American Culture: Foreign Policy

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American Foreign Policy

Aims

You can name and give examples of the main stages in US foreign policy

What was isolationism?

Isolationism

1918-1940

Monroe Doctrine (1823)

No interference in the affairs of European states

Intervention

What was interventionism?

Interventionism 

• 1940-1945
• WWII

Containment

What do the bird, and the automobile represent
What are they racing toward?

Containment

• 1973
• Cold War
• Communism needed to be contained and isolated, or else it would spread to neighboring countries.

Vietnam, Cuba, Chile, Dominican Republic

Wat is Détente?

Détente

• 1970's
• The easing of strained relations
  
• Nixon

What caused the conflict between the USA and the middle East?

USA and the Middle East 1950s- 1990s

• Oil
• Shah of Persia (Iran) 
• Islamic revolution 1979
• Desert Storm 
• Gulf War 

2001-2019
The War on Terror

• 9-11
• Stereotyping of Muslims
• Global economy
• Gas and oil prices

Research the following question:​
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What do you know about foreign policy during the presidencies of: ​

1. Bush Jr?​
   
2. Obama?​
   
3. Trump?​
   

(War on Terrorism, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Iran, North Korea, Russia, China...)​

Find an image to illustrate your answer.

Bush Junior

Obama

Trump