The Major Shifts in American Foreign Policy between Reconstruction and World War I

Changes in American Foreign Policy between the American Civil War and World War I
In the United States from the post-Revolution to post-Reconstruction, foreign policy was essentially non-existent. America had chosen to follow the advice given by Washington on the matter of the foreign world in his farewell address--to stay away from foreign entanglements at all cost. This inward looking America fared pretty well through this aforementioned period, including it civil war period, from which it bounced back even stronger than before, politically and economically. …