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American Imperialism -1890’s Foreign Policy What is meant by “American Imperialism” in relation to American Foreign Policy in the 1890’s? During the 19th Century the United States was not really concerned with foreign affairs. ... ‘President McKinley’s decision for war with Spain in 1898 was primarily based upon the need to appease public opinion. ... In 1895 foreign affairs became more of a priority when Cuban rebels attempted to overthrow their Spanish rulers and gain their independence. ... ‘President McKinley’s foreign policy was a success. ... When President McKinley came to office and gave his First Inaugural Address in March 1897, he stated that: “…We want no wars of conquest; we must avoid the temptation of territorial aggression. ... ” However it would appear that his presidency became dominated by foreign affairs, particularly America’s involvement in foreign wars. ... Through unavoidable demands and situations of the time President McKinley would become one of the first presidents to break the isolation rule that as Washington expressed in his famous farewell speech “The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible. ... America’s first real test of its new policy’s would be the war leading up to/with Spain over Cuba and the Philippines, this conflict would America come out of its shell and realise the potential it had retained through isolation, gone were the morals of the Monroe Doctrine and in were the new morals of the Platt Amendment. ... During the boxer-rebellion within China, America increased its support for it even further and when Japanese, Russian, British and American forces were sent in to help sort out the situation; Hay sent out his second open door note and asked the foreign powers not to take advantage of China’s frailty and conquer territories to claim for their own. The foreign powers accepted this note and vaguely promised not to invade China, this was only because they all realised that invading China would end up being very costly. This acceptance was very importance as it meant that the other foreign powers had accepted America as a power and took notice of its concerns and interests. The open door policy also had a profound effect upon the way America looked upon the countries it traded with as it realised that it didn’t need to colonise all countries that it had a economic interest, compared to Britain who had a colonised all of the countries that it had traded with but this was soon coming to an end; and what once had originate as a response to trade with China gradually found a wider applicability and formed the basis of U. |
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