Warm Up:

Review of the Declaration of Independence What is the main Ideal from the

Declaration of Independence that this document focuses on?

Why is it an important principal for our country to follow?

For what reasons does the writer of the second document believe this Ideal is important to them?

Agenda

Review of Declaration of Independence Group Discussions

Paper Pass backs & Exam Preview Yellow Sheet Vocab, WWI, Essay on WWI,

Political Cartoons American Foreign Policy from 1900-1914 Cause of WWI & Why are we getting

involved What about the US foreign policy that we have

learned will end up leading into WW I & Why?

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United States Foreign Policy 1890-1914

Theodore Roosevelt’s Foreign Policy: Carry a Big Stick Roosevelt Corollary-Preventative

intervention. US would intervene in Latin America to keep European powers out of the Western Hemisphere.

Corollary Results-Used to justify all interventions. US Marines will be sent multiple times to Latin American countries. Latin American countries views this as American oppression.

Roosevelt in Action-Roosevelt was not afraid to flex American muscle. Roosevelt acted as mediator in Russo-Japanese War (won Nobel Peace Prize in 1906). Sent the US Navy to protect the Panamanian revolt (1903). (1907) ordered the Great White Fleet on highly visible voyage around the world (show off American naval power).

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United States Foreign Policy 1890-1914

William H. Taft’s Foreign Policy: Dollar Diplomacy Background-Federal

government encouraged Wall Street bankers and other major US corporations to invest in foreign countries that were of a strategic concern to the US. The dollar would replace Roosevelt’s big stick.

Dollar Diplomacy in the Caribbean-Main area of US strategic importance. US pumped money into this area to keep other countries out and to uphold the Monroe Doctrine. Policy failed when civil distress broke out in Cuba, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic. President Taft had to send in the Marines to protect American investments.

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United States Foreign Policy 1890-1914

Woodrow Wilson’s Foreign Policy: Moral Diplomacy Background-

• Wilson hated Roosevelt’s big stick and Taft’s dollar diplomacy.

• Wilson believed that the US would be the world’s conscience. Goal of American foreign policy would be to spread democracy and promote peace.

Wilson in Action-Sometimes spreading democracy required military action. Wilson sent the Marines to Haiti (1914-1933) and the Dominican Republic (1916-1924). (1916) Jones Act granted the Philippines territorial status and promised independence

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United States Foreign Policy 1890-1914

Woodrow Wilson’s Foreign Policy: Moral Diplomacy

America’s Mexican Adventure-American companies invested billions of dollars in Mexican oil, railroads, and mines.• (1913) Mexican people rebelled. • (1914) Wilson sent the Navy to capture the

port of Vera Cruz.• (1916) Wilson ordered General Pershing to

break up Pancho Villa’s group.• (1917) US withdrew because threat of war

with Germany increased.

MAIN Causes of WWI

Take out causes of WWI Handout Whose Assassination was the final cause

of WWI? Based only on the causes of the war that

you have read: Should the US get involved? Whose side should we be on?

Leading to War: US Role in WWI Predict: Based on what you know so far

about US foreign policy, how did the US end up getting itself involved in the war effort?

Leading to War

How did the US get involved in the War? What were their contributions to the

War? What were the negative effects for the

US when it went to war?

US Involvement

Shipping goods to Great Brittan for economic gain The US had slipped into a recession before the war Trade during the war boosted the economy

German U-Boats (submarines) sinking US supply ships Germans sink Lusitania & many other merchant ships

brining supplies to their enemies Zimmerman Telegram

Message from Germany to Mexico, asking Mexico to help start war with the US

April 4, 1917 US declared war on Germany