Relating only to foreign policy between 1867 and 1914, what are three topics that are essential background to the changes that took place in foreign...

This period covers the
end of the Civil War through the beginning of World War I. One change that took place was that
the U.S. began to enter the second wave of the Industrial Revolution
(there was an earlier wave before the Civil War). This meanT that the U.S.,
particularly the northern U.S., became a center of production and needed raw materials and
markets to sustain its industrialization. Therefore, foreign policy objectives centered on
finding raw materials from other countries and securing markets in which to sell finished
products.

The second change was that the frontier
closed. As of 1890, the U.S. Census determined that there was no longer a
frontier. Many people, influenced by what was called the Turner Thesis (which posited that the
frontier was necessary for American development and renewal), believed that Americans had to
find new centers for development and renewal abroad. People believed that finding new frontiers
abroad was vital to the American character.

Finally,
European...

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