Moral Diplomacy
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This form of diplomacy, most commonly connected to the Wilson Administration, called for America to not interfere with foreign affairs. Wilson used the slogan that had kept the country out of World War I thus far to win his second term. Although key to developing this policy, he was quick to disregard its main points when he entered the first World War. Because of Britain's monopoly on the Trans-Atlantic phone line, America's main source of war news was biased in favor of the Allies. When combined with the preexisting prejudice towards increasingly Imperialistic Germany, the support for Britain was virtually unanimous leading up to the war. Ironically, Wilson declared America's entry into the war in seeming negation of his famed "Moral Diplomacy."
Under President Woodrow Wilson's "moral diplomacy" approach, William Jennings Bryan was appointed to the position of Secretary of State. Wilson also proposed an apology and compensation for the Panama ordeal to Columbia, but this was rejected by Congress.
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