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Warm-up:What does this cartoon represent?
Foreign Policy
“Big Stick” Diplomacy – Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt believed it took a strong military to achieve America’s goals
“Speak softly and carry a big stick” Used by Roosevelt to guide his foreign policy
Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine U.S. to act as an “international police power”
Under Roosevelt, U.S. often intervened in Latin America
Roosevelt wanted to preserve “Open Door Policy” with China
T.R. won Nobel Peace Prize—Russia and Japan
Foreign Policy After T.R.
William Howard Taft: Elected 1908Dollar Diplomacy: “substitute dollars for
bullets”Aimed to increase American investments in
businesses and banks in Cent. Americas More honorable but still might need to use military
(big stick) on occasion U.S. reached height of international power
under T.R. and TaftPolicies created enemies in Latin America
and a growing international resentment of U.S. intervention
Foreign Policy After T.R.
Woodrow Wilson:• “Moral diplomacy”: work to “promote
human rights, national integrity, and opportunity”
• U.S. applied more moral and legalistic standards to foreign policy
Drew U.S. into the complex Mexican Revolution
Did not work well in MexicoU.S.-Mexican relations were strained for
many years
Pro-Imperialists:New kind of frontier for U.S. expansionKeep America from losing competitive edge
Access to foreign markets made economy stronger
“Great White Fleet” demonstrate U.S. naval power to other countries
Debating Imperialism
Anti-ImperialistsMoral and political argument
Expansion was a rejection of our nation’s founding principle of “liberty for all”
Racial argument Imperialism just another form of racism
Economic argument Expansion too costly
Maintaining military Laborers from other countries compete for jobs
Debating Imperialism cont’
Caribbean and Central America—U.S. defending governments unpopular with local inhabitants
“Yankee go home”Panamanians complained of discriminationMany countries turned to U.S. for helpU.S. welcomed and rejectedAmerican government still struggles to
reconcile its great power and national interests with its relationships with other countries
Imperialism Viewed from Abroad
Activity:
Write a summary of the policies doing a comparison of the differences.
Then pick the policy that you believe is the best policy and tell me why.
(2 separate paragraphs)