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Throughout the course of history, the United States has remained consistent with its national interest by taking many different actions in foreign policy. There have been both immediate and long term results of these actions. Foreign policy is the United States policy that defines how we deal with other countries economically and politically. It is made by congress, the president, and the people. Some of the motivations for United States foreign policy are national security, economics, and idealism. The United States entry into World War I in 1917 and the escalation of the Vietnam War in 1964 and the both had great impact on the United States.
A major type of foreign policy in the 1964 was containment. The Vietnam War was fought…show more content…
The goals of this foreign policy was to end communism containment while starting democracies. For the United States, the war ended in the withdrawal of American troops and the failure of its foreign policy in Vietnam.
Another major foreign policy action was the entry to World War I. On August 4, 1914 there was an outbreak in Europe. A war started between the central powers and the allied powers. The central powers consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungry, and the Ottoman Empire. They were also known as the Triple Alliance. The Allied Powers, also know as the Triple Entente consisted of Britain, France, and Russia. An immediate cause of the war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914. Some long term causes that started the war were militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism. America tried to keep themselves isolated from the war in Europe. Before the war, America had an idea of neutrality. Neutrality is when American lives and property is not threatened. There was great ethnic diversity in the United States which led to a public union about war. The United States also had the idea of freedom of the seas. This meant the routes for trading were open. The United States had the desire to trade with both the central and the allied powers. The United States had a great economic interest in the war at this time. There were many different
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The United States of America's foreign policy adapted to focus on expansionism and U.S. trade; foreign entanglement during the long 19th century thus suffered. U.S. expansionism not only increased the influence the country possessed but economic development and wealth. Issuing the Monroe Doctrine of 1823 was an attempt to prevent an intrusion of the U.S.' 'sphere of influence'; this action consequently bore some benefit. The Monroe Doctrine successfully decreed the ideals of isolationism. The decree backfired toward the Latin American country Spain preventing them from any aid from the U.S. in war.
Ideas that U.S. leaders drew from nationalism induced the pursuit of world affairs that follow their best interests and or their country's ideologies. Immigrants that enter the U.S. must conform to the country's nationalism by learning the fundamentals of the U.S government to achieve citizenship. Regarding future economic issues, I believe that the U.S. will have considerable influence on the account of their economic power. I hold the belief that the U.S.' future world affairs will follow the nation's ideologies and the best interests of all parties involved.
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