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¶ … United States Presidents in the 1890s [...] which president conducted American Foreign policy more skillfully in the 1890's, McKinley or Cleveland? Why?
William McKinley favored an imperialistic worldview, and brought the United States into the Spanish-American War, which ultimately added the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico to the United States. He favored American intervention into foreign politics, especially when this intervention would benefit the U.S. In fact, McKinley's dominant imperialistic foreign policies dominated his presidency, and he is most remembered for the war and its' ultimate gain of territories for the United States. McKinley's foreign policy was anything but skillful. He listened to the American people, whose opinion was dominated by the "yellow press," rather than world sentiment. McKinley's foreign policy was domineering and imperialistic, and left America looking like a bully.
President Grover Cleveland, on the other hand, handled foreign policy with a "big stick," but a lack of imperialistic tendencies. Cleveland faced three major foreign policy problems during his presidency. One was the Venezuelan boundary crisis, in which he took a strong stand for Britain to renegotiate the boundaries, and Britain capitulated. The others were the annexation of Hawaii and Cuba, which he opposed. Had he annexed these two island nations, the Spanish-American War might have been averted, but Cleveland was not an expansionist, he felt the most compelling American problems were closer to home, rather than abroad. Cleveland handled foreign policy much more effectively than McKinley did, because he did not involve the U.S. In conflicts that did not affect them, and he did not make the United States look like a bully. His stand on Venezuela showed he could be strong, but his policy also showed he was not interested in taking over countries at the expense of their people and wishes. His foreign policy was more skillful because it was more involved with major issues in the world, rather than American imperialistic advances.
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Author not Available. "Biography of William McKinley." WhiteHouse.gov. 2004. 24 May 2004. http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/wm25.html
Author not Available. "Foreign Affairs Under Cleveland." U-S-History.com. 2002. 24 May 2004. http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h796.html
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