National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: The Crisis of American Diplomacy, 1793 1808
For this Curriculum Unit, learners will consider "The Crisis of American Diplomacy, 1793-1808" in 3 Lessons. The unit also includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
Other
Civil War Diplomacy: Cotton Diplomacy
Read about the Confederacy's attempt to manipulate the supply of cotton to England in an attempt to gain England's support of its war effort. Written by Kinley Brauer, noted historian.
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Encyclopedia of the New American Nation: Dollar Diplomacy
This extensive essay explains the goals of William Howard Taft's foreign policy during his presidency and how it reflected U.S. relations with countries in Latin America and with China. Comparisons are made with the goals of Taft's...
The Newberry Library
Newberry Library: Trade, Diplomacy, and China's Modern Transformation
Learning module with primary resources and questions for critical thinking explores how China's economic and diplomatic ties to the outside world shaped its modern history
University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill: American Diplomacy
An on-line magazine that provides "Commentary, Analysis, and Research on American Foreign Policy and Its Practice." Also contains articles from actual ambassadors and diplomats in the Foreign Service.
University of North Carolina
American Diplomacy: Is China Unstable?
A discussion of the problems facing China in the late 1990s and going back to the Pro-Democracy movement. The author focuses on the problems of discontent among Chinese workers.
US Department of State
Office of the Historian: 1776 1783: Diplomacy and the American Revolution
Information about diplomatic relations between France and the American Colonies during the American Revolution.
US Department of State
Biographies of the Secretaries of State: George Catlett Marshall (1880 1959)
Biography of George C. Marshall provides details of his life as he rose to prominence in the U.S. military and wielded enormous influence on American diplomacy.
US Department of State
Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger
Biography of Henry Kissinger who served in dual roles of Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under Richard M. Nixon and played a major part in U.S. diplomacy.
The Economist
The Economist: Iran and Nuclear Diplomacy
A brief June 28, 2007, report examining the ongoing negotiations over the status of Iran's nuclear program.
iCivics
I Civics: International Affairs
Students learn about the complex interactions that exist in our globalized world. They examine the evolution of diplomacy and international interdependence by looking at recent and historical global events. It includes games and...
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Tr: Foreign Affairs
An overview of Theodore Roosevelt's views on foreign policy beginning in his role as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and continuing throughout his presidency. The article includes his creation of the Roosevelt Corolarry to the Monroe...
US Department of State
Department of State: Building the Panama Canal
A brief description of the diplomacy involved between the United States and other countries leading up to the building of the Panama Canal.
US Department of State
Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Edmund Jennings Randolph (1753 1813)
Brief biography provides an overview of Edmund Randolph's rise to prominence as Secretary of State under George Washington, and discusses his influence on American diplomacy.
US Department of State
Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Timothy Pickering (1745 1829)
Biography of Timothy Pickering provides details of his rise to prominence, appointment to Secretary of State by George Washington and his influence on American diplomacy.
US Department of State
Biographies of the Secretaries of State: James Monroe (1758 1831)
Biography of James Monroe tells about his life, political career and his influence on U.S. diplomacy in the early 1800s.
US Department of State
Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Charles Evans Hughes (1862 1948)
Biography of Charles Hughes provides a brief description of his life, rise to prominence and influence on American diplomacy.
US Department of State
Biographies of Secretaries of State: Lawrence Sidney Eagleburger (1930 2011)
Biography of U.S. diplomat, Lawrence Eagleburger, who succeeded James Baker as Secretary of State under George Bush, bringing important knowledge and experience to U.S. diplomacy.
US Department of State
U.s. Dept. Of State: Youth and Education
Find a collection of resources designed to inform young Americans about the the world of foreign policy and the diplomatic service. Includes career advice for those thinking of entering the foreign service and answers many who, what,...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: The Monroe Doctrine: Origin and Early American Foreign Policy
In this Curriculum Unit, students will consider "The Monroe Doctrine: Origin and Early American Foreign Policy" in 4 Lessons. The unit also includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
Scholastic
Scholastic: The Progresssive Era
This Grolier On-line Encyclopedia article hits the main points of the Progressive Era stretching from the 1890s until just after the end of World War I.
Other
California Military Museum: California Naval Militia and the Tampico Incident
Thorough history of the Tampico Incident in the context of the Mexican Revolution.
US Department of State
Biographies of the Secretaries of State: John Watson Foster (1836 1917)
Biography of John Foster, a statesman who rose through the ranks to become a Colonel in the Union Army and later appointed Secretary of State by Benjamin Harrison in 1892.
US Department of State
Biographies of the Secretaries of State: John Foster Dulles (1888 1959)
Biography of John Foster Dulles provides details of his life and rise to prominence in the U.S. Government.
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