America as a World Power
Foreign Policy Approaches of T.R., Taft, and W. Wilson
T.R.’s BIG STICK
AMERICAN ACTION
CONSEQUENCE
Treaty of Portsmouth
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Russo-Japanese War ended.
TR gets Nobel Peace Prize
America’s prestige is up BUT major resentment
from both Russia & Japan
US. Warships in Panama
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Rts to build & control the canal
Rt to intervene in Panama
Canal is built BUT U.S. –Latin Amer. Relations
severely damaged
Panama Canal is built.
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Roosevelt Corollary is
adopted.
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Travel time btwn Atlantic & Pacific greatly
reduced
America’s prestige is up BUT major resentment
from Nicaragua
U.S. adoption of Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy
U.S. military intervenes in L.Amer., specifically
Nicaragua
SPEAK SOFTLY AND CARRY A BIG STICK
(LOOK AT CARTOON, 362)
TAFT’S DOLLAR DIPLOMACY
Taft furthers foreign policy claims in Latin America and the Far East by using
economic coercion.
Latin America
Panama: Justified intervention as “protecting “ the canal
Honduras: Tried to control, but not successful
Nicaragua: American bankers funded their debt to European
bankers
Haiti: 4 American Banks refinanced their debt.
Far East
China: U.S. helped finance the building of the Hukuang railroads and
other railroads to “buy” Chinese support of our policies and insure
their trade with us.
WILSON’S MORAL DIPLOMACY
AMERICAN ACTION
CONSEQUENCES
Wilson uses an incident with
Mexico to occupy Vera Cruz
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Death of 200 Mexicans/ 19 Americans
U.S. & Mexico are close to War (1914-1915)
ABC negotiations: Argentina, Brazil, & Chile
negotiate a peace between Mexico & U.S.
Wilson recognizes Carranza’s
government
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U.S. comes in conflict with Zapata and Pancho
Villa
Wilson refuses Carranza’s
demand to withdraw U.S.
troops sent into Mexico to
capture Villa
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Growing Anti-American feeling
Mex. nationalizes oil and mineral resources
Mex. adopts strict regulations on foreign
investors
Gen. Pershing pursues Villa, but cannot
capture him and is recalled to U.S.