HIST 2057 Chapter : OUTLINES2
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10/10/2011 8:48:00 pm: early 1900"s was a tug of war between isolationism and. Spanish american war was the turning point in which internationalism begins to exceed isolationism: the us empathizes for cuba as they rebel against spain. Several events unravel that lead to the us entering its first war against a. This is where we see internationalism rear its head: dollars, destiny, diplomacy, mckinley"s reelection affirms that the nation approves of this new internationalism. Internationalism: final decision of us to take on an internationalist foreign policy. In wwi, america tilts the scale in the favor of the allies, helping them win. Become isolationists again out of necessity from a transition from a war time economy to a peace time economy. Progressivism -expanding the size of local, state, and federal government: begins with the turn of the century with college educated wasps generally from the midwest and northeast, marked by its reforms, especially women"s suffrage, child labor.
