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William McKinley

William McKinley . Open Door Policy. . This stated that all nations should have equal trading rights regardless of spheres of influence What does this mean???. Theodore Roosevelt. II. Roosevelt Big Stick Policy

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William McKinley

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  1. William McKinley

  2. Open Door Policy . This stated that all nations should have equal trading rights regardless of spheres of influence What does this mean???

  3. Theodore Roosevelt

  4. II. Roosevelt Big Stick Policy A. The United States will use its military to promote its interests- words will be backed up by strong action. “Speak softly and carry a big stick.” B. The United States had the right to intervene in Latin America .

  5. Relations with Latin America I. Roosevelt and the Panama Canal A. Why did we want it? 1. greatly benefit American commerce and military capability. 2. shorten trip from New York to San Francisco nearly 8,000 miles.

  6. B. How did we get it? 1. “Big Stick Policy”- When Colombia wouldn’t let the U.S. buy the land for the Panama Canal, Roosevelt sent down a battleship to support a Panama revolution. Panama became independent and agreed to let the U.S. build a canal.

  7. C. What were the Difficulties in Construction A. Mosquitoes carried malaria and yellow fever- but were exterminated by Dr. Gorgas B. 40,000 workers struggled to dig the canal

  8. William Howard Taft

  9. III. Dollar Diplomacy A. Policy of building economic ties to Latin America in the early 1900’s. further its foreign policy aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power.

  10. Woodrow Wilson

  11. Moral Diplomacy- A. Lead by example teach other countries how to elect good leaders. B. Was used in Mexico and support of changing the leader there.

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