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" Our form of government, our traditions, our present interests and our future welfare, all forbid our entering upon a career of conquest" William Jennings Bryan 1898
Ever since the 1790's US foreign policy has been centered on expanding westward and limiting foreign involvement abroad. The Age of Industrialization led to a desire for new markets and eventually an overseas empire for America.


 * TOPICS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS UNIT**:

Blaine and the Pan American Conference 1889 Cleveland, Olney and the Monroe Doctrine The Spanish American War And The: Yellow Press, De Lome Letter,Sinking of the Maine, McKinley's War Message, Tellar and Platt Amendment, Invasion of Cuba,Annexation of Hawaii, The Phillipine Question Open Door Policy in China Roosevelt and the Big Stick Policy and the: Panama Canal, Hay Pauncefote Treaty,The Roosevelt Corollary Taft and Dollar Diplomacy Conflict in Mexico and Pancho Villa, Mexican Civil War

Submarine Warfare- Lusitania British War Propaganda Election of 1916 Zimmerman Telegram Espionage and Sedition Acts Schenck v. United States American Expeditionary Force The Fourteen Points The Treaty of Versailles The Big Four Battle for Ratification Rejection of the Treaty Palmer Raids Race Riots
 * World War I**