Foreign Policy: Roosevelt to Wilson

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Foreign PolicyRoosevelt to Wilson

• AP US History
• Chapter

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Roosevelts Latin American Corollary

• 1. Monroe Doctrine (1823)
• 2. Latin America Corollary (1905)
• Corollary an extension of a previous idea
• Walk softly, but carry a big stick.
• 1904 Santa Domingo
• 1911 Nicaragua
• 1915 - Haiti

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Roosevelt and the Panama Canal

• Wanted Strong navy
• Negotiations
• Local Revolt
• New Panama Canal Company

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The canal was by far the most important action I
took in foreign affairs during the time I was
President. When nobody could or would exercise
efficient authority, I exercised it. T.
Roosevelt
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Roosevelt and the Far East

• 1. Goals in the Far East
• 2. Roosevelt as negotiator
• 3. Gunboat Diplomacy (1905)
• 4. Gentlemans Agreement(1907)

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THE TAFT BATHTUB
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Tafts Dollar Diplomacy

• Objectives
• Dollars Instead of Bullets
• Nicaragua
• Honduras
• Haiti
• China

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The Wilson Presidency Foreign Affairs

• Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan
• Revising Imperialism
• Philippine Islands (1916)
• Puerto Rico (1917)
• Haiti (1915)
• Dominican Republic (1916)
• Virgin Islands (1916)

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Aggressive Moral Diplomacy

• 1. Definition
• 2. Mexican Civil War