HIST 2112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Josiah Strong, Mckinley Tariff, Joseph Pulitzer
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Isolationist foreign policy: u. s. looked inward; wasn"t involved in foreign entanglements: georgia washington farewell address, encouraged america to follow policy of isolationists, monroe doctrine. James monroe issued the monroe doctrine in 1883: united states would focus its interest in the western hemisphere and would not impose on issues in the eastern hemisphere. Roots of american imperialism: foreign policy elites, european empires. Imperial power: one nation exerts its authority over another nation through military conquest, economic influence, or annexation. Slippery jim : sec. of state under james garfield (1881) and benjamin harrison (1889- 1892: foreign markets key to solving economic ills, find markets of neighbors who lie to the south of the u. s. (central and s. Frederick jackson turner i: wrote the significance of the frontier in american history (1893, strength of american character built on westward expansion. When you went out west your character was tested independence, opportunity, not civilized.
