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1 Wilson’s Foreign Policy Wilson’s Foreign Policy Wilson the Anti-Imperialist

2 WW repudiates Big Stickism and Dollar Diplomacy Revokes special support for American investors in Asia and Latin America Revokes special support for American investors in Asia and Latin America Repeal of the Canal Tolls Act of 1912 Repeal of the Canal Tolls Act of 1912 Canal Tolls Act had exempted American coastwise shipping from paying tolls, much to the annoyance of Great Britain Canal Tolls Act had exempted American coastwise shipping from paying tolls, much to the annoyance of Great Britain Jones Act 1916 Jones Act 1916 Grants territorial status to the Phillipines, with the promise of independence as soon as "a stable government" is established; (Phillipine independence will come on July 4, 1946) Grants territorial status to the Phillipines, with the promise of independence as soon as "a stable government" is established; (Phillipine independence will come on July 4, 1946)

3 Averts a conflict with Japan after California passed laws restricting the right of Japanese citizens to own land by sending William Jennings Bryan to negotiate with the California legislature. Averts a conflict with Japan after California passed laws restricting the right of Japanese citizens to own land by sending William Jennings Bryan to negotiate with the California legislature.

4 Wilson the Imperialist Military Interventions –Haiti (1915) Wilson dispatches Marines to protect American investments and citizens when a civil war erupts in Haiti 1916 - concludes a treaty calling for US supervision of Haitian finances and police (ala the Roosevelt Corrollary); financial supervision maintained until 1941

5 Dominican Republic (1915) –Marines dispatched to the DR; military presence there until 1924; financial supervision of the DR maintained until 1941

6 Mexico (1914, 1916) Mexican revolution in 1913 puts into power General Victoriano Huerta –WW refuses to recognize the Huerta government, and allowed American arms to be sold to his chief rivals: Venustiano Carranza and Fransisco ("Pancho") Villa

7 Victoriano Huerta

8 Following an incident in which a party of American sailors was arrested, Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to authorize the use of troops, and before Congress gives the approval, orders the seizure of Vera Cruz, Mexico by the US Navy in 1914. –Further conflict is averted by the mediation of the ABC nations

9 Huerta's government collapses in 1914, putting Venustiano Carranza in power –WW recognizes Carranza, but Mexican- American relations are soured by Wilson's meddling Carranza's chief rival, Pancho Villa, attempts to bring Wilson into a conflict with Carranza through a series of raids. –January 1916, PV's men kidnap and murder 16 American mining engineers on a train in Northern Mexico; –February, PV raids Columbus, New Mexico, killing 19

10 Venustiano Carranza

11 Pancho Villa

12 General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing – dispatched to break up Villa's forces –drives into Mexico with several thousand men, clashing with both Carranza's men and the Villistas. PV goes uncaptured, but will be assassinated in 1923. –Pershing withdrawn in 1917 as US threat of war with Germany looms

13 General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing


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