Introduction “America for the Americans” was a phrase attributed to President Monroe and elaborated by John Quincy Adams. The phrase “America for the Americans” is the main essence of the Monroe Doctrine. This Doctrine represents how America has to interact with other countries, especially with the European powers and the nations that are geographically near the USA. For the Americans many foreign issues were and are still based on this doctrine since 19 century. In order to understand the context where Monroe Doctrine was created it is important to have in mind three international facts: first the conformation and consolidation of America through their independence, second the forging of a new nation, and third the construction of a new empire. …show more content…
They were divided because they do not share the same ideas, the states in the north was not agree with the slavery and the states in the south, states that base their economy in primary activities like agriculture were agree on have slaves and they do not want to allowed to change that situations, but they were agree in one thing they know that they have to stay together in order to be a successful nation and contain the European powers they need to find a way to construct an empire even if they did not think the …show more content…
Wilson admits that this situation had to change and USA should treat Latin Americans countries as their equal’s but he also suggest that the countries should adopt the doctrine of the president Monroe he said it was important that no nation should intervene in other nations politics, that is a little contradictory to the Monroe Doctrine, cause the doctrine was in favor to intervene foreign issues of other states, when USA feel that European power try to influence in Latin Americans counties, also he tried to join USA to lead of nations but the congress refused because they said that Europeans problems were not a matter of concern, as we could see during the international affairs during the Wilson administration was a combination of Isolanist as a way to stay apart of European issues and Internalization as a way to remain they world that USA was a strong
Although there have been many factors that have contributed to making the United States what it exists as in the modern day, the Monroe Doctrine and Manifest Destiny are two crucial documents and movements that played a role in the development of the United States. During the mid-nineteenth century, the Monroe Doctrine unified the United States, creating an environment of hostility towards other non-Western Hemispheres, specifically European forces. This document asserted the United States power as well as established its control over the Americas and the general Western Hemisphere. The Monroe Doctrine served to provide a legal and social rationalization for the ideology behind Manifest Destiny, ultimately leading to Westward expansion.
In 1860, the U.S. was divided. It was divided into the North, South, and New Territories. It was also divided in terms of their views on slavery. The North believed that slavery was wrong, the South completely supported the idea, and the West was indifferent at the time.
Europe, a major power during this time period, was looking to expand not only in the many settled areas but also in the unsettled parts of the Americas as well. This included “France, which had designs on Cuba, and Russia, which was seeking to expand its holdings on the Pacific coast” (Foner 361). This called the US to action with establishing the Monroe Doctrine. Also, with the US recently gaining independence from Britain during this time and wanting to expand their influence of trade and commerce in the region, the US wanted a “clear break between the New World and the autocratic realm of Europe” (Milestones: 1801-1829: Monroe Doctrine 1823). Along with trade, the US had plans of westward expansion and did not want countries in Europe to gain control of those regions.
Americanism can be defined in many different ways. In Theodore Roosevelt’s speech, “True Americanism”, he portrays his idea of what Americanism means. Throughout his speech, Roosevelt uses rhetorical strategies to persuade people to unite regardless of a person’s race or religious beliefs to create a strong, powerful country. Roosevelt uses appeal to identity to create the appeal of pathos.
South vs North The south thought they could do what they wanted .Before the Civil War the South depended on slavery and the North was more of a Industrial. Then there were arguments about slavery should not be in the new states .People came up with compromises to fix all the fuss of which state is free and which state is a slave one.
The United States of America was once severely divided over an extreme issue that needed to be quickly solved before it caused any serious damage on the country. The Northern part and the Southern part of the United States of America were both having intense arguments over the issue of slavery. The North deeply accepted the abolishment of slavery in the United States of America. However, the South was strongly supporting on the ability of having slaves anywhere in the United States of America. Before the American Civil War, the North had a immoral perspective on slavery and the South had a righteous outlook on slavery they had contrasting ideas.
Slavery created division of United States, one side supported slavery and the other opposed. The Northern people didn’t need slaves due to the very little amount of agriculture they had, whereas in the South where they had much more agriculture, they felt they needed the slaves. I believe that the true separation between the North and South was in the people. 4th of July celebrations are hypocritical to slaves. Slaves considered this celebration as a sham, because they were not independent, they weren’t free.
Effectively, both sides were using demagoguery to try to promote their side and demean the other. This led to huge rivalries and sectional divisions. Thomas Jefferson says in a letter that the Union is in bad shape. He goes onto say that the divide between north and south exists because people are steadfast in their point of view and every little event that regards slavery will mark this divide deeper and deeper.(Doc 1) These differences in parties and geography are very similar to the divide we see today.
One of the major turning points in United States history occurred on January 1, 1863, when the Emancipation Proclamation was enacted. After the civil war, the country was split between Union and Confederate States which further divided the country. A number of white supremacy groups began to flourish in the post war south, specifically The White League and the Ku Klux Klan. Various legislative orders were enacted due to these groups. The Emancipation Proclamation and the Enforcement Acts changed the frame of the post war south.
There were disputes over territories. The main disagreement was over slavery. Slavery was legal in the south but had become banned by then states north of the Mason-Dixon line. The southerners feared that the slave ban would eventually lead to no slaveholding states, and which would give the control of the government to abolitionist. If this happened the institution of slavery would be outlawed completely.
Nostra heard about the Monroe Doctrine and had some idea to change it up. Ithad no more of it to be used solely for economic dominance and imperialism by the United States, but in conjunction with its twenty neighbors, to defend the collective security of the Western Hemisphere. But changing the Monroe Doctrine only changed some of its power. Still, the Monroe Doctrine could still have advance American economic and political interests in the Western
The doctrine vocalizes the United States’ entitlement to manage the affairs of all countries within both American continents. Monroe
William McKinley in his thoughts on American Expansionism has identified the reasons why America had no other choice but to incorporate Philippines as a part of it. This writing has been lifted from the excerpts of an interview with William McKinley soon after Spain had surrendered in the Spanish-American war. McKinley cleverly talks in this interview about how Philippines just came and fell into the laps of America thereby suggesting the helpless stance of America. He talks about how America’s sole intention and purpose had only been to safeguard its own interests as a country. He had to order that the Spanish fleets in Manila be destroyed because if left unattended, they would have crossed the Pacific and wreaked havoc in the American states
The North and the South had many differences that led to the Civil War. Some white Southerners claimed that they were separate from the Northern States of America. In 1860 the North and the South had been slowly separating into two different cultures. After Lincoln was elected Southerners felt powerless. While the North was becoming more modern with social, economical, and political differences the South barely changed.
Originally, as a new nation emerging, the United States was focused on building and stabilizing itself in order to seem powerful to foreign countries. However, as time went on, the North and the South disagreed over various issues and were eventually divided. Many events arose which worsened the split between the North and South after the Antebellum Era, resulting in the South seceding from the Union. The reason why Southern states seceded from the Union in 1860 and 1861 was the controversy over slavery between the North and the South. One main event that contributed to the controversy over slavery and the South’s secession was Abraham Lincoln’s election.