America as a World Power

SWBAT: UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF TEDDY ROOSEVELT IN TRANSFORMING THE US INTO A WORLD POWER.

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Teddy Roosevelt

• After the assassination of William McKinley in 1901, Theodore Roosevelt takes office.

• Wanted to stop Europeans from controlling the world’s political and economic destiny.

• Understood the importance of the Open Door notes to increase America’s influence in East Asia.

• First task: peace settlement between Japan and Russia.

Russo-Japanese War

• Both competing for influence in Manchuria and Korea.

Manchuria

Russia Japan

Both Nations At a Glance…. *1905*

Population:

Size (in Miles):

Military in #’s:

About 47,678,000

142,000 square miles.

About 400,000 men

About 141,600,000

 6.6 million square miles

About 2,000,000

Outcome

• Japan kicks Russia’s butt, however, they are running out of men and money.

• Japan asks the US to mediate a peace treaty between the two countries.

Teddy to the Rescue!

Treaty of Portsmouth end the war…… Roosevelt wins Nobel Peace Prize

America’s influence in Latin America grows

Panama Canal

• For years, both the U.S. and European countries dreamed of a canal that connected the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

• Under Roosevelt, the Panama Canal also became a reality.

Before the Panama Canal…

How the Canal Works

• http://www.history.com/videos/panama-canal-locks#panama-canal-locks

Foreign Policy in Latin America

ROOSEVELT, TAFT, AND WILSON

Foreign Policy under Roosevelt

• By 1905, Latin American countries took out loans to build up industry.

• Roosevelt feared they would not be able to pay them back.– Feared European powers would

try to intervene.

• As a result, he created the Roosevelt Corollary– Extension of the Monroe

Doctrine.– Said the US would now use force

to protect its economic interests in Latin America.

Foreign Policy under Taft

• Used dollar diplomacy:– Government policy of supporting American bank’s loans to foreign

countries. – Supposed to be beneficial for bankers (who receive interest) and the

borrowing country (who invest in profitable industrial ventures).

• Allowed the US to have influence is any country borrowing money.

• Gave the US a reason to go in if they should fail to pay back their loans.

Foreign Policy Under Woodrow Wilson

• Extended the Roosevelt Corollary and created Missionary Diplomacy– America had the moral responsibility to deny recognition to any

Latin American gov. it viewed as oppressive, undemocratic, or hostile to US interests.

• Immediately Mexico tested the policy when Mexican peasants overthrew the Mexican gov. killing the president.

• Wilson refused to recognize the new regime.

Intervention

• After the new gov’t collapsed, the US formally recognized the new president Venustiano Carranza.

• Two men Francisco “Pancho” Villa and Emiliano Zapata led a Mexican Revolution in opposition to Carranza.

• Pacho Villa and Zapata and their followers were anti-American and murdered groups of Americans on 2 separate occasions.

• Wilson sent troops in to put down the revolution.

• However, as war in Europe became more imminent, Wilson backed down.

Jose Clemente Orozco“Soldiers”1927

Exit Slip

• Do you think the United States had the right to intervene in Latin America? How does intervention reflect imperialist attitudes?