HIST 2057 : EXAM2 HISTORY
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2/23/2012 8:25:00 pm: traditional foreign policy usually identified as isolationism avoid involvement. A. isolationism went launched basically to europe avoid involvement stay out of britians wars and political quarrels no business our problems are internal sets the tone all presidents follow down to 1890"s. Manifest destiny god wanted us to conquer land form sea to sea . America has canada and mexico superior in that sense and british navy most any country could do is send war ship over and attack a ship westward expansion. Roots of internationalism just as in domestic affairs we have change industrialisng old isolationism being eroded new internationalism late. Economic cycles have manufacturers way to sell things overseas look to foreign markets. C. closing of frontier always leave cities and go west homestead act during civil war gave land to people who would work the land coal mining. By 1890"s available free land basically gone helps channel tension towards overseas expansion.