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Louisiana Purchase
1803 |
- Expanded the US Westward, from Mississippi to Rocky Mountains
- Vital economic and transport interests, especially the port of New Orleans - Spain's transfer of Louisiana territory to France caused anxiety in Washington - Jefferson negotiated with Paris - Napoleon Bonaparte sold sold the territory for $15 million ($.03 and acre) - Jefferson didn't want France as a neighbor, was a military threat to National Security. Wanted to avoid military occupation - Negotiation: If French occupies the US, US will ally with Great Britain (France's enemy) - Napoleon faced a slave rebellion in Santa Domingo and renewed challenge in Great Britain -Jefferson, a staunch isolationist, want against his principles for the purchase - 1st major event in Foreign Relations |
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Monroe Doctrine
1823 |
- Declaration that the Western Hemisphere was closed to any further colonization by Europe
- Monroe pledged US wouldn't become involved in European struggle - Favorable terms with Great Britain - Latin American countries having problems with colonization - non-colonization of western hemisphere - any attempt of European encroachment is considered "dangerous to peace and stability" (isolationist Tradition) - Non-intervention in European affairs - "Doctrine of 2 spheres" - New world/old world spirit - lacked teeth but improved after roosevelt corallary |
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Manifest Destiny
(1839) |
- The United States is destined to expand westward
- US driven by a "cult of nationalism" for expansion - term coined by John L. O'Sullivan in Democratic Review - Was an ideological view of American Foreign Policy, instead of a realist one |
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Westward Expansion and the Mexican-American War
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- Westward expansion under the James Polk administration (1845-1849)
- President Polk "To enlarge (America's) limits is to extend the dominions of peace over additional territories and increasing millions" - Annexation of Texas (1845) - Oregon (Treaty of Oregon, between US-Britain 1846) - California Territories (Treaty of Gaudalupe Hidalgo beween US- Mexico 1848) - 1st major controversial war. Legality, morality, and ethical issues aroused. - Polk's boldness in Mexican-American War is compared to war in 2003 under George W. Bush |
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Causes of Continental Expansionism
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- Population Surge: 3% growth annually
- tech/transportation revolutions: roads, canals, steamboats, railways, telegraph, etc. - Moral/ideological considerations: the spread of liberal democracy, individual liberty, and Christianity - Quest for continental empire, economic resources, lands, and national security. - National interests + idealism = JEFFERSONIANISM |
