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Policy, Doctrine, and Diplomacy:

The foreign policies and legacies of U.S. Presidents


# Foreign Policy President
1 Good Neighbor Policy Initiated by Hoover, carried out by FDR, the U.S. began F. Roosevelt
to shift to a policy of non-intervention in Latin America
2 Containment Policy Carried out by Truman, this focused on sending aid to Truman
countries fighting against communism to try and stop the
spread of communism via. Aid.
3 Open Door Policy Protected equal human rights of all countries that were McKinley
trading or on good terms with China in effort to gain
China’s support.
4 Truman Doctrine Pushed for aid within fighting against totalitarian Truman
governments and countries.
5 Monroe Doctrine Warned Europe to not interfere with Western hemisphere Monroe
affairs and to stay out of its business.
6 Eisenhower Doctrine As part of a broad Cold War strategy the US would Eisenhower
provide aid to friendly unstable regimes in the Middle East
7 Hoover-Stimson Doctrine Explains that the United States would not recognize any Hoover
political, territorial, or geographical changes that Japan
may make to China.
8 Ping Pong Diplomacy The US and China exchanging ping pong players for a while Nixon
to promote peace and alliance.
9 Big Stick Diplomacy The idea of using carefully meditated negotiation while Roosevelt
being backed by an unspoken threat of a strong military.
10 Moral Diplomacy The idea of only providing support to countries with the Woodrow
same views and beliefs. Wilson
11 Dollar Diplomacy Policies enacted in favor of financial interests abroad. Taft
12 Détente Nixon
13 Isolationism The idea that the U.S. should stay out of European
conflicts (prior to U.S. entry into WWI and WWII)
14
War on Terror

15
Vietnamization

16
Domino Theory

17 Multiple
Zero Sum Game (Truman
through
Reagan)
18
Manifest Destiny

19
Roosevelt Corollary

20
Strategic Defense Initiative
1) Which three foreign policies have had the greatest lasting impact on modern presidents? Explain your answer…

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2) In your opinion, which foreign policy was the greatest mistake? Explain your answer…

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3) In your opinion, which foreign policy was the most successful? Explain your answer…

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