1 / 32

What is this saying about Theodore Roosevelt and his foreign policy?

What is this saying about Theodore Roosevelt and his foreign policy?. "speak softly, and carry a big stick.“ Theodore Roosevelt. TR and his Big Stick In the Caribbean, 1904, by W.A. Rogers. The Roosevelt’s Foreign Policy. 1901 becomes President - What do we already know about him?

ofira
Download Presentation

What is this saying about Theodore Roosevelt and his foreign policy?

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. What is this saying about Theodore Roosevelt and his foreign policy? "speak softly, and carry a big stick.“ Theodore Roosevelt TR and his Big Stick In the Caribbean, 1904, by W.A. Rogers

  2. The Roosevelt’s Foreign Policy • 1901 becomes President - What do we already know about him? • 1820 Monroe Doctrine • 1904 Roosevelt Corollary “international police power” • Caribbean = America’s lake • “Speak softly and carry a big stick”… Big Stick Diplomacy

  3. Roosevelt, 1904 • Chronic wrongdoing, or an impotence which results in a general loosening of ties of civilized society, may in America, as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by some civilized nation, and in the western hemisphere, the adherence of the U.S. to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of wrongdoing or impotence, to the exercise of international police power.

  4. Make sure to cite specific text & imagery in your answers. • How is Teddy Roosevelt portrayed in your cartoons? • What comment is each cartoonist making about Roosevelt's involvement in the Panama Canal project? • What images of America and its role in global affairs are presented in these cartoons? • What does the cartoon teach you about the Panama Canal?

  5. T.R. Intervenes in Panama, 1903, by Scar

  6. Panama or Bust," The New York Times, 1903, artist unknown

  7. Corbis The Man Who Can Make Dirt Fly

  8. New York World Coup d'Etat, 1903

  9. The Panama Canal • Panama (Spain to Colombia in 1821) • French tried to build a canal in 1880s • Sell rights to US for $40 million • 1902 US wanted to try – Colombian resistance • "You could no more make an agreement with them than you could nail currant jelly to a wall," Roosevelt • Panamanian Revolution – 1903 independent (US warships) • Roosevelt, “Panama rebelled as one man” • Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty of 1903 • 10 mile wide strip, $10 million, $250,000 annual, guaranteed Panamanian independence • 1914 canal opens • 25,000 died in total - $375 million

  10. “I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on the Canal does also.” • How it works: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vi19z4LEi0

  11. T.R. Intervenes in Panama, 1903, by Scar

  12. Panama or Bust," The New York Times, 1903, artist unknown

  13. Library of Congress "My, my, such possibilities"

  14. Corbis The Man Who Can Make Dirt Fly

  15. New York World Coup d'Etat, 1903

  16. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lufdPIRgxtY (223 ish)

  17. Summarize the events that led to the creation of the Panama Canal:

  18. Diplomacy • 1900 China becomes an “Open Door” • In 1907, Roosevelt sent the “Great White Fleet” of 16 U.S. warships on the first world naval tour in history to demonstrate military strength. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKr5KUIA6gQ

  19. Roosevelt’s form of diplomacy was:

  20. How do Taft and Wilson Compare? • Taft – Dollar Diplomacy • Wilson – Missionary Diplomacy • Based on the names, what do you think each of these men’s foreign policy will entail?

  21. William Howard Taft • America would use the military and diplomacy to help promote U.S. business interests overseas • “substituting dollars for bullets” • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d_J-fUG_b0 • Honduras – owed money British • Nicaragua – Rev’l 1909 & 1911 • Finances, custom duties, paying debts

  22. Woodrow Wilson • “It would be the irony of fate if my administration had to deal chiefly with foreign affairs."

  23. Woodrow Wilson • Missionary or Moral diplomacy • Support only democratic countries • “how to elect good men” • 1877-1910 Diaz – maintains order & stability • No freedom press • Jail opponents • Modernized with foreign money • 1910 election & uprisings • 1911-1913 Madero leader • 1913-1914 Huerta (military) overthrew Madero • 4 armies rise up & US arrives …. • 1914-1920 Carranza • 1916 – Villa retaliates – US fight again!

  24. This heavy hand had a profound impact on Central America

  25. From Brooks Adams, The New Empire, 1902. • The West Indies drift toward us, the Republic of Mexico hardly longer has an independent life, and the city of Mexico is an American town. With the completion of the Panama Canal all Central America will become part of our system. We have expanded into Asia, we have attracted the fragments of the Spanish dominions, and reaching out into China we have checked the advance of Russia and Germany. . . . . We are penetrating into Europe, and Great Britain especially is gradually assuming the position of a dependency. . . . The United States will outweigh any single empire, if not all empires combined. The whole world will pay her tribute. Commerce will flow to her from both east and west, and the order which has existed from the dawn of time will be reversed.

  26. Map of Involvement • http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/neh/interactives/caribbean/

More Related