Wars and Foreign Policy
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The document outlines major wars and events in United States foreign policy between 1775 and 1992. It discusses the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican-American War, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Vietnam War, Gulf War, and Korean War. Key outcomes included establishing the United States as an independent country, expanding its territory from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and emerging as a global superpower after World War II.
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![WARS AND FOREIGN POLICY 1775 to 1919 Neutrality is our Goal! Manifest Destiny: U.S Expands from Atlantic to Pacific 1800 1850 1900 Revolutionary War 1775 to 1781 Cause: Anger over taxation without representation Result: We are a free country Washington’s Farewell Address (S.A.F.E.) 1823 Monroe Doctrine Invisible line across the Americas..Europe stays out Civil War 1861 to 1865 Cause: North/South disagree on - Tariffs - Slavery - States Rights Result: North wins!!Power of national government over states Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation (1863) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],World War I 1917-1919 Cause: Violations of neutral rights of neutral countries unrestricted German sub warfare Result: Allies win but U.S. is disillusioned and wants to be isolated Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points; U.S. Senate does not join League of Nations Policy of Imperialism Policy of Isolation War of 1812 1812 to 1814 Cause: Violation of rights of neutral countries to trade. England stopped our shipping. Result: Ended with a truce. Increased feelings of nationalism](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/wars-and-foreign-policy-2091/85/Wars-and-Foreign-Policy-1-320.jpg)
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3) The breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s along ethnic lines which led to conflict and war between Serbs, Croats, Bosniaks and others over territory and independence.
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