Good Neighbor Policy
The United States Becomes a Good Neighbor “Franklin Roosevelt’s Good Neighbor Policy was a more ethical, moral, respectful, and neighborly approach to international relations than that of his predecessors.” This is exactly what U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt wanted his new foreign policy of 1933 to be. The Good Neighbor policy was the United State’s new foreign policy, stating that they were to no longer intervene militarily in other countries; they would no longer imperialize the world, and instead were to become “good neighbors” to the other countries. The Good Neighbor policy sounds like a great idea, but when one comes to think of it, why would they need to patch up things? Something, or in this case many things, led to the creation of the Good Neighbor Policy which was long overdue. It’s the first impression that will either open a door or close it, even though things are never as they seem. The United States, at first, seemed as if they wanted
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The Great Depression was taking place, but the Good Neighbor policy forced the US to open its markets to other countries, therefore causing a boom in the trade all over the western hemisphere. This led to a new and much desired economic stability. This great policy also put an end to the United States’ military interventions; they were no longer to meddle in other countries affairs, especially because as it was seen in the past with the Spanish-American war, their presence in foreign affairs could lead to war. All troops were withdrawn from in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, and Nicaragua. The United States actually gained allies after this policy was enabled, something they were not used to having. Another huge effect was the remarkable decline in the belittling stereotyping of Latinos by the American government and media industries. It looked as if the Good Neighbor Policy was bringing many good things to the
The Great Depression was taking place, but the Good Neighbor policy forced the US to open its markets to other countries, therefore causing a boom in the trade all over the western hemisphere. This led to a new and much desired economic stability. This great policy also put an end to the United States’ military interventions; they were no longer to meddle in other countries affairs, especially because as it was seen in the past with the Spanish-American war, their presence in foreign affairs could lead to war. All troops were withdrawn from in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, and Nicaragua. The United States actually gained allies after this policy was enabled, something they were not used to having. Another huge effect was the remarkable decline in the belittling stereotyping of Latinos by the American government and media industries. It looked as if the Good Neighbor Policy was bringing many good things to the