Open Door Policy 1920s

Starting in the early 1930’s, the Japanese began to display their great imperialistic dreams with ambition and aggression. Their goal was to create a "Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere" where they controlled a vast empire in the western Pacific.1 In September of 1939, Japan signed the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis Treaty, allying themselves with Germany and Italy in an effort to safeguard their interests in China from the Soviet Union. Japan’s only major obstacle left lay in the significant size of the United States Pacific Fleet. To rid themselves of this, Japan attacked the United States Pacific Fleet in hopes of crippling it enough to prevent any further hindrance from the

Leading up to this time the fascist dictators began to gain power in European countries. The big three being the countries of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler, Italy, Benito Mussolini, and Japan, Emperor Hirohito. In 1935 Italy invades and conquers Ethiopia, shorty after Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy sign a treaty of cooperation. In 1937,Japan, lead by Hirohito, invaded China. Joseph Stalin, of Russia, signs the German-Russian non-aggression pact; which allowed Hitler to invade Poland. But when news of the German invasion of Poland spread Britain along with France joined the war to oppose the Germans. Germany only continues in it’s quest for conquest by invading Denmark and Norway in the year 1940. Meanwhile the United States is remaining completely uninvolved under it’s Neutrality Act that was passed in 1935. The United States, lead by president Franklin D. Roosevelt, enacted it’s Lend Lease Act in 1941 in order to trade and sell to allied forces, for payment after war. Japan realizes that the U.S. wasn’t exactly being neutral so it sent suicide bombers to attack our naval base in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Thus leading into the use of the atomic bomb, but first the construction, an event referred to as the Manhattan Project. The name Manhattan Project came about because the program began under the Manhattan Engineering District of the War Department.

Harding believed by doing so, the threat of war will be minimized for no country would have a strong enough power to pose war on other nations. Like president Harding, the extremely inactive president Calvin Coolidge did not doubt the commonly believed principle that isolation will bring protection. However, the peace in the world did not last long. During president Herbert Hoover’s term, the sentiment of isolationism became publicly challenged, although only by a few. Some people started to realize the role that the US played in the world theater, as Edwin L. James proclaims, the US “must deal with the world and the world must deal with us” ( Doc. C ). With an understanding that the United States was a potential center of world events, James believed the US should be more active in the world for the purpose of preserving peace. However, his appeal was not answer by the Hoover Administration. In 1931 Japan turned against the Open-Door Policy by invading Manchuria, revealing its aggression to rest of the world. President Hoover, while feeling uncomfortable with Japan’s actions, did not hold a strong stand in opposing it. Instead, the introduction of Stimson

After World War II, during the Cold War, the United States started acting more multilaterally by forming treaties and joining groups such as NATO and the UN (Gaddis 67). This was all in an attempt to stop the spread of communism and combat the influence of the Soviet Union. The United States intervened in countries to deter them from becoming communist. They

The United States proposes the Open Door Policy in 1899 can be categorized as Intervention. Intervention is the involvement in the affairs of a nation by a foreign power.

During the Imperial Conference of December 1, 1941, Prime Minister Tojo announced that “The United States not only refused to make even one concession” but that “At the same time, the United States, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and China increased their economic and military pressure against us” (87). This gave Japan no choice but to begin a war with the U.S., Japan, and the Netherlands. Additionally, Foreign Minister Togo emphasized that Japan could not accept the proposal made by the U.S. because the conditions would hinder and put at risk the success of the Japanese Empire. In order for Japan to not only continue working towards establishing a New Order for East Asia, but to also maintain their position on an international level, war was the necessary step to take because if they continued to try to negotiate then they would most definitely have regressed.

(Doc. 8) In the 19th century, Japan began to see that the world was moving forward without them in technology and manufacturing. In addition, they also saw that their military was inferior to those of their peers. On the matter, Prime Minister Yamagata Aritomo said, "The protection of the nation’s line of sovereignty and the defense of our line of advantage are essential if we wish to maintain our independence and security... it is essential that we begin to make significantly larger appropriations for our navy and our armed forces." To reconcile this, the nation immediately made every effort to pull themselves out of the past and into the present by strengthening their army and diving headfirst into industrialism. (Doc. 8) Much the same as the British, Japan's rapid industrial growth led to expansion and colonization. By the late 1930s, Japan had taken control of both Korea and Manchuria, giving them more power and position than they had ever before come to know. (Doc.

On September 5, at its outset, the United States declared and maintained its policy of neutrality in the Second World War. Following ongoing atrocities committed by the Axis powers, however, President Franklin D. Roosevelt felt compelled to limit their strength by freezing their U.S. assets and restricting trade of certain goods. Soon after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Congress unanimously declared war on Japan. Days later, the rest of the Axis powers, including Nazi Germany, Italy, and their smaller European partners, declared war on us, placing the U.S. firmly at the center of the conflict and giving us a pivotal role in ending it. It was a war that irreversibly changed the course of history, changing our nation as a whole in the process; our involvement in World War II forced us to transform our approach to world affairs and foreign relations.

The Four-Power Treaty replaced the aging Anglo-Japanese alliance. This treaty bound the United States, Britain, France, and Japan

Although the Soviet Union and the United States fought together during World War II against the Axis Powers, the relationship between the two grew bitter going into the 1950’s Cold War. The Cold War left a dominant impact on the U.S. and American living throughout the 20th century. The fall out between the U.S. and the Soviet Union created various issues that United States dealt with (Suddath). The United States was a capitalistic country, while the Soviet Union, also known as the USSR, was lead by a strong communist influence. The expansion of Soviets into Eastern Europe fueled most of the fear the U.S. had of Russia, that they would attempt to influence many more countries.

After the events of World War II, there was growing tension between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1946. This growing tension developed into the Cold War, which would dominate American foreign policy. Foreign policy changed within the beginning years of the Cold War, as both the US and Soviet Union wanted to assert their power without creating international conflict and devastation.

The plan of the Japanese to secure Port

The United States should not get involved in foreign affairs unless it directly affects us.. For example, if a country is in a civil war, we should not strive to help fix the side we want to win. At the same time, the United States will help the country subsequent to being asked. The United States will remain a superpower in the world but will remain neutral as to not cause what could potentially lead to another world war. Another important policy in this option is to assist the Soviets in rebuilding from World War II. This may seem like a stretch because most Americans are biased towards the topic of the Soviet Union in general, but it can be assured that with a strong relationship with such a large nation will help avert their eyes away from Communism and they will be looking towards the future. By combining common interests and coexisting with the Soviets, the United States and the Soviet Union have a promising future with multiple benefits towards both sides.

The axis powers, Germany, Japan, & Italy, were strong powers which stood for overpowering weaker nations by expanding their territories. As we were a part of the allied powers, along with Great Britain, China, and the Soviet Union, the United States felt it was imperative to provide military aid to not only the United Kingdom, but to whoever was in need of the help. Ultimately, what brought us into the war was when the Japanese bombed the American fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. Once

In the early 1930s the United States had a isolationist policy. This meant that the U.S would not intervene in foreign affairs and to focus on helping America first. Meanwhile in Europe, Adolph Hitler became the chancellor and began mobilizing in order to start invading other countries. Simultaneously, Japan invaded the province of Manchuria in China and because of the American isolationist policy, the U.S did not help China. A few years later a World War broke out with Japan and Germany as allied nations however, the U.S did not enter this war and largely ignored it. The U.S isolationist policy worked for a few years until Japan attacked the U.SS Panay which killed 3 Americans. After this event, the United States began a selective service