Foreign Policy Acts

Foreign Policies between the New Nationalists and he New Freedomists differed greatly.

The Panama Tolls Act, signed by William Taft, exempted American shipping from tolls and taxes, provoking sharp protests from Britain, who needed to use the Canal but were being taxed heavily. This Act was repealed by Wilson in 1914.

In response to the Philippines, Wilson signed off on the Jones Act of 1916, which granted the Philippines the title of "territory". They would eventually be granted independence as well. However, this would happen thirty years later, on 4 July 1946.