Competency 3.5 - analyze the guiding concepts, principles, and effects of US foreign policy

one of the earliest guiding concepts and principles of US foreign policy, this principle basically states that nations seek to avoid alliances and communication with other nations, whether it be for economic, political, or social reasons

a diplomatic policy whereby a nation seeks to avoid military/political alliances with other nations to avoid bring drawn into unnecessary war

passed in 1823, states that the United States would not interfere in European affairs and it would oppose any European attempts to colonize the Americas, further emphasizing the desire to avoid involvement in foreign affairs that Washington and other founding fathers warned against

states that the United States would treat foreign countries the same way that it was treated

sought to settle the continent coast to coast, arguing that the United States had a divine obligation to civilize the continent and control its riches

political dominance

allowed all nations equal trading access in china

passed in 1904 as a response to the monroe doctrine, this stated that the United States would intervene in the domestic affairs of any weak or negligent state in the carribean or central america to keep them free of outside forces that might seek to take them over

drafted by president Wilson, these policies were designed to act as a basis for major post-war settlement

advocated by president Wilson, this group would assist in resolving all future conflicts before they caused another war; ironically, congress refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles, which had provided for its creation

the idea of spreading democracy and peace under American auspices

wilsonianism effort designed to ouright ban war passed in 1928

according to president F. Roosevelt in 1941, these are the freedoms of speech and religion, and freedoms from want and fear

allowed the United States to assist countries whose defense was seen as vital to the US by lending or leasing them war supplies, materials, and equipment

created by FDR and the allied powers during world war II to guarantee the security of member nations and promote economic prosperity around the globe

coined by state department staffer George Kennan, this premise states that the United States must apply counterforce to any aggressive moves by the societ union; implemented in the truman doctrine

an attempt by the United States to cradt its foreign affairs around the idea to resist communism and oppose the societ union

political, military, and ideological barrier that separated the soviet union and its dependent eastern and central European allies from contact with the west and non-communist areas

a Truman initiative to pump billions of dollars into western europe to help rebuild it and its economies to make it strong enough to prevent communistic takeover

foreign military and political alliance; the first time the US joined an alliance unprovoked by war

belief that if one region came under communist influence, the surrounding nations would follow suit

confrontation in 1962 between US and USSR due to USSR attempting to store nuclear weapons in Cuba, a mere 90 miles from US soil

passed in 1964, provided president L. Johnson with broad legal authority to combat north veitnamese aggression, increasing troop numbers from 75k to 125k

an easing of tensions between the United States and Societ Union