America Become an Imperial Power

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America Become an Imperial Power

• U.S. Foreign Policy in Latin America
• President T. Roosevelt, President Taft,
  President Wilson

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Historical BackgroundPresident James Monroe

• Monroe Doctrine
• Policy started by James Monroe in 1823
• Stated that the United States would oppose any
  attempts by European nations to intervene in
  North And South America

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Historical BackgroundPresident Theodore Roosevelt

• The Roosevelt Corollary
• Policy started by President T. Roosevelt (1904)
• Stated that the United States would intervene in
  the affairs of nations in Latin America if those
  nations were unstable
• United States would act as the Policeman and
  international bill collector of the Western
  Hemisphere

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Historical BackgroundPresident Theodore Roosevelt

• Roosevelts Big Stick Policy
• Speak softly and carry a big stick, you will go
  far
• A strong military would make other nations
  respect the United States in negotiations

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Speak Softly,But Carry a Big Stick!
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Historical BackgroundPresident Theodore
Roosevelt

• Roosevelt feared that European nations would take
  advantage of instability
• 1902 Venezuela could not pay back loans to
  European nations
• 1903 Revolution in the Dominican Republic
  topples the government European nations consider
  intervening to protect interests

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Historical BackgroundPresident Roosevelt and the
Panama Canal

• Roosevelt acquired land in Panama to construct
  the Panama Canal
• Helped rebels take Panama from Columbia
• Connected Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
• United States controlled the canal and land along
  it
• Canal was returned to Panama in 2000

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Panama Canal
TR in Panama(Construction begins in 1904)
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Historical BackgroundPresident W.H. Taft

• Dollar Diplomacy Started by President William H.
  Taft (1909)
• Tafts foreign policy which stated that U.S.
  would provide loans and financial assistance to
  Latin America

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Historical BackgroundPresident W.H. Taft

• American Companies invested in Latin America
• Built
• Roads
• Bridges
• Canals
• Harbors
• U.S. military would intervene to protect
  business interests

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Historical BackgroundPresident Woodrow Wilson

• Moral Diplomacy
• U.S. had the duty to teach Latin American nations
  how to create a democratic society

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U. S. Interventions in Latin America 1898-1920s
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U.S. Actions in Latin America

• Caribbean Nations
• 1905 United States takes control of the
  finances of the Dominican Republic
• 1906 U.S. troops stop a revolution that was
  developing in Cuba

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U.S. Actions in Latin America

• Central America
• 1903 Panama
• 1912 U.S. marines sent to stop a revolution in
  Nicaragua

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U.S. Actions in Latin America

• Mexico
• Early 1900s American business invested more than
  2 billion in Mexico
• 1913 Gen V. Huerta overthrows government
  establishes corrupt dictatorship
• President Wilson refuses to recognize Huertas
  government

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U.S. Actions in Latin America

• Mexico (continued)
• 1914 civil war breaks out in Mexico
• Wilson sells weapons to Huertas enemy V.
  Carranza
• U.S troops seize the port of Vera Cruz for
  Carranza
• Carranza defeats Huerta

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U.S. Actions in Latin America

• Mexico
• 1916 Francisco Pancho Villa leads an uprising
  against Carranza
• Villa kills 16 Americans because of U.S. support
  for Carranza
• Villa crosses into New Mexico and burns a town
  kills 19

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U.S. Actions in Latin America

• President Wilson sends Gen. John Pershing into
  Mexico to capture Villa
• U.S. troops in Mexico create resentment among
  Mexicans

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Criticisms of United States Imperialism
Uncle Sam One of the Boys
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Criticisms of United States Imperialism

• The American Anti- Imperialist League
• Founded in 1899
• Campaigned against the annexation of the
  Philippines and other imperialist actions taken
  by the United States
• Some Americans felt that controlling foreign
  territory went against the democratic principles
  that the country was founded on
• Some feared that competition from foreign workers
  would cost Americans jobs