Chapter 17 Section 3

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Chapter 17 Section 3

• New American Diplomacy

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I. Theodore Roosevelts Rise to Power

• Election of 1900
• President McKinley v. William Jennings Bryan (an
  anti-imperialist)
• McKinley reelected with Roosevelt as VP
  (charismatic, heroic, outspoken)
• ASSASSINATION!

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Teddy Roosevelt

• Roosevelt becomes youngest president (42)
• Believed the U.S. had the duty to shape the less
  civilized parts of the world
• Roosevelt refused to idle-America should be a
  world power on the world stage

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II. American Diplomacy in Asia

• 1899 U.S. major power in Asia- 1895 and 1900
  American exports to China quadrupled
• Interest in Asia was commerce not conquest
• 1894-war between China and Japan over Korea
• Japans power concerned Russia

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II. America Diplomacy in Asia

• Leasehold became the center of the sphere of
  influence (an area where a foreign nation
  controlled economic development such railroad and
  mining)
• Germany, France, and Britain wanted leaseholds
• McKinley and Sec. of State Haysupported Open
  Door Policy in China

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II. America Diplomacy in Asia

• Secret Chinese societies were organized to end
  foreign control Boxers
• Members started the Boxer Rebellion

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II. America Diplomacy in Asia

• 1906 Roosevelt won the Noble Peace Prize for
  ending the war between Japan and Russia
• Russia recognized Japans territory gain and
  Japan agreed to stop fighting and seek no further
  territory

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II. America Diplomacy in Asia

• 1907 The Great White Fleet
• 16 battleships of the US Navy was sent around the
  world to show the countrys military strength
• Didnt help the tensions that already existed

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III. Growing Presence in the Caribbean

• Roosevelt believed in strong global military
  presence
• Speak softly and carry a big stick
• 1901-Hay-Peuncefote Treaty (US and Britain) gave
  US exclusive rights to build and control any
  proposed canal through Central America
• Canal was viewed as vital to save time and money

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Panama Canal

• Construction of the 50 mile canal took 10 years
• Shortened the distance from the Atlantic to
  Pacific by 8,000 nautical miles

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III. Growing Presence in the Caribbean

• 1904 Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
  Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
  stated Chronic wrongdoing may in America, as
  elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by
  some civilized nation, and in the Western
  Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to
  the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States,
  however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such
  wrongdoing or impotence, to the exercise of an
  international police power
• First in applied to Dominican Republic
• US became resented in Latin America

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III. Growing Presence in the Caribbean

• Howard Taft continued Roosevelts policies
• Put less influence on military force and more on
  helping American industry
• Believed that if American business leaders
  supported Latin America and Asian development
  everyone would benefit
• Increase trade, profits, countries would rise out
  of poverty and social disorder
• Tafts Dollar Diplomacy
• substitute dollars for bullets