1. Diplomacy
Crystal Parten
Spring 2013

2. Teddy Roosevelt’s Big Stick Policy
“Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far”
He said the U.S. only wanted to see neighbor
countries stable, orderly and prosperous. If they
did harmful things or if their government
fell apart, the U.S. would exercise “an
international police power”
We were keeping our neighborhood safe!
Extension of the Monroe Doctrine

4. Teddy
Roosevelt

5. President Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy
• He was Roosevelt’s Secretary of War
• He believed in “substituting dollars for bullets”
or investing American dollars in weaker
countries rather than overtaking them
• So U.S. would loan other countries money, then
expect some control over that country
• Dollar diplomacy was not that successful, many
countries resented U.S. influence

7. Woodrow Wilson’s Moral Diplomacy
Would seek trading partners around the world
while avoiding getting politically involved. Wanted
people to start liking the U.S. again.
He hoped that the world could “be made safe
for every peace-loving nation which, like our
own, wishes to live its own life, determine
its own institutions, be assured of justice and
fair dealing by other peoples of the world as
against force and selfish aggression.”

8. Woodrow
Wilson

9. Writing to Win Is America still an imperialist country today?
Choose which type of imperialist view you think our government currently uses the most (or has used the most in modern history). Provide at least two pieces of evidence to support your position.
Expectation: 10 sentences.