But many Americans remained isolationists, both Republicans and Democrats.
to act abroad for its own national interests. They argued for an American empire and for the U.S. By the turn of the 20th century, many thought it should play a role as a world power.įollowing the Spanish-American War in 1898, Republican presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft pushed an aggressive nationalist foreign policy.
Through the Louisiana Purchase, the acquisition of Florida, negotiations for Oregon, the annexation of Texas, the Mexican War, the Gadsden Purchase, and the Indian Wars, the nation grew. In the 19th century, the United States expanded. would stay out of Europe’s alliances and wars except when American rights were threatened. In 1823, the Monroe Doctrine warned the Europeans against establishing any new colonies or interfering in the affairs of independent nations in the Western Hemisphere. In 1796, President George Washington set the course for American foreign policy by cautioning the new nation “to steer clear of permanent alliances.” This isolationist policy reflected Washington’s desire to keep the United States out of Europe’s frequent wars. He sought a way for nations to join together to guarantee a permanent peace. Woodrow Wilson’s Quest to Change the WorldĮven before the United States entered the “Great War” in 1917, President Woodrow Wilson wanted to change the world. The Teapot Dome Scandal | Woodrow Wilson’s Quest to Change the World | John Stuart Mill and Individual Liberty
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