Ch. 10, sect 4
ForeignPolicy
Highlights:
Roosevelt / Taft
/ Wilson
1912 Presidential Election
Teddy Roosevelt
“Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will
go far.”
• 1906 won a Nobel Peace Prize for
negotiating peace between Russia and Japan.
• 1903 encouraged Congress to purchase
the Panama Canal.
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U.S. wants canal to cut travel time of commercial, military ships
U.S. buys French company’s route through Panama
Negotiates with Colombia to build Panama Canal; talks break
down
French company agent helps organize Panamanian rebellion
• U.S. gives military aid
– U.S., Panama sign treaty; U.S. pays
$10 million for Canal Zone
1906, Roosevelt visited Panama Canal
construction site
“Big Stick” Diplomacy
The Roosevelt Corollary (1904) U. S. to use force to protect
economic interests
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Related to Monroe Doctrine 1823
and warns European powers that the Western
hemisphere is:
1.
Closed to intervention by European powers
2.
Closed to colonization by European powers
3. If intervention is necessary – only the U.S.
may intervene. Police of the world
U.S. Trade with Central America, 1913-1920
William H. Taft
“Dollar Diplomacy”
•
Based on the idea that we could get
countries to do what we want by
threatening them to remove American
investments.
• Dollar diplomacy — U.S.
guarantees foreign loans by
U.S. business
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U.S. exercises police power on several occasions
Woodrow Wilson
“Missionary Diplomacy”
• Missionary “Moral”
diplomacy — U.S. has moral
responsibility:
– will not recognize regimes
that are oppressive,
undemocratic or hostile to
U.S. interests.
– If Americans agree with a countries moral
standards, then we’ll work with them. Based
on human rights and opinion.
Video: The Presidents
Throwing out the first ball in 1916
Left-Side
“Panama Canal”
Panama Canal Map questions
• attach map to Left-side
• Tape and answer questions