THEODORE ROOSEVELT’S
IMPACT ON FOREIGN POLICY
Warm-Up
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Complete the left half of the Venn Diagram
Monroe Doctrine
Roosevelt Corollary
Recap!
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Who won the election of 1900?
What were their main platforms?
1901
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McKinley is assassinated months after being
inaugurated
TR succeeds him in office
What can TR’s Rough Rider predict about the type
of President he’ll be?
TR is well-liked by imperialists but criticized for
breaking tradition of noninvolvement in global
politics
Big Stick Diplomacy
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POLITICAL CARTOON
Panama Canal
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Colombia refused to agree to US terms for digging
through its territory
TR supported a revolt in Panama in order to acquire
the land
The rebellion succeeded and the new government
signed the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty of 1903,
granting control of the land to the US
The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe
Doctrine
Latin American countries were falling behind in debt
repayments to European powers. In 1904, instead
of letting Europeans intervene, Roosevelt declared
that the US would intervene instead.
Carrying a Big-Stick
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Arrange diplomatic conference during RussoJapanese War (1905)
“Gentlemen’s Agreement” where Roosevelt
persuaded California to repeal discriminatory laws
and Japan secretly restricts emigration to the US
Root-Takahira Agreement (1908)- mutual respect
for Pacific possessions between US and Japan, and
support for Open Door Policy in China
The Great White Fleet
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Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy
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Won election as Roosevelt’s successor
Expansionist foreign policy based on financial
investments, not naval power
Promoted US trade by supporting American
enterprises abroad
Succeeded in securing American participation
investing in railroads in China
Sent marines to Nicaragua to protect American
investments. (they stayed from 1912-1933)
Wilson’s Moral Diplomacy
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Wished to correct wrongful policies of the past
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Philippines-Jones Act of 1916 granted territorial
status, a bill of rights, universal male suffrage, and
independence as soon as a stable government was
established
Puerto Rico- US citizenship granted to all inhabitants
in 1917
Panama Canal- US ships are no longer exempt from
paying toll
Moral Diplomacy?
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Wilson used US Marines to straighten out many
troubles in Latin America
 Kept
marines in Nicaragua, ordered troops into Haiti in
1915 and the Dominican Republic in 1916
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Wilson asked for an arms embargo against the
military dictatorship of General Victoriano Huerta
in Mexico in 1914, later blockading, and then
occupying, the port of Vera Cruz
INQUIRY LESSON
Would Theodore Roosevelt have entered into the
Vietnam War?
Make a Hypothesis
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Using what you know about TR, make a hypothesis
about the question:
“Would Theodore Roosevelt have entered into the
Vietnam War?”
Data Sets
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In groups of four, each member gets a document.
Each member shares their document so the team can
fill out their data set.
After each document is shared, revise your
hypothesis and record it on the data set
How did TR impact foreign policy in the United
States?