Foreign Policy:The Monroe Doctrine and Manifest Destiny

StandardsNCSS Theme II: Time, Continuity, and Change

USII.5 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the changing role of the United States from the late nineteenth century through World War I by

a) explaining the reasons for and results of the Spanish American War;

Objectives (SWBATs)

Students will be able to identify and define four different types of foreign policy

Students will be able to explain the significance of the Monroe Doctrine and Manifest Destiny

Students will be able to apply the information from objectives #1 and #2 to place the United States on a foreign policy spectrum

Big Question

What was the foreign policy of the United States during the 19th century after 1823?

JUST DO ITIndividually at your tables, read

through the scenario and follow the instructions

Be ready to share your thoughts!

What is foreign policy?

The way one nation interacts with other nations

Foreign Policy Spectrum

There are four major types of foreign policy:Isolationism

Collective Security

Internationalism

Imperialism

The Monroe Doctrine

The United States will not tolerate European intervention in Latin America

So where does Manifest Destiny fit in?

Manifest Destiny Term was first used by John L. O’Sullivan in

1845:“And that claim is by the right of our manifest destiny to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and federated self-government entrusted to us.”

Big Question

What was the foreign policy of the United States during the 19th century after 1823?

ClosureReturn to the Monroe Doctrine and

the Foreign Policy SpectrumWhere do you think the United

States belongs on the spectrum during the 19th century?

Be prepared to defend your

answer!Next up, Spanish American War