Big Stick Diplomacy
BY TRUMAN WELLING AND HAILEY
ZIMMERMAN
Roosevelt
 American Foreign Policy Activist
 “Speak softly, but carry big Stick”
 Civilized vs. Uncivilized
 Navy
Protecting the “open door” in Asia
 1904: Japanese attack Manchuria
 Roosevelt put end to conflict in peace conference 1905
 Ensured U.S. trade in that region
 “Great White Fleet”- 16 battleships to remind Japan of power
 Won Nobel Peace Prize
Roosevelt Corollary
 Corollary to Monroe Doctrine
 U.S. intervene in domestic affairs in Latin America if
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1902 Brought about by Venezuela
1903: first use in Dominican Republic
Cuba
“Platt Amendment”
The Panama Canal
 Most celebrated accomplishment of Roosevelt
 Started by French
 John Hay went to Columbia
 Columbia wouldn’t agree with
terms
 Organized revolt in Panama
 New gov. agreed to terms
William Howard Taft
 “Dollar Diplomacy”-Lent countries money to have
financial control over them
 Mostly in less-developed areas
Woodrow Wilson
 Not interested in international affairs but ended up
getting pretty involved
Diplomacy and Morality
 Dominican Republic-basically owned it, occupied
militarily, wouldn’t accept treaty
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Military occupation lasted 8 years
 Bought colonies in Denmark from fear of Germans
 Renamed Virgin Islands
 Mexico-corrupt dictator
 new leader came to power-wouldn’t accept U.S. treaty
 overthrown and new gov. would have but didn’t get recognized
Overall Foreign Policy
 Wanted to help countries
 Mostly focus on Central/ South America
 Keeping Europe away
 American Power
 Military
Obama and Foreign Policy
 Syria-Remove Weapons
 Peace
 Israel-Peace Treaty
 Not Major part
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passive role
 Stop War in Iraq
 Osama Bin Laden
Iraq War
 August 31, 2010-end on combat mission
 Started with the U.S. searching for Weapons off Mass
Destruction
 Troops support new Government and fight
insurgents
Foreign Policy Overall
 Peace/no new wars
 Get rid on nuclear weapons (major focus)
 Freedom
 Pulling out of Afghanistan
 Terrorism
 Ending wars
Compare/Contrast
 Differences:
 Obama major focus was on terrorism and nuclear weapons
 Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson major focus was on American Power
 Similarities:
 Both involved in third world countries
 Establishing peace and U.S. power
 Military important
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