Developing U.S. Foreign Policy Dollar Diplomacy Moral Diplomacy Good Neighbor Policy Summary Prompt:...
-
Upload
damian-carroll -
Category
Documents
-
view
220 -
download
0
Transcript of Developing U.S. Foreign Policy Dollar Diplomacy Moral Diplomacy Good Neighbor Policy Summary Prompt:...
Developing U.S. Foreign Policy
Dollar DiplomacyMoral Diplomacy
Good Neighbor PolicySummary Prompt: Assess the change in American
Involvement in Latin America from Teddy Roosevelt to Franklin D Roosevelt.
“Constable of the World ”
NeocolonialismNeocolonialismO Neocolonialism
(1880-1930) Independent Latin American nations experienced military intervention, economic and cultural influence from GB, FR, and the U.S.
Discussion
OTo what extent are neocolonialism and imperialism related?
Taft and Dollar Diplomacy■ After TR President Taft continued an aggressive
foreign policy, called “Dollar Diplomacy”– Use U.S. wealth rather than military strength in
foreign policy – In Latin America, U.S. banks assumed debts to
Europe
White board: What is a conclusion you can make from the graphs
Moral Diplomacy■ President Woodrow Wilson■ Support nations with similar moral beliefs as the
US (DEMOCRACY)■ Moral Diplomacy could bring peace & democracy
to the world without militarism & war■ Punish those nations with different beliefs
■ Wilson talked of “human rights” in Latin America, but defended the Monroe Doctrine & intervened more than Roosevelt or Taft
Moral Diplomacy in Mexico
In 1913, Victoriano Huerta Took Power in Mex by force
US refused recognize Huerta & demanded a fair election
Huerta refused, Wilson used minor incidents (arrest of some U.S. sailors in Tampico) to send
the military to occupy Veracruz: Huerta
Mexican rebel Pancho Villa raided a US Border TownBecause the US supported his rival Carranza
Wilson responded by sending the military to find Villa (who were unable to do so)
WWI Started
White BoardO How did Moral Diplomacy play a role
in justifying US intervention in Mexico:
O Respond in 5 or less words
Hoover’s Good Neighbor Policy
Hoover’s Good Neighbor Policy
OHoover wanted to improve relations with Latin America
OUS criticized for armed interventions in Haiti and Nicaragua. O Improved by removing
troops from NicaraguaOU.S. relations with Latin
America were low.
The Clark Memorandum 1930
The Clark Memorandum 1930
O Rejects idea Roosevelt Corollary(right to intervene)
O primary purpose of Monroe Doctrine was to protect Latin American from European powers, O not to victimize or oppress
Latin American nations
DiscussionO Based on the
information, what does the illustration represent?
FDR’s Good Neighbor PolicyFDR’s Good Neighbor PolicyO In President Franklin Roosevelt's inaugural
address, he also promised to improve relations with Latin America by stating:
OFDR’s Sec. of State, Cordell HullO Ensure non-hostile neighbors in Latin America O Latin American cooperation in the WWII
O Oil and Natural Resources.
Discuss the key points in this quote of FDR
O "In the field of world policy, I dedicate this nation to the policy of the good neighbor — the neighbor who resolutely respects himself and, because he does so, respects the rights of others."
FDR’s Good Neighbor PolicyFDR’s Good Neighbor Policy
O Under Hulls O Low tariffs improved the
economies of the Latin American especially for Cuban sugar.O 1933 US committed to a
policy of non-intervention into the affairs of Latin American countries.
O Example: U.S. Marines were removed from Haiti in 1934
O Approve Treaty with Cuba nullify Platt Amendment
Other Examples of Good Neighbor Policies
Other Examples of Good Neighbor Policies
O Hull obtained a united front against possible Axis aggression.
O The U.S. did not intervene when Mexico nationalized oil and sent out foreign oil companies.
O After WWII Latin American countries to join the Organization of American States (OAS) Part of the UN (largely controlled by the U.S.)
White Board
OContrast FDR intervention in LA to those of T R.
End of Good Neighbor PolicyEnd of Good Neighbor PolicyO The Good Neighbor
Policy was abandoned After WWII
O US ignored free trade deals
O Viewed LA as supplier raw materials and tropical foodstuffs.
O Increased intervention with Anti- Communist goals