1. FOREIGN POLICY AFTER THE S.A.WAR (IND. 5.3) US Emergence As World Power

2. I. Intro A. US w/bases across Pacific B. foreign pol focus after war: 1. protect new territories 2. expand trade w/China

3. II. Concerned Areas A. China 1. why: feared Eur. imperialism over Chinese exports & markets 2. US response > Open Door Policy > for trade & commerce 3. Chinese nat’lists (Boxers) oppose a. led to “Boxer Rebellion” (1900) b. purpose: end foreign influence in China

4. II. Concerned Areas B. Japan 1. why: incr. Jap influence in SE Asia 2. “Great Wh. Fleet” sent a. purpose: show US mil. pwr b. don’t attack China/Philippines! c. incr. tensions b/t US & Jap

5. II. Concerned Areas C. Panama Canal 1. why: quicker access b/t Atl. & Pac. 2. Colombia refuse to sell/lease land 3. 1903 - Panama vs. Colombia a. Panama wants indep. b. US backs Pan. > land lease for canal

6. III. US Pres. & Foreign Policies A. T. Roosevelt 1. FP: Roosevelt Corollary a. “big stick diplomacy”  US rt. to intervene in LA if a nation has trouble paying its debt b. rationale: debt no excuse to occupy LA/Car. terr.

7. Quote “Under any circumstances a sufficient armament would have to be kept up to serve the purposes of international police; and until international cohesion and the sense of international duties and rights are far more advanced than at present, a nation desirous both of securing respect for itself and of doing good to others must have a force adequate for the work which it feels is allotted to it as its part of the general world duty.” 1. To be able to be the international police, what has to be built up? 2. What is the tone of this quote?

8. III. US Pres. & Foreign Policies B. Wm. Taft 1. FP: Money Diplomacy a. Amer. bankers invest in LA/Car. $ to Chinese (RR) b. negatives: 1. huge bus. losses 2. created enemies among LA ppl.

9. Quote “The tremendous growth of the export trade of the United States has already made that trade a very real factor in the industrial and commercial prosperity of the country. With the development of our industries, the foreign commerce of the United States must rapidly become a still more essential factor in its economic welfare.” 1. What was an essential factor in the United States’ economic welfare? 2. What is the tone of this quote?

10. III. US Pres. & Foreign Policies C. Woodrow Wilson 1. opposed imperialism 2. FP: Missionary Diplomacy 3. events tested convictions:

11. Quote Moral Diplomacy was the idea that the United States would support only Latin American governments that were democratic or otherwise supported United States interests. Wilson hoped to control other countries through economic pressure by not supporting countries without a democratic government. He hoped to hurt them economically, and thus force them into submission. President Wilson described his foreign policy in the following way: "The force of America is the force of moral principle.“ 1. How did Wilson hope to control other countries? 2. What is the tone of this quote?

12. a. Haitian Rev. (1915)  US Marines > protect US prop. & banking interests  Haiti signs treaty > US protectorate

13. b. Pancho Villa Raids (1916) – Mex.  15,000 US troops sent > capture/kill Villa  war almost b/t US & MEX.; troops recalled