Day 123: Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad

Baltimore Polytechnic InstituteMarch 9, 2015

A.P. U.S. HistoryMr. Green

Objectives: Students will:Discuss the key issues of the pivotal 1912 election and the

basic principles of Wilsonian progressivism.Describe how Wilson successfully reformed the “triple wall of privilege.”

State the basic features of Wilson’s moralistic foreign policy, and explain how, despite his intentions, it drew him into intervention in Mexico and elsewhere in Latin America.

AP FocusA split in the Republican Party between supporters of

Theodore Roosevelt and of President William Howard Taft gives the Democrats’ Woodrow Wilson's victory in the 1912 election.

An idealist by nature and experience, President Wilson soon addresses some of the burning concerns of his time: the high protective tariff, the power of the trusts, and banking monopolies. He also uses his rhetorical skills and academic experience to convince the public and Congress that the plight of impoverished and exploited farmers and wage laborers must be addressed.

Wilsonian Progressivism

CHAPTER THEMESAfter winning a three-way election,

focused on different theories of progressivism, Woodrow Wilson successfully pushed through a sweeping program of domestic economic and social reform in his first term.

Wilson’s attempt to promote an idealistic progressive foreign policy failed, as dangerous military involvements threatened Latin America, the North Atlantic, and Europe.

Chapter Focus

Mini-Test Friday March 13 Chapters 27-30Presidential Election Charts due now

1900, 1904, 1908, 1912-class assignmentDecade Chart 1910s due next week, but we

will continue them nowSnow assignment due today!!!!

Announcements

Wilson would not support American investors in Latin-America, therefore American bankers withdrew a loan to China

Repealed Panama Canal Tolls Act of 1912Jones Act 1916-Philippines territorial

status/stable governmentU.S. Japanese relations strained over CA lawHaiti-American troops in 1915 for 19 years to

protect U.S. interests/livesDominican Republic-1916 for 8 yearsVirgin Islands-Wilson purchased from Denmark

in1917

New Directions in Foreign Policy

1913-A new revolutionary president murdered and General Victoriano Huerta put in place-Taft ambassador supported Huerta, while Wilson did not

chaos caused widespread migration to U.S. Many wanted war with Mexico, included William Randolph HearstWilson refused to recognize Huerta government

imposed arms embargo, sent ambassador homeWilson allowed arms sales to Carranza and Pancho Villa in 1914

Why? Tampico Incident-April 1914 American sailors arrested at Port of Tampico

Port of Veracruz taken by the U.S. and stopped an arms sales from GermanyHuerta fell in July 1914, replaced by Carranza

Pancho Villa Incidents16 Americans killed in northern Mexico, pulled off a trainColumbus, New Mexico-19 Americans killedVilla wanted war between U.S. and Mexico, WHY?Black Jack Pershing sent to capture Villa

Moralistic Diplomacy in Mexico

Explain the Powder Keg in the Balkans-page 738

Thunder Across the Seas

Both sides courted the U.S.Britain controlled most transatlantic cables

they sent stories of German atrocities11 million Central Power immigrants in U.S. in

1914Most Americans anti-German

Kaiser Wilhelm II’s arrogance going into Belgium

violence in American factories and ports

A Precarious Neutrality

War pulled American industry out of a recessionMorgan loaned 2.3 billion to the AlliesCentral powers cried fowl, but they were free to trade with

the U.S.geography and the Royal Navy stopped trade

German subs too new for international law Wilson put in a difficult positionOnly neutral trading would be allowedGermany torpedoed 90 ships in early 1915Lusitania-128 Americans, did carry 4200 cases of small arm

ammoMore ships sunk and Wilson demanded warning before

merchant ships-Sussex Pledge

America Earns Blood Money

TR refuses nomination of Progressive PartyRepublicans nominate Charles Evans HughesDemocrats-Wilson, “He Kept Us Out of War”277-254 Electoral voteWilson thought he lost when he went to bedCalifornia was in doubt for several days

Wilson Wins Reelection in 1916

Study for Chapters 27-30 TestPrepare for 5 question ID Check on Thurs

Homework