Turn of the Century

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Turn of the Century Foreign Policies
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After the Spanish-American War...
U.S. begins to further its control over nearby
areas in Latin America and the Pacific

• 1898 Annex Hawaii gain control of Puerto
  Rico,
• Guam, and the Philippines
• 1899 Acquire Samoa Wake Island (in the
  Pacific) for military trade outposts
• 1903 Acquire Panama Canal Zone

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Open Door Policy - China
European countries had claimed spheres of
influence over parts of China

• Chinas population made it a prime target for
  imperialism
• European countries were dominating trade
  inChina
• U.S. creates Open Door Policy to allow all
  nations to have equal trade with China
  (European countries reluctantly agree)
• Open Door Policy gave U.S. increased access to
  Chinese markets

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The U.S. acts as a policeman on the continents of
America
1. Big Stick Diplomacy

• President Theodore Roosevelts Foreign Policy
• Speak Softly Carry a Big Stick
• Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
• President Monroes foreign policy, warned
  Europeans to stay out of the Western Hemisphere
  (Latin/South America)
• President Roosevelt added this to the Monroe
  Doctrine
• It supported U.S. intervention in the Western
  Hemisphere to protect American interests in Latin
  America
• Example Panamanian Revolution

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2. Dollar Diplomacy
Economic support to poor neighbors to gain
influence

• President William Tafts Foreign Policy
• Reflects the economic motivation
• Method of imperialism that uses financial
  influence rather than the use of the military
• Used in Nicaragua

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3. Moral Diplomacy
To spread American beliefs and Christianity to
uncivilized peoples

• Moral Diplomacy
• moral responsibility to deny recognition to any
  oppressive, undemocratic, or anti-American
  government
• Started by President Wilson
• also called missionary diplomacy
• Based on The White Mans Burden
• The belief that it is the white mans duty to
  civilize the world
• Led to Protectorates
• to help or protect a new country become a
  democracy in turn support the U.S.
• Used in Mexico

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Effects...

• U.S. continued to pursue forms of imperialism
  around the world
• Able to achieve the goals of
• expanded access to raw materials foreign
  markets
• expanded and proved power of American navy (ex
  Great White Fleet 16 new battleships that
  sailed around the world)
• able to dominate political affairs in Latin
  America

And . the U.S. emerged as a world power!