Roosevelt Taft Wilson Big Stick Diplomacy Dollar Diplomacy Moral Diplomacy
Definition: The art or practice of conducting international relations, as in negotiating alliances, treaties, and agreements.
Teddy Roosevelt is elected President in 1900, he is popular from his Rough Rider image Embraced the ideas of Anglo-Saxonism Intended to make the country a world power
Teddy Roosevelt OBJECTIVE: KEEP EUROPE OUT of Latin America (Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine) USE FORCE to defend American interests in Latin America Speak Softly but Carry a BIG STICK
This was an amendment to the Monroe Doctrine. The Roosevelt Corollary stated that the U.S. would intervene in Latin American affairs when necessary to maintain peace and stability in the Western Hemisphere. Reaffirm that Europe stays out of our side of the world we will handle it US can intervene in Latin American Affairs We are the top dog in the Western Hemisphere
All that this country desires is to see the neighboring countries stable, orderly, and prosperous. Any country whose people conduct themselves well can count upon our hearty friendship. If a nation shows that it knows how to act with reasonable efficiency and decency in social and political matters, if it keeps order and pays its obligations, it need fear no interference from the United States. Chronic wrongdoing, or an impotence which results in a general loosening of the ties of civilized society, may ultimately require intervention by some civilized nation, and in the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrongdoing or impotence, to the exercise of an international police power.
This is my STICK In 1907 Roosevelt sent 16 battleships of the US Navy on a voyage around the world to showcase the nation s military might. The tour made a stop in Japan to demonstrate that the US could and would uphold its interests in Asia
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An area of water that is dug across land. Canals connect bodies of water so that ships can travel between them.
In 1903 the US supported a rebellion against Colombia and helped rebels establish a breakaway state of Panama In exchange for the support, the US won the right to build a canal across Panama and control the adjacent territory known as the Panama Canal Zone
The Spanish-American War brought the need for a short cut between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Expand trade with Latin America Allows the United States to better defend itself and better protect interests. Can quickly move its warships from one ocean to the other shorten the trip by nearly 8,000 miles
The first ship to transit the Panama Canal on August 15, 1914 1904 The United States begins working on the Canal 1914 The canal is completed It wasn t until 1977 that the United States signed a treaty with Panama and agreed to give Panama control of the canal in 1999 The Panama Canal:
Our interests and those of our southern neighbors are in reality identical. They have great natural riches, and if within their borders the reign of law and justice obtains, prosperity is sure to come to them.we would interfere with them only if it became evident that their inability or unwillingness to do justice at home and abroad had violated the rights of the United States or had invited foreign aggression to the detriment of the entire body of American nations.
The United States supported a revolution in Panama at the turn of the 20th century in order to secure the right to build a canal through Central America.
What were the US benefits of the Panama Canal? Expand trade with Latin America better protect interests. quickly move its warships between oceans
The Roosevelt Corollary, stating that the United States would intervene in Latin American to maintain stability, was built upon the Monroe Doctrine
What did the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine state? The United States reserved the right to intervene in the affairs of Latin America.
Which of the following diplomatic ideas relied on having a strong naval force? Big Stick Diplomacy
OBJECTIVE: PROTECT American business interests in Latin America Latin American governments were pressured to support US business interests By 1913 the US had displaced Great Britain as the leading exporter to Latin America
1911 attempted to have American bankers included in international plan to invest in railroads in China 1912-Taft ordered Marines into Nicaragua when civil war threatened to prevent repayment of US bank loan
Taft s Chair at the Mission Inn
The diplomacy of the present administration has sought to respond to modern ideas of commercial intercourse. This policy has been characterized as substituting dollars for bullets. It is one that appeals alike to idealistic humanitarian sentiments, to the dictates of sound policy and strategy, and to legitimate commercial aims. It is an effort frankly directed to the increase of American trade upon the axiomatic principle that the government of the United States shall extend all proper support to every legitimate and beneficial American enterprise abroad.
MORAL DIPLOMACY OBJECTIVE: SUPPORT democratic governments in Latin America OPPOSE oppressive or undemocratic governments US INTERESTS Protect US investments, US encouraged obedient, pro-american governments in Latin America When order was threatened, the US did not hesitate to intervene Between 1903 and 1934 the US sent armed forces one or more times to six nations in the Caribbean, occupying three of them for more than a decade
President Wilson added to the Monroe Doctrine giving it a moral tone US had the right to deny recognition to any LA government it viewed as oppressive, undemocratic, or hostile to US interests. Pressured LA countries to establish democratic governments
1914 U.S. troops sent to occupy the Mexican port of Vera Cruz 1915 sent Marines into Haiti civil war 1916 Pancho Villa raided New Mexico, killing 19 Americans; Wilson sent forces into northern Mexico until 1916 - In the Philippinesterritorial status and promised independence 1917 sent Marines into the Dominican Republic 1917 - Puerto Rico- U.S. citizenship granted to Puerto Rican people; granted limited selfgovernment 1917- In Mexico Watchful Waiting for government supporting civil rights & free elections
Noted that his administration desired the "most cordial understanding and cooperation" with Latin America. "As friends we shall prefer those who act in the interest of peace and honor, who protect private rights, and respect the restraints of constitutional provision.
Roosevelt: Big Stick Diplomacy Assertion of U.S. dominance Navy is the Big Stick Diplomacy ALL protected US business Taft: Dollar Diplomacy The Effort of the US to further its aims in LA through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries. Wilson: Moral Diplomacy support is only given to countries who s moral beliefs are similar to the US.
Expanded its access to foreign markets in order to ensure growth of the economy Built a modern navy to protect its interest abroad Used police power to ensure dominance in Latin America US emerged as a world power
The foreign policy of President Taft focused on advancing American commercial interests abroad. Critics called it Dollar Diplomacy
The diplomacy in which that the US would only support governments similar to the US? Moral Diplomacy
Roosevelt, Taft, & Wilson s forms of diplomacy all supported the protection of US business investment