THEODORE ROOSEVELTNo Club Needed

Panama Canal

Desires for expansion needed better transportation route

Isthmus splitting N. and S. American perfect location

French tried and failed, wanting to recoup losses

Tension was growing, group wanting independence

“Revolution” erupted with some assistance from abroad

Don’t Make Same Mistakes

Americans had to learn from others Yellow fever a huge issue Dr. Walter Reed able to identify

carrier and find solution Army worked on huge drainage

project to wipe out the mosquito Construction began 1906, completed

August 1914

Roosevelt Corollary

U.S. intervention justified in any “wrongdoing” in Latin America

Addition to Monroe Doctrine Dominican Republic area of interest

for Europeans in 1904, Roosevelt takes control

Walking softly and carrying a big stick

America and Asia

Japan posed concern in China Glad to see Russian expansion

challenged Roosevelt the mediator Treaty of Portsmouth 1905

Goal: keep trade open in China Slow down Japanese expansion

Cont…..

Japanese displeased with outcome Roosevelt mediating again

Japan insulted by San Francisco school politics Segregation of Asian students Roosevelt persuades school to change policy Japanese immigration restricted

Roosevelt's unintended outcomes Show of might? “Great White Fleet” Japan sees this as a challenge and are

motivated to increase own navy

Roosevelt’s Shoes

William Howard Taft followed the Roosevelt show

Different style: MONEY will solve the problem

System was ineffective and made for poor foreign policy

Moral Diplomacy

Woodrow Wilson: rejected notion of expansionism

Still got involved in Latin American activities

Most notably: Mexico Long standing conflict between wealthy elite

and peasant class Amidst chaos, Wilson tries to promote

“good” gov’t Refused to recognize General Huerta’s

regime

Cont…..

Took a side, strongly Prevented arms to get to Huerta,

supported opposition, Carranza U.S. presence made it’s point, Huerta

backed down, Carranza gains power Poncho Villa vs. the US