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==American Revolution to 1789==  

==American Revolution to 1789==  

* [[American Revolution]], 1775-1783  

* [[American Revolution]], 1775-1783  

* [[Benjamin Franklin]]

* [[Benjamin Franklin]]

==Early National Era: 1789-1860==

==Early National Era: 1789-1860==

* [[Embargo of 1807]]  

* [[Embargo of 1807]]  

* [[War of 1812]], 1812-15  

* [[War of 1812]], 1812-15  

* [[Jay Treaty]], 1794

* [[Treaty of Ghent]], 1814; ended war of 1812

* [[Manifest Destiny]]  

* [[Manifest Destiny]]  

* [[Mexican American War]], 1846-48  

* [[Mexican American War]], 1846-48  

==1898-1945==  

==1898-1945==  

* [[Open Door Policy]]  

* [[Open Door Policy]]  

* [[Fourteen Points]], 1918  

* [[Fourteen Points]], 1918  

* [[Versailles Treaty]], 1919  

* [[Treaty of Versailles]], 1919  

* [[Wilsonianism]], 1914+  

* [[Wilsonianism]], 1914+  

* [[World War I]], 1917-18

* [[Paris Peace Conference]]

* [[Zimmermann Telegram]], 1917

* [[Kellogg-Briand Pact]], world peace

* [[McNary-Haugen Bill]], 1920s; (never passed)  

* [[McNary-Haugen Bill]], 1920s; (never passed)  

* [[Jane Addams]], peace leader in 1920s  

* [[Jane Addams]], peace leader in 1920s  

* [[Edward M. House]]  

* [[Edward M. House]]  

* [[Alfred Thayer Mahan]]

* [[Alfred Thayer Mahan]]. naval strategist

* [[Theodore Roosevelt]]  

* [[Theodore Roosevelt]]  

* [[Woodrow Wilson]]  

* [[Woodrow Wilson]]  

* [[Herbert Hoover]]  

* [[Herbert Hoover]]  

* [[Harry Hopkins]]  

* [[Harry Hopkins]], FDR's top aide

* [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]  

* [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]  

* [[Wendell Willkie]]  

* [[Wendell Willkie]]  

===World War II===

===World War II===

While there may have been miscalculations, Roosevelt did not provoke the attack on Pearl Harbor as a means of getting into war with Germany. Roosevelt's third term was dominated by World War II, in Europe and in the [[Pacific War|Pacific]]. Roosevelt slowly began re-armament in 1938 since he was facing strong isolationist sentiment from leaders like Senators [[William Borah]] and [[Robert Taft]] who supported re-armament. By 1940, it was in high gear, with bipartisan support, partly to expand and re-equip the Army and Navy and partly to become the "Arsenal of Democracy" supporting Britain, France, China and (after June 1941), the Soviet Union. As Roosevelt took a firmer stance against the [[Axis Powers]], American isolationists—including [[Charles Lindbergh]] and [[America First]]—attacked the President as an irresponsible warmonger. Unfazed by these criticisms and confident in the wisdom of his foreign policy initiatives, FDR continued his twin policies of preparedness and aid to the Allied coalition. On December 29, 1940, he delivered his Arsenal of Democracy fireside chat, in which he made the case for involvement directly to the American people, and a week later he delivered his famous [[Four Freedoms]] speech in January 1941, further laying out the case for an American defense of basic rights throughout the world. Germany and the Soviet Union had been allied in 1939-41, so American Communists demanded neutrality and no aid to Britain; they opposed FDR's reelection in 1940. Increasingly the conservative Republican business and professional community in the Northeast rallied behind Britain, and supported Roosevelt's efforts to aid the British war effort. When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, Roosevelt extended Lend-Lease to the Soviets.  

While there may have been miscalculations, Roosevelt did not provoke the attack on Pearl Harbor as a means of getting into war with Germany. Roosevelt's third term was dominated by World War II, in Europe and in the [[Pacific War|Pacific]]. Roosevelt slowly began re-armament in 1938 since he was facing strong isolationist sentiment from leaders like Senators [[William Borah]] and [[Robert Taft]] who supported re-armament. By 1940, it was in high gear, with bipartisan support, partly to expand and re-equip the Army and Navy and partly to become the "Arsenal of Democracy" supporting Britain, France, China and (after June 1941), the Soviet Union. As Roosevelt took a firmer stance against the [[Axis Powers]], American isolationists—including [[Charles Lindbergh]] and [[America First]]—attacked the President as an irresponsible warmonger. Unfazed by these criticisms and confident in the wisdom of his foreign policy initiatives, FDR continued his twin policies of preparedness and aid to the Allied coalition. On December 29, 1940, he delivered his Arsenal of Democracy fireside chat, in which he made the case for involvement directly to the American people, and a week later he delivered his famous [[Four Freedoms]] speech in January 1941, further laying out the case for an American defense of basic rights throughout the world. Germany and the Soviet Union had been allied in 1939-41, so American Communists demanded neutrality and no aid to Britain; they opposed FDR's reelection in 1940. Increasingly the conservative Republican business and professional community in the Northeast rallied behind Britain, and supported Roosevelt's efforts to aid the British war effort. When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, Roosevelt extended Lend-Lease to the Soviets.