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Page 1: Foreign Policy at the Turn of the Century. Island Possessions

Foreign Policy Foreign Policy at the at the

Turn of the Turn of the CenturyCentury

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Island PossessionsIsland Possessions

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Fallout of the Spanish-Fallout of the Spanish-American WarAmerican War Filipino Insurrection (1898)Savage guerilla warfare

4000 Americans killed50,000? Filipinos killed

1901: Ended with Aguinaldo captured

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Philippine Commission (1901)Governor William Taft led

Sought reforms for his “little brown brothers”

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William H. Taft – 1William H. Taft – 1stst Governor-General of the Governor-General of the PhilippinesPhilippines

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McKinley’s “Benevolent Assimilation”Argued that the Americans must educate, civilize, & uplift the conditions of the Filipinos

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Open Door in ChinaOpen Door in China Sino-Japanese War (1894-95) weakens China

Russia, Germany, & Japan move in seeking control

America wants access to trade & missionary work

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Spheres Spheres of of

InfluencInfluencee

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1899: Secretary of State John Hay sends “Open Door Policy” message Great Powers would respect Chinese rights & ideal of fair competition

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All foreign powers considered to agree

Uncle Sam to the European powers:

“Gentlemen, you may cut up the map as much as like; but remember that I’m here to stay and that you can’t divide me up

into spheres of influence”

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Boxer Rebellion Boxer Rebellion (1900)(1900)

Society of the Righteous & Harmonious Fist stage rebellion Seek to kill or oust all “foreign devils”

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200 Foreigners die - many injured & besieged

18,000 man foreign force invades & ends siegesUS sends 2500 man force from Philippines

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Foreign governments demand $333 million in reparations US returns $18 of the $24.5 million received which becomes college fund

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Hay extends open door policy to cover Chinese territorial integrity as well

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Election of 1900 Election of 1900 Republicans re-nominate McKinleyEndorsed prosperity & expansion60-88% of Americans poor or very poor

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Teddy Roosevelt nominated as VPPoliticos in New York want him out as governor - too reformist

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William Jennings Bryan back for DemocratsStill wants silver plank, but anti-imperialism is the major issue

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Republican offer of “Full Dinner Pail” & “Staying the Course” helps McKinley win big

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September 1901September 1901

McKinley McKinley assassinated assassinated by a by a anarchist anarchist Leon Leon CzolgoszCzolgosz

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Roosevelt becomes Roosevelt becomes youngest President to date youngest President to date

(age 42)(age 42)

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Foreign Policy under Foreign Policy under Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt

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Roosevelt’s policy = “Speak softly & carry a big

stick.”

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Panama CanalPanama Canal

Spanish-American War showed the need for an Isthmus Canal

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1850: treaty with Great BritainSaid US did not have the exclusive right to control a trans-isthmus canal

Clayton-Bulwar Clayton-Bulwar TreatyTreaty

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Hay-Pauncefote Hay-Pauncefote TreatyTreaty

1901: Britain involved in Boer War

Agrees to allow US to build & protect a canal

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Debate ensues over canal siteNicaragua vs. PanamaVolcano explodes on Martinique Island

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Congress sent postage stamps of Nicaraguan volcanoes by French construction company with rights in Panama

Congress agrees to Panamanian site

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Hay-Herran TreatyHay-Herran Treaty

US & Columbia sign Granted lease of 6 mile wide canal zone

$40 million at $10 million down & $250,000 a year

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Columbian Senate refuses to ratify - wants more money

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Roosevelt wants to “make the dirt fly” & win the election in 1904

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Creation of Creation of PanamaPanama Nov. 3, 1903: Phillpe Bunau-Varilla of the Pananma Canal Company leads revolt against Columbia

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Roosevelt uses US Navy to block Columbia from sending troops“gunboat diplomacy”Cites treaty that insured Panama’s “perfect neutrality”

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15 days after revolt, US recognizes Independent Panama

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Hay-Bunau-Varilla Hay-Bunau-Varilla TreatyTreaty

Nov. 1903: pays $40 million to French canal company for a 10 mile wide zone

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Years later Roosevelt said he “took the Canal & let Congress debate”

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““Colossus of the Colossus of the North”North”

US looked on as “Big Brother” willing to use a “Big Stick” on his “little brown brothers”

Europe sees US hypocrisy

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Making the dirt fly…Making the dirt fly…

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US made breakthroughs in tropical medicine with information learned in Cuba Yellow Fever & Malaria are fought through mosquito abatement

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Canal completed in 1914 for $400 million

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quick access to Atlantic & Pacific military protection of territories trade & economic value would increase

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Roosevelt Corollary to Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrinethe Monroe Doctrine

Latin American countries defaulting on foreign debts led to European Creditors (Britain & Germany) seeking to collect payments

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1902: German warships attack Venezuela

Roosevelt sees debt collection as violating Monroe Doctrine

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Roosevelt has policy of “Preventive Intervention”US would intervene to force payment of delinquent debts

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Chronic wrongdoing… Chronic wrongdoing… may in America, as may in America, as elsewhere, ultimately elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by require intervention by some civilized nation, and some civilized nation, and in the Western in the Western Hemisphere the Hemisphere the adherence of the United adherence of the United States to the Monroe States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the Doctrine may force the United States, however United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrongdoing cases of such wrongdoing or impotence, to the or impotence, to the exercise of an exercise of an international police international police powerpower .

Roosevelt Corollary (1905)Roosevelt Corollary (1905)

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Not allow European powers to get foot in the door (called the Roosevelt Corollary)

US to be “Policeman of the Western Hemisphere”

US becomes “Bad Neighbor”

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Roosevelt Roosevelt CorollaryCorollary

Big Stick Policy: “Speak softly and carry a big stick.carry a big stick.”

Also referred to as “Roosevelt’s Corollary”“Roosevelt’s Corollary”

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1905: US intervenes in Dominican Republic & takes over tariff collection

Over time US intervenes in Cuba (1906); Nicaragua (1909); & Mexico (1913)

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Speak softly, but carry a Big Stick!Speak softly, but carry a Big Stick!

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Russo-Japanese War Russo-Japanese War (1904-05)(1904-05)

Russia & Japan go to war over Manchuria & Korea Japan defeats Russian Fleet at Port Arthur

Defeats a second fleet sent from Archangel in Russia

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Japan afraid of over extending itself & seeks arbitration

1905: Roosevelt meets with both parties at Portsmouth, New Hampshire

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Portsmouth Treaty Portsmouth Treaty (1905)(1905)

Ends the war 1906: Roosevelt gets Nobel Peace Prize

Relations between US & both Japan & Russia soured by deal

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““Gentlemen’s Gentlemen’s Agreement”Agreement”

1906: Tax burden of Russo-Japanese War causes 70,000 Japanese Laborers to seek work in California

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California, having dealt with Chinese immigrants, fears another “yellow peril” invasion

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City of San Francisco (after 1906 earthquake) wants Japanese Children to go to “Oriental Only” schools

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Japanese press calls for war over racial discrimination

TR invites SF School Board to White House

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Roosevelt calls for a “Gentleman’s Agreement” California will repeal the school order if Japan will stop the flow of immigrant workers

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Roosevelt’s Great White Roosevelt’s Great White FleetFleet

To avoid future trouble with Japan, Roosevelt decides to show them his “Big Stick” of a navy

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Asks Congress to appropriate $$$ to send battle fleet on “Peace Cruise” around the world

Congress refuses to allocate funds

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Roosevelt uses executive budget to send 16 white battleships around the world

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Congress agrees to pay to “bring the fleet home”

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Great White FleetGreat White Fleet

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““Join the Navy & See the Join the Navy & See the World”World”

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Root-Takahira Root-Takahira AgreementAgreement

Fleets appearance in Japan leads to signing

1908: US & Japan will respect each other’s territories in the Pacific