Section 7.1

Foreign Policy Under Roosevelt and Taft

Today’s Agenda

• 7.1 slide show

• Panama Canal Presentation

Homework

• Read Section 7.2

Imperialism

Define Imperialism. Define Imperialism.

•When one nation controls/dominates a foreign people/territory through conquest or by controlling its government

•Why?

•Resources, strategic location, glory, spread civilization

British Empire

What reasons supported/justified America’s expansionism?

• Capitalistic Reasons

• New markets

• sell surplus goods

• Investment

• New railroads, towns, roads

• Progressive Reasons

• Freedom, democracy,

• Civilize our “little brown brothers”

• Religious Reasons

• Spread Christianity

What was the “Big Stick” policy?• TR’s foreign

policy

• “Speak softly and carry a big stick”

• Don’t brag about power, show it

• Sent Great White Fleet around world

How can the US navy get more powerful?

Big Stick

Panama Canal Presentation

Why did the US want a canal on the isthmus of Panama?

• Would shrink distance between NY and San Francisco by 8, 500 miles

• Reduce traveling time by 60 days

• Save millions, increase efficiency

• Oregon– Warship missed war

Describe TR’s methods of getting the right to build the Canal.

• Hay-Herran Treaty (1903) rejected by Columbia– $10 million, $250 thousand

annually

• TR supported Panamanian revolutionaries

• US warships blocked Columbian troops

• Panama independent

• Agreed to US deal

How did the Canal work?

Panama Canal

What was the Roosevelt Corollary?• Expanded Monroe Doctrine

– MD warned European powers not to acquire any more colonies in western hemisphere

• Dominican Republic– Owed Germany $ and

threatened to send troops

• TR seized island and had debt paid

• Made US policeman of western hemisphere

Describe Taft’s foreign policy.• Dollar Diplomacy

– Diet Imperialism

• Encouraged investment

– Central American mines, banana & coffee plantations, railroads

• Effect?

– Made natives poorer

– Money went to pay back debts to Americans

– US military ready to invade if loans not repaid

What was the Open Door plan?• US effort to keep trade

with China opened– Sec of State John Hay– Letter to Japan,

European powers

• Why?– 400 million

consumers– 400 million (possible

Christians)– Access to natural

resources

Open Door

Why did the US annex the Philippines?• McKinley feared anarchy

• “uplift, civilize, educate” ‘little brown brothers

• Gained foothold in Far East

• Natural Resources

• Result– Guerrilla war– 4, 200 Americans– 215 hundred thousand

Filipinos (most civilian)

White Man’s Burden by Rudyard Kipling• Take up the White Man's burden--

Send forth the best ye breed--Go bind your sons to exileTo serve your captives' need;To wait in heavy harness,On fluttered folk and wild--Your new-caught, sullen peoples,Half-devil and half-child.

Take up the White Man's burden--Have done with childish days--The lightly proferred laurel,The easy, ungrudged praise.Comes now, to search your manhoodThrough all the thankless yearsCold, edged with dear-bought wisdom,The judgment of your peers!

What is implied by this poem and political cartoon?

What impact did this new foreign policy have on America?

• Made it a world player

• “Entangled” into European affairs