Work Period: Latin America and China Foreign policies Notes President Chart Activity

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1 USHC 5.0 DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN DEVELOPMENTS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE EMERGENCE OF THE UNITED STATES AS A WORLD POWER IN THE 20 TH CENTURY Opening: Complete pages in your Reading Study Guide. What you do not complete is for homework! Work Period: Latin America and China Foreign policies Notes President Chart Activity Closing: Quiz.

2 Objective Summarize United States foreign policies in different regions of the world.

3 ACQUIRING NEW LANDS The US policy changed from isolationism to imperialism Based on the need for new markets As a result, the American policy for China and Latin America became more assertive

4 FOREIGN INFLUENCE IN CHINA China was a vast potential market for American products Many European countries had colonized in China They called these colonies spheres of influence The US did not have a sphere Foreign nations were opening the door to China s trade

5 In 1889, John Hay, U.S. Secretary of State, issued the Open Door Policy which outlined his plan for free trade among nations in China Success was due to the US relationship with Great Britain (like the Monroe Doctrine)

6 BOXER REBELLION Resentment arose in the form of secret societies determined to rid China of these foreign devils The Boxer s were a secret group that rioted in 1900, killing and vandalizing all things foreign Foreign Troops were called in to put down this Boxer Rebellion The US took the leading role

7 AMERICANS PROTECT RIGHTS IN ASIA After the Boxer Rebellion, John Hay again issued a series of Open Door Policies These policies reflected American beliefs in: 1. the importance of exports 2. the right of America to intervene to keep foreign markets open 3. the belief that America s survival depended on access to foreign markets

8 LATIN AMERICAN INFLUENCE The Treaty of Paris granted full independence to Cuba The U.S signed an agreement with Cuba known as the Platt Amendment (1903) Key features of Platt included the right of the U.S. to maintain naval stations on the island and the right to intervene in Cuban affairs Cuba had become a protectorate of the U.S. Today the U.S. has a prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

9 THE PANAMA CANAL By the early 20 th century, many Americans understood the advantages of a canal through Panama It would greatly reduce travel times for commercial and military ships by providing a short cut between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans The shortcut

10 BUILDING THE PANAMA CANAL The French had already unsuccessfully attempted to build a canal through Panama America first had to help Panama win their independence from Colombia

11 Columbia would not accept the US offer to pay for the Isthmus of Panama US sent gunboats to support a bloodless revolution Leader of the revolt signed a treaty to give exclusive rights to build a canal to the US Alienated the Columbians and gave the US a foothold in Central America Eventually the Panamanians resented the American presence

12 This view, provided by NASA, shows the thin blue line (canal) cutting across the middle of Panama

13 Almost 1,000,000 ships have passed through the canal, which became sole property of Panama in the year 2000

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16 TEDDY ROOSEVELT Big Stick Diplomacy Monroe Doctrine (1823) Roosevelt Corollary the U.S. would use force to protect its economic interests in Latin America

17 The US intervened in several Central American countries by taking over custom houses and collecting taxes to pay trade debts owed to European nations Sent the Great White Fleet on a trip around the world to show off American s naval superiority

18 HOWARD TAFT Dollar Diplomacy American businessmen loaned money to Latin countries Guaranteed by the U.S. government Justified keeping European powers out of the Caribbean

19 WOODROW WILSON Moral Diplomacy U.S. moral responsibility Denied recognition of any Latin American government it viewed as: Oppressive Undemocratic Hostile to U.S. interests

20 Civil War in Mexico MORAL DIPLOMACY Peasants v. Landowners Pancho Villa (Anti-U.S. revolutionary) Killed 19 people in New Mexico Wilson sent 15,000 troops Wanted to teach Mexicans to elect good men Protect American businesses in the Western Hemisphere Distracted by start of WWI

21 Activity T. Roosevelt Taft Wilson Name of policy Dealt with economic interests? (Yes or No) Other characteristics

22 Quiz time! Assessment