1. Acquiring and Managing Global Power
CH 21

2. Three Presidents, Three Foreign Policies
Roosevelt believed in working quietly and patiently, but using force if necessary, called Big Stick Diplomacy
“Speak softly and carry a big stick”
US should use “international police power” to protect the preserve peace and protect American interests in the western hemisphere, called the Roosevelt Corollary
Over the next several decades the US intervened repeatedly in latin america and the caribbean.

3. Three Presidents, Three Foreign Policies
Taft continued Roosevelt's foreign policy, but shifted economic goals.
Stayed in latin america to protect trade and investments, Dollar Diplomacy
Nicaragua, US backed leader in 1911, troops kept ‘til 1933 to quell any rebellion

4. Three Presidents, Three Foreign Policies
Wilson took a moral approach to diplomacy
Moral Diplomacy, based on democratic ideals rather than on economic investment or use of force
Based on human rights
Intro’d the idea of self-determination, the idea that people should determine their own government
BUT sent troops to Haiti and the Dominican republic
Intervened more than Roosevelt or Taft

5. Intervention in Latin America
Colombia & Panama
France reaches out to US for help with Panama canal
Columbia says no
US helps rebellion against columbia, promises protection
US recognizes Panama as independent
US builds Panama canal

6. Intervention in Latin America
Mexico
$2 billion invested in Mexico by 1910
After rebellion, murder, and a coup, Victoriano Huerta controlled the Mexican government
Wilson supported Huerta’s chief opponent, Carranza
Small skirmish between US and Mexico in 1914
Mexicans and Latin americans HATED it
Wilson pulled troops out
More Mexican rebellions led to Wilson putting troops BACK in mexico, but pulled them out when we entered WWI

7. Intervention in Latin America
Puerto Rico
US began developing government and infrastructure in PR after Spanish-American War
PRs grew frustrated with US rule
Jones Act - Made PR a U.S. territory
Can't vote in US elections
Many PRs migrated to US
Sugar industry flourished

8. Intervention in Asia and the Pacific
Hawaii
Start at 5:21

9. Intervention in Asia and the Pacific
China
US watched as China and Japan went to war with Korea in the 1890s
Russia, France, and Germany supported China, but demanded favors.
Along with GB and Japan, these countries carved out Spheres of Influence, areas in which a single nation controlled the trading rights

10. Intervention in Asia and the Pacific
China
China soon carved into pieces of foreign dominated territory
US wanted free trade in China, demanding that there be no colonization of china, aka Open Door Policy
Boxer rebellion in 1900s, US feared countries would colonize… but no