Big Stick Diplomacy

Big Stick Diplomacy BY TRUMAN WELLING AND HAILEY ZIMMERMAN

Roosevelt  American Foreign Policy Activist  “Speak softly, but carry big Stick”  Civilized vs. Uncivilized  Navy

Protecting the “open door” in Asia  1904: Japanese attack Manchuria  Roosevelt put end to conflict in peace conference 1905  Ensured U.S. trade in that region  “Great White Fleet”- 16 battleships to remind Japan of power  Won Nobel Peace Prize

Roosevelt Corollary  Corollary to Monroe Doctrine  U.S. intervene in domestic affairs in Latin America if

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they weren’t stable 1902 Brought about by Venezuela 1903: first use in Dominican Republic Cuba “Platt Amendment”

The Panama Canal  Most celebrated accomplishment of Roosevelt  Started by French  John Hay went to Columbia  Columbia wouldn’t agree with terms  Organized revolt in Panama  New gov. agreed to terms

William Howard Taft  “Dollar Diplomacy”-Lent countries money to have

financial control over them  Mostly in less-developed areas

Woodrow Wilson  Not interested in international affairs but ended up

getting pretty involved

Diplomacy and Morality  Dominican Republic-basically owned it, occupied

militarily, wouldn’t accept treaty 

Military occupation lasted 8 years

 Bought colonies in Denmark from fear of Germans  Renamed Virgin Islands  Mexico-corrupt dictator  new leader came to power-wouldn’t accept U.S. treaty  overthrown and new gov. would have but didn’t get recognized

Overall Foreign Policy  Wanted to help countries  Mostly focus on Central/ South America  Keeping Europe away  American Power  Military

Obama and Foreign Policy  Syria-Remove Weapons  Peace  Israel-Peace Treaty  Not Major part 

passive role

 Stop War in Iraq

 Osama Bin Laden

Iraq War  August 31, 2010-end on combat mission  Started with the U.S. searching for Weapons off Mass

Destruction  Troops support new Government and fight insurgents

Foreign Policy Overall  Peace/no new wars  Get rid on nuclear weapons (major focus)  Freedom  Pulling out of Afghanistan  Terrorism  Ending wars

Compare/Contrast  Differences:  Obama major focus was on terrorism and nuclear weapons  Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson major focus was on American Power  Similarities:  Both involved in third world countries  Establishing peace and U.S. power  Military important

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