ROOSEVELT’S “BIG STICK” DIPLOMACY
AMERICAN ACTION TAKEN
CONSEQUENCE OF THAT ACTION
• TREATY OF
PORTSMOUTH
IS NEGOTIATED
• THE RUSSOJAPANESE WAR
ENDED; THE NOBEL
PRIZE AWARDED TO
ROOSEVELT;
AMERICAN
PRESTIGE
INCREASED
ROOSEVELT’S “BIG STICK” DIPLOMACY
AMERICAN ACTION TAKEN
CONSEQUENCE OF THAT ACTION
• U.S. WARSHIPS ARE
USED TO ENSURE
PANAMA’S
INDEPENDENCE
• RIGHTS TO BUILD A
CANAL, TO CONTROL
THE CANAL ZONE, AND
TO INTERVENE IN
PANAMA; THE
PANAMA CANAL BUILT;
U.S.-LATIN AMERICAN
RELATIONS SEVERELY
DAMAGED
ROOSEVELT’S “BIG STICK” DIPLOMACY
AMERICAN ACTION TAKEN
CONSEQUENCE OF THAT ACTION
• PANAMA CANAL IS
BUILT
• TRAVEL TIME BETWEEN
ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC
REDUCED; THE POWER
AND PRESTIGE OF THE
U.S. ENHANCED; U.S.LATIN AMERICAN
RELATIONS SEVERELY
DAMAGED
ROOSEVELT’S “BIG STICK” DIPLOMACY
AMERICAN ACTION TAKEN
CONSEQUENCE OF THAT ACTION
• ROOSEVELT
COROLLARY IS
ADOPTED
• U.S. ADOPTION OF
DOLLAR
DIPLOMACY; U.S.
MILITARY
INTERVENTION IN
LATIN AMERICA,
SPECIFICALLY
NICARAGUA
WILSON’S “MISSIONARY” DIPLOMACY
AMERICAN ACTION TAKEN
CONSEQUENCE OF THAT ACTION
• WILSON USES A
MINOR INCIDENT
WITH MEXICO AS
AN EXCUSE TO
OCCUPY
VERACRUZ
• DEATH OF AT
LEAST 200
MEXICANS; U.S.
AND MEXICO
BROUGHT
CLOSE TO WAR
WILSON’S “MISSIONARY” DIPLOMACY
AMERICAN ACTION TAKEN
CONSEQUENCE OF THAT ACTION
• WILSON
RECOGNIZES
THE CARRANZA
GOVERNMENT
• U.S. COMES
INTO CONFLICT
WITH PANCHO
VILLA
WILSON’S “MISSIONARY” DIPLOMACY
AMERICAN ACTION TAKEN
CONSEQUENCE OF THAT ACTION
• WILSON REFUSES
CARRANZA’S
DEMAND TO
WITHDRAW U.S.
TROOPS SENT INTO
MEXICO TO
CAPTURE VILLA
• ANTI-AMERICAN
FEELING IN MEXICO
INTENSIFIED; MEXICO
NATIONALIZES OIL AND
MINERAL RESOURCES,
ADOPTS STRICT
REGULATIONS ON
FOREIGN INVESTORS