Pols127Mid_Periodsofusforeignpolicytraditions

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Periods of US Foreign Policy Traditions

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1) Hamilitonianism (1789-1800)
2) Jeffersonianism (1801-1898)
3) Hamiltonianism (1899-1912)
4) Wilsonianism (1913-1920)
5) Jeffersonianism (1921-1940)
6) Wilsonian + Hamiltonian (1941-present)

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Hamiltonian Period (1789- 1800)

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1) Thinks and Acts in terms of power

2) Hamiltonian spoke against the US-French Alliance of 1778: Us should not subordinate its security and safety to honor an alliance treaty

3) President Washington proclaimed neutrality in 1794

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Jeffersonian Period (1801-1898)

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1) Thinks in terms of liberal moral principle but acts in terms of power

2) Sympathized with France in its war against Britain but supported neutrality

3) Louisiana Purchase

4) Monroe Doctrine

5) Manifest Destiny

6) Westward Expansion

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Hamiltonian Period (1899-1912)

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1) Spanish American War
2) Annexation of the Philippines
3) The Open Door Policy toward China
4) The Roosevelt Corollary
5) Dollar Diplomacy

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Wilsonian Period (1913-1920)

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1) First World War
2) 14 Points
3) League of Nations

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Jeffersonianism (1921-1940)

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1) The interwar period
2) The return to "normalcy"
3) Focusing on domestic economic affairs

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Wilsonian & Hamiltonian Era (1941-Present)

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1) Second World War
2) The Cold War
3) The Bretton Woods Institutions
4) Post-Cold War and September 11
5) War on Terrorism

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Followers of Hamiltonianism

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Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Dean Acheson, Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, Dick Cheney

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Followers of Jeffersonianism

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William Jennings Bryan, Henry Cabot Lodge, Ross Perot, George W. Bush (pre-9/11)

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Followers of Wilsonianism

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Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, JFK, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, GWBush (post 9/11), Obama