Transcript File - American History II

Darrell Wells
Hickory Ridge HS
Russo-Japanese War
• War between
Russia and Japan
over the control over
Korea in 1904
• Roosevelt received
1906 Nobel Peace
Prize for
negotiating peace
Constructing the “Big Ditch”
• Construction began in 1904
• By 1913 more then 43,400
workers employed
• More then 5,600 workers
died from accidents or
disease
• Cost US $380 million
• Officially opened on August
15, 1914
• Increases trade all over the
world because ships can
save time.
Panama Canal
TR in
Panama
The Roosevelt Corollary
• December 1904 announced
the Roosevelt Corollary to
Congress
– Modification of Monroe
Doctrine
• The United States would use
force to protect US
economic interests in Latin
America
The Roosevelt Corollary to the
Monroe Doctrine: 1905
Chronic wrongdoing… may
in America, as elsewhere,
ultimately require
intervention by some
civilized nation, and in the
Western Hemisphere the
adherence of the United
States to the Monroe
Doctrine may force the
United States, however
reluctantly, in flagrant
cases of such wrongdoing
or impotence, to the
exercise of an
international police power .
Speak Softly,
But Carry a Big Stick!
The Cares of a Growing Family
Dollar Diplomacy
• President Taft
issued new policy
– Send money to Latin
America not troops
Taft’s “Dollar
Diplomacy”
Improve financial
opportunities for
American businesses.
Use private capital to
further U. S. interests
overseas.
Therefore, the U.S.
should create stability
and order abroad that
would best promote
America’s commercial
interests.
Missionary Diplomacy
• President Wilson’s
policy
– U.S. would deny
recognition to any Latin
American government it
viewed as hostile to U.S.
interests
• General Huerta took over
Mexican government and
murdered former President
because he could not fulfill
promises to the people
• Wilson refused to recognize
Huerta’s government
Wilson’s “Moral Diplomacy”
The U. S. should
be the conscience
of the world.
Spread democracy.
Promote peace.
Condemn colonialism.
Mexican Rebellion
• Pancho Villa and Emiliano
Zapata led a rebellion
against new Mexican
President Carranza
• Villa many times asked the
U.S. for help
• After U.S. recognized
Carranza, Villa threatened
vengeance
• January 1916: Took
American engineers off a
train and killed them
• February: Killed 17
Americans in New Mexico
Francisco “Pancho”
Villa
The Chase for “Pancho”
• Wilson sent 15,000 under
Gen. John Pershing to
capture or kill Pancho Villa
• Mexicans upset at US
invasion
• June 1916: Mexican army
and US troops fought with
deaths on both sides
• 1917: US ordered troops
home due to World War I
– Never caught Pancho
Villa
Gen. John
Pershing
U. S. Interventions in
Latin America: 1898-1920s