This powerpoint will give you an idea of how the U.S negotiate diplomatically with the Caribbean countries. Also, it will be talking about how the U.S affected many countries in Central America to the point beyond its recovery. It unveils many terrible regimes and atrocities Caribbean countries had to go through at that time.

1. U.S Foreign Policy
and Application in the
Caribbean
Edice Hua
U.S Foreign Policy HIST452-1
Mr. Joseph Sampson

2. Patrick Jake O’Rourke-
American Journalist
“Maybe it's understandable what a
history of failures America's
foreign policy has been. We are,
after all, a country full of people
who came to America to get away
from foreigners. Any prolonged
examination of the U.S.
government reveals foreign policy
to be America's miniature
schnauzer - a noisy but small and
useless part of the national
household. Giving money and
power to Government is like giving
whiskey and car keys to teenage
boys."

3. Ward Churchill- American
Political Activist and Writer

4. Content of Presentation
1. Quick Review of U.S Foreign Policy
• Definition
• Significance
• Cause and Effect
2. U.S Rise of Imperialism
3. The Clash of Imperialism in the
Caribbean
4. U.S foreign policy application in the
Anglophile Caribbean between 1877 to

5. 1. Quick Review of U.S Foreign
Policy: Definition
• What exactly is U.S
Foreign policy?
U.S Foreign Policy is the function
in whereby it negotiates with
foreign nations and sets values
of interaction for the unit of
organizations, corporations and
national security for individual
citizens of the United States.

6. 1. Quick Review of U.S Foreign
Policy
I. Why is U.S foreign policy important?
•Working with their allies (forming/negotiating
diplomatic relationships)
•It is not about control. Why? Well, because if
the U.S tries to control the world, there will be
less alliances but more enemies will form.
•Although it is a mystifying paradox, in theory,
U.S foreign policy is the most important
aspect of government because it has the
potential to affect the large amount of people,
including environmental policy. Also, it
possesses economic policy which makes it
equally important.

7. 1. Quick Review of U.S Foreign
Policy. Causes and Effects

8. 1. Quick Review of U.S Foreign
Policy. Causes and Effects

9. Quick Review of U.S Foreign
Policy. Causes and Effects

10. Quick Review of U.S Foreign
Policy. Causes and Effects

11. 2. Rise of Imperialism
• At the time of World War I, the
Caribbean (including the Circum
Caribbean coasts) changed to a
contested area.
• The U.S government used the
imperial interests of European
powers to clarify its own political
interests in the region.
• In 1823, the Monroe Doctrine served
as a foundation for US interventions.
Any efforts by European nations to
colonize territories or interfere with
states in the Americas were thus
considered an act of aggression.

12. 2. Rise of Imperialism
• The first victory was the military defeat of Spain:
In the Spanish-American War of 1898, US
troops intervened in the Spanish Caribbean
colonies of Cuba and Puerto Rico as well as in
some Pacific islands where President William
McKinely (1843-1901) established US military
governments.

13. 3.The Clash of Imperialism in
the Caribbean

14. 4. U.S foreign policy application in the Anglophile
Caribbean between 1877 to 1920

15. References
• Pastor, Robert A. Whirlpool: U.S. foreign policy toward Latin
America and the Caribbean. Princeton, NJ: Princeton U
Press, 1993. Print. 71-74
• Western
Hemisphere immigration and United States foreign policy.
University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State U, 1992. Print.
• Colby, Jason. "The United States and the Caribbean, 1877–
1920." The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
N.p., 09 Sept. 2012. Web. 04 Apr. 2017.
• Vandenbosch, Amry. "Formulation and Control of Foreign
Policy." Dutch Foreign Policy Since 1815 (1959): 6-31.
• Grant, Cedric. "U.S.-Caribbean Relations." U.S.-Caribbean
Relations. 14-21., 12 Oct. 2005. Web. 04 Apr. 2017.