Moral diplomacy (1 gen 1913 anni – 5 apr 1917 anni)

Descrizione:

Wilson believed that the main aim of war was to end militarism and make the world “safe for democracy,” He promised that the United States would fight to ensure democracy, self-government, the rights and liberties of small nations, and help establish an international peace organization that would end war forever. For most of the war the US remained neutral during the war and this can be considered as economically motivated as America was in recession at the start of the first world war.

Wilson stepped into the oval office in 1913, everything about the United States' foreign policy changed. An Anti-Imperialist, he hated both TR's "big-stickism" and Taft's "dollar diplomacy." His actions proved this. In 1914, he persuaded Congress to repeal the Panama Canal Tolls Act passed by Taft, which had exempted American shippers from tolls on the canal, and angered Britain. Then, in 1916, he passed the Jones Act in 1916 which granted the Philippines territorial status.
JAN 1, 1913 – APR 5, 1917