FOREIGN POLICY• XYZ Affair (1778)

– Leads to quasi-war with France

• George Washington’s Farewell Address (1796)• Urges US to remain neutral

• Monroe Doctrine (1823)• Prohibits European colonization of Latin America

• Treaty of Guadeloupe and Hidalgo (1848)• Settles Mexican- American War, new territory

• Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)– Limits immigration, “Nativism”

FOREIGN POLICY• Open Door Policy (1899)

• Opens China for trade with West

• Platt Amendment (1901)• Defines US’s relationship with Cuba (control)

• Neutrality Act of 1939– cash and carry

• Marshall Plan (1947)– Helped rebuild European economy

• Truman Doctrine (1947)– Cold War paranoia: US provides monetary support

to keep Turkey and Greece from falling to Communism