Transcript Standard 6.3 – Foreign Policy in the early 20th Century

Standard 6.3 – Foreign Policy
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in the early 20 Century
China and The
United States
 Europe and Japan had
carved China into
Spheres of Influence
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Areas with special
privileges
Exclusive selling
Europeans followed
own laws
 The US wanted in on
the action
US requests the “Open Door”
 Open Door Policy
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A series of diplomatic
notes
Asked for all other
powers to allow equal
trade opportunity within
their “sphere”
 Not to help China
 Led to more economic
trade for US though
Open Door helped by US relation
to Great Britain
 Chinese nationalists tried
to kick out the Europeans
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Revolted during the “Boxer
Rebellion”
Mainly fought the British
 The United States
supported the British and
helped crush the rebellion
Latin America and the U.S.
The Platt Amendment
 “The Government of Cuba consents that the
United States may exercise the right to
intervene for the preservation of Cuban
independence”
 US can control Cuba
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Basically with any excuse it can come up with
Guantanamo Bay
 “To enable the United States to maintain the
independence of Cuba, and to protect the people
thereof, as well as for its own defense, the
Government of Cuba will sell or lease to the United
States lands necessary for coaling or naval
stations…”
The Roosevelt Corollary to the
Monroe Doctrine
Roosevelt Corollary
 The United States is a
policeman in Western
Hemisphere
 Keep Europeans from
intervening or collecting debts
in Latin America
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US collects debts and sends it
back
Doesn’t really help the Latin
Americans
Think about Social Darwinism
How did Teddy enforce his Corollary?
 “The Big Stick Policy”
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“Speak softly and carry a big
stick."
“intelligent forethought and
of decisive action”
 “The Stick”
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The Great White Fleet
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Sent warships around on
“diplomatic missions”
The Panama Canal
Panama Canal
 Imperialism at work
 TR wanted to a path between
N. and S. America
 Tried to buy land from
Columbia
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They refused
 U.S. supported a revolution
by the Panamanians in that
part of Columbia
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TR sent Gunboats to watch
from the harbor
The Panamanian Revolution…
 The Panamanians quickly secured
independence
 As a thank you they leased the land TR
wanted from Columbia to the U.S.
 Columbia resented the U.S.
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Eventually the Panamanians did too
The rest of Latin America afraid of what the
US might do to them…
Foreign Diplomacy after Roosevelt
 Dollar Diplomacy
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Roosevelt succeeded by William
Taft
Promised US intervention in Latin
America to protect investments
Increased investments and
control in these countries
 “Moral” Diplomacy
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Taft succeeded by Wilson
Intervene in Mexico to ‘teach the
Mexicans to elect good men’