginning…..
In order to succeed in the
future….we must know what we
did in the past.
• James Monroe
•His Presidential statement
• Warning to European nations not to
colonize further on the American
continents.
• Suggested that the US would refrain from
intervention in European affairs as well.
• James K. Polk's campaign slogan
• This was the "fate" of the US.
• We were "destined" to expand
our boundaries from the Atlantic to
the Pacific.
• Secretary of State John Hay
• Circular note - to nations with spheres of
influence in China
• There should be equal trading opportunities for
all nations in China
• Later extended - it would become the policy of
the US to "preserve the territorial integrity of
China"
• Teddy Roosevelt - Presidential Extension to
a former policy
• "Perversion" of the Monroe Doctrine
• Suggested that in cases of "chronic
wrongdoing", the US may have to
intervene in Latin American countries to
protect American's new interests in the
area.
• President Taft's policy
• Supported American commercial
enterprises abroad with dollars
rather than bullets
• Particularly in Latin America and
the Far East
And the times they are a
changing……Bob Dylan
• Senate provision
• Intended to encourage collective action in the event of
aggression, particularly objectionable
• Opponents - saw this as a threat to their role to declare
war
• Wilson - saw this as essential to the League's effectiveness
• Senate ultimately rejected the Treaty of Versailles (along
with Article X) due to the inability to compromise.
• Action - seen as a return to isolation.
• The Big Five nations (US, Britain, Japan, France,
Italy) agreed to a 10 yr moratorium
• Included: building of large warships; maintaining
an established ratio of large warships, respectively
• This was idealistic and temporary in nature.
• Required: US - majority of the scrapping of large
vessels
• Included: No enforcement provisions
• Appealed to many US taxpayers though.
• US called this meeting
• Purpose: to try to extend the ratio of
warships arranged at the Washington
Conference to smaller vessels
• Attempt was a failure
• Led to a quick naval expansion by the
US
Dawes and Young
Plans
• provided a US loan to Germany
• Purpose - to help Germany
establish an orderly payment of
reparations to European Allies
• reduced the amount of debt from
Germany
• Reduction was substantially lower
than the amount Germany was
expected to pay
• Facilitate trade with Europe and
protect the American economy.
• Between France & the US
• Outlawed war "as an instrument of national
policy"
• Signed by most nations throughout the world
• But - no enforcement provisions included
• Historians have compared it to "a letter to
Santa Claus"
• Committed major nations to respect
each other's interests in the Pacific
• Reaffirm the Open Door Policy in
China
• Semi-official statement of the Undersecretary
of State
• Repudiated the interventionist slant of the
Roosevelt Corollary
• Paved the way for the "Good Neighbor Policy"
• Improved opportunities for favorable trade
relations with Latin America