Foreign Policy Under Roosevelt and Taft

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Section 7.1

• Foreign Policy Under Roosevelt and Taft

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Todays Agenda

• 7.1 slide show
• Panama Canal Presentation
• Homework
• Read Section 7.2

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Imperialism
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Define Imperialism.
British Empire

• When one nation controls/dominates a foreign
  people/territory through conquest or by
  controlling its government
• Why?

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What reasons supported/justified Americas
expansionism?

• Capitalistic Reasons
• New markets
• Investment
• Progressive Reasons
• Religious Reasons

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What was the Big Stick policy?

• Speak softly and carry and big stick
• Great White Fleet

How can the US navy get more powerful?
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Big Stick
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Panama Canal Presentation
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Why did the US want a canal on the isthmus of
Panama?

• Shrink distance between NY and San Francisco
• Reduce traveling time
• Save millions, increase efficiency
• Oregon
• Warship missed war

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Describe TRs methods of getting the right to
build the Canal.

• Hay-Herran Treaty (1903) rejected by Columbia
• TR supported Panamanian revolutionaries
• US warships blocked Columbian troops
• Panama independent
• Agreed to US deal

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How did the Canal work?
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Panama Canal
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What was the Roosevelt Corollary?

• Expanded Monroe Doctrine
• Dominican Republic
• Owed Germany and threatened to send troops
• Made US policeman of western hemisphere

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Describe Tafts foreign policy.

• Dollar Diplomacy
• Encouraged investment
• Effect?
• Made natives poorer

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What was the Open Door plan?

• US effort to keep trade with China opened
• Why?
• 400 million

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Open Door
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Why did the US annex the Philippines?

• McKinley feared anarchy
• uplift, civilize, educate little brown
  brothers
• foothold in Far East
• Natural Resources
• Result

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White Mans Burden by Rudyard Kipling

• Take up the White Man's burden--Send forth the
  best ye breed--Go bind your sons to exileTo
  serve your captives' needTo wait in heavy
  harness,On fluttered folk and wild--Your
  new-caught, sullen peoples,Half-devil and
  half-child.Take up the White Man's
  burden--Have done with childish days--The
  lightly proferred laurel,The easy, ungrudged
  praise.Comes now, to search your manhoodThrough
  all the thankless yearsCold, edged with
  dear-bought wisdom,The judgment of your peers!

What is implied by this poem and political
cartoon?
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What impact did this new foreign policy have on
America?

• Made it a world player
• Entangled into European affairs