foreign policy at the turn of the century. island possessions
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Foreign Policy Foreign Policy at the at the
Turn of the Turn of the CenturyCentury
Island PossessionsIsland Possessions
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
Philippine Commission (1901)Governor William Taft led
Sought reforms for his “little brown brothers”
William H. Taft – 1William H. Taft – 1stst Governor-General of the Governor-General of the PhilippinesPhilippines
McKinley’s “Benevolent Assimilation”Argued that the Americans must educate, civilize, & uplift the conditions of the Filipinos
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
Spheres Spheres of of
InfluencInfluencee
1899: Secretary of State John Hay sends “Open Door Policy” message Great Powers would respect Chinese rights & ideal of fair competition
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”
Boxer Rebellion Boxer Rebellion (1900)(1900)
Society of the Righteous & Harmonious Fist stage rebellion Seek to kill or oust all “foreign devils”
200 Foreigners die - many injured & besieged
18,000 man foreign force invades & ends siegesUS sends 2500 man force from Philippines
Foreign governments demand $333 million in reparations US returns $18 of the $24.5 million received which becomes college fund
Hay extends open door policy to cover Chinese territorial integrity as well
Election of 1900 Election of 1900 Republicans re-nominate McKinleyEndorsed prosperity & expansion60-88% of Americans poor or very poor
Teddy Roosevelt nominated as VPPoliticos in New York want him out as governor - too reformist
William Jennings Bryan back for DemocratsStill wants silver plank, but anti-imperialism is the major issue
Republican offer of “Full Dinner Pail” & “Staying the Course” helps McKinley win big
September 1901September 1901
McKinley McKinley assassinated assassinated by a by a anarchist anarchist Leon Leon CzolgoszCzolgosz
Roosevelt becomes Roosevelt becomes youngest President to date youngest President to date
(age 42)(age 42)
Foreign Policy under Foreign Policy under Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt’s policy = “Speak softly & carry a big
stick.”
Panama CanalPanama Canal
Spanish-American War showed the need for an Isthmus Canal
1850: treaty with Great BritainSaid US did not have the exclusive right to control a trans-isthmus canal
Clayton-Bulwar Clayton-Bulwar TreatyTreaty
Hay-Pauncefote Hay-Pauncefote TreatyTreaty
1901: Britain involved in Boer War
Agrees to allow US to build & protect a canal
Debate ensues over canal siteNicaragua vs. PanamaVolcano explodes on Martinique Island
Congress sent postage stamps of Nicaraguan volcanoes by French construction company with rights in Panama
Congress agrees to Panamanian site
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
Columbian Senate refuses to ratify - wants more money
Roosevelt wants to “make the dirt fly” & win the election in 1904
Creation of Creation of PanamaPanama Nov. 3, 1903: Phillpe Bunau-Varilla of the Pananma Canal Company leads revolt against Columbia
Roosevelt uses US Navy to block Columbia from sending troops“gunboat diplomacy”Cites treaty that insured Panama’s “perfect neutrality”
15 days after revolt, US recognizes Independent Panama
Hay-Bunau-Varilla Hay-Bunau-Varilla TreatyTreaty
Nov. 1903: pays $40 million to French canal company for a 10 mile wide zone
Years later Roosevelt said he “took the Canal & let Congress debate”
““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
Making the dirt fly…Making the dirt fly…
US made breakthroughs in tropical medicine with information learned in Cuba Yellow Fever & Malaria are fought through mosquito abatement
Canal completed in 1914 for $400 million
quick access to Atlantic & Pacific military protection of territories trade & economic value would increase
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
1902: German warships attack Venezuela
Roosevelt sees debt collection as violating Monroe Doctrine
Roosevelt has policy of “Preventive Intervention”US would intervene to force payment of delinquent debts
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)
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”
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”
1905: US intervenes in Dominican Republic & takes over tariff collection
Over time US intervenes in Cuba (1906); Nicaragua (1909); & Mexico (1913)
Speak softly, but carry a Big Stick!Speak softly, but carry a Big Stick!
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
Japan afraid of over extending itself & seeks arbitration
1905: Roosevelt meets with both parties at Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Portsmouth Treaty Portsmouth Treaty (1905)(1905)
Ends the war 1906: Roosevelt gets Nobel Peace Prize
Relations between US & both Japan & Russia soured by deal
““Gentlemen’s Gentlemen’s Agreement”Agreement”
1906: Tax burden of Russo-Japanese War causes 70,000 Japanese Laborers to seek work in California
California, having dealt with Chinese immigrants, fears another “yellow peril” invasion
City of San Francisco (after 1906 earthquake) wants Japanese Children to go to “Oriental Only” schools
Japanese press calls for war over racial discrimination
TR invites SF School Board to White House
Roosevelt calls for a “Gentleman’s Agreement” California will repeal the school order if Japan will stop the flow of immigrant workers
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
Asks Congress to appropriate $$$ to send battle fleet on “Peace Cruise” around the world
Congress refuses to allocate funds
Roosevelt uses executive budget to send 16 white battleships around the world
Congress agrees to pay to “bring the fleet home”
Great White FleetGreat White Fleet
““Join the Navy & See the Join the Navy & See the World”World”
Root-Takahira Root-Takahira AgreementAgreement
Fleets appearance in Japan leads to signing
1908: US & Japan will respect each other’s territories in the Pacific