Foreign Policy StrategiesAmerica Goes Forth

Focus Question:

In a short reply of one to three sentences, respond to the following prompt:

• Explain how can you best get along with your neighbors

Objectives

After today’s lesson, you will:• Describe three foreign policy strategies of

the U.S. in the early 20th Century

Relationship with Latin America

• The U.S. has to rethink foreign policy strategy

• Prior strategy: Neutrality in world affairs• Monroe Doctrine (1823)•U.S. won’t allow Europeans

to reestablish coloniesin the Americas

Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)

• TR was an ardent nationalist• Disciple of Mahan’s theories of Naval

supremacy• Promoted Imperialism

“Big Stick” Diplomacy

• West African Proverb “Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick

• Use the military to meet foreign policy aims•The Navy as the “Big Stick”•Panama and the Canal Zone

Roosevelt Corollary

• Latin American nations in debt to Europeans•Europeans threatened to intervene•U.S. occupied several nations to force repayment

• The U.S. reserved the right to intervene in Latin American affairs

William Howard Taft (1909-1913)

• Trained as a lawyer• Served as a federal judge• Military Governor of the Philippines

“Dollar Diplomacy”

• Use trade and investment in conducting policy•U.S. firms invest heavily into Latin America•Look to the U.S. to protect investments•U.S. uses economic pressure to meet aims

Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)

• Son and grandson of Presbyterian ministers

• Trained as an academic• President of Princeton University• Governor of New Jersey

Moral Diplomacy

• U.S. to set an example to the world•Set a moral tone to policies•Promote democracy in Latin America

• Self-government in the Philippines• Voting rights in Puerto Rico

Mexico

• Moral Diplomacy tested by Mexico• 1913: Mexican government overthrown by

Huerta•Huerta promised to protect U.S. investments•Wilson refused to recognize the Huerta regime

• U.S. lent support to Carranza in 1914• Huerta fled the country

Summary

In a short response of one to two sentences, reply to the following prompt:

• Describe one important thing learned in class today.