Transcript Chapter 22.3 Individual Computer Station - Waverly

Exploring American History
Unit VII- Becoming a World Power
Chapter 22 Section 3
United States and Latin America
The United States and Latin
America
The Big Idea
The United States expanded its role in Latin America in the
early 1900s.
Main Ideas
• The United States built the Panama Canal in the early
1900s.
• Theodore Roosevelt changed U.S. policy toward Latin
America.
• Presidents Taft and Wilson promoted U.S. interests in Latin
America.
Problems and Solutions
U.S. sends wawrships to
Panama to protect U.S. lives
French Connection
Columbia
Columbia owned Panama
Failed attempt- 1878 – Paid
Columbia had made a deal with
Columbia for the rights.
Helps Panama with the
Revolution and Independence.
Panama now makes a deal with
the U.S. for a 10 mile wide strip of
land. $10 million and $250,000
lease per year.
Harsh working conditions,
engineering and logistical
problems, malaria, and yellow
fever hampered construction.
Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
American Foreign policy under
T. Roosevelt.
the French to build the canal.
Builder of Suez Canal in charge
U.S. offered Columbia $10
Money problems, disease, and
Million, but they want $30 million
Revolution for Independence in
Panama, aided by U.S.
warships- who would not let
1898- sold their rights and
equipment to the U.S. for
$40 million.
Columbian ships land
troops.
Began in 1904
Expenses for the U.S.- $352
Addition to Monroe Doctrine.
Million Total- 51 mile, locks.
U.S. has the right to intervene
34 years to build
In Latin American affairs.
Opened 1914- Treaty ratified 1921
International police force.
80,000 workers and 30,000 deaths
“Speak Softly and carry a big
Yellow Fever- Dr. Gorgas and the
stick.”
Mosquito.
Great White Fleet.
Columbia- $26 million
Roosevelt Corollary
construction problems.
Building the Canal
Commerical Reasons:
Transportation Cost lower- 60%
All-water route is shorter.
Military Reasons- Navy needs to
be able to move from Atlantic to
Pacific Ocean for defense.
Across Panama was the shortest
route.
Purpose- Why?
Panama
Canal
The Panama Canal (04:03)
Building the Panama Canal
• Difficult to build
– tropical diseases-yellow fever and malaria
– Dr. William Gorgas
– Working in the high mountains with
explosives was dangerous.
– Some 6,000 people died.
• The Panama Canal opened on August 15, 1914,
• Took ten years to complete and cost $375
million
Panama Canal
Roosevelt and the Canal
Canal Construction
Main Idea 2:
Theodore Roosevelt changed U.S.
policy toward Latin America.
The Panama Canal allowed the United States to
become more involved in Latin America.
Monroe Doctrine.
Roosevelt Corollary.
The United States became the “international
police power”
Roosevelt Corollary
Looking to Foreign Lands (03:30)
Roosevelt Corollary (02:41)
Main Idea 3:
Presidents Taft and Wilson promoted U.S.
interests in Latin America.
President William Howard Taft acted to
protect U.S. interests in Latin America.
dollar diplomacy
Loaned money to Nicaragua
Sent U.S. Marines to Nicaragua
Woodrow Wilson believed-moral
obligation to promote democracy.
Often sent troops into Latin America to prevent
foreign intervention or political unrest
Sent troops to assist Mexico’s government in
the Mexican Revolution
Taft and Foreign Policy: Dollar Diplomacy [01:17]
Dollar Diplomacy- Taft
The Mexican Revolution
• Mexicans revolted against harsh rule of dictator
Porfirio Díaz in 1910.
• War affected U.S. interests- investments
worth over $1 billion.
• The United States entered the war.
– 1914: U.S. Navy seized city of Veracruz
– 1916: General John J. Pershing Francisco “Pancho” Villa
• In 1917, a new constitution began to bring order
to Mexico.
1916: Woodrow Wilson Confronts Pancho Villa (02:46)
Changes in U.S. Foreign Policy
• Washington’s
Farewell Address
• Monroe Doctrine
United States will
defend its interests
in Western
Hemisphere
• Roosevelt
Corollary
• Taft’s Dollar
Diplomacy
United States will
use economic
means
• Wilson and
Democracy
The United States
will promote and
protect
democracy in the
Western
Hemisphere.
Foreign Policy [05:24]