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Big Stick, Dollar, and Moral Diplomacy

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This deck covers the key concepts of Big Stick, Dollar, and Moral Diplomacy, including their purposes, interventions, and impacts under Presidents Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson.

Big Stick President

Roosevelt
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Key Terms

Term
Definition
Big Stick President
Roosevelt
BS Purpose
-allowed US to intervene in Latin American businesses -allowed US to gain more territory "speaking softly and carrying a big stick"
US intervention through Big Stick
-Panama Canal -Domincan Republic
Example of Big Stick
Panama Canal: US intervention in Panama Canal Zone, helped Panama get independence from Columbia -Roosevelt "negotiated" control of canal zone, if Pan...
impact of big stick
acquisition of Panama Canal
Dollar Diplomacy President
Taft

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TermDefinition
Big Stick President
Roosevelt
BS Purpose
-allowed US to intervene in Latin American businesses -allowed US to gain more territory "speaking softly and carrying a big stick"
US intervention through Big Stick
-Panama Canal -Domincan Republic
Example of Big Stick
Panama Canal: US intervention in Panama Canal Zone, helped Panama get independence from Columbia -Roosevelt "negotiated" control of canal zone, if Panama resisted the US would bring in military
impact of big stick
acquisition of Panama Canal
Dollar Diplomacy President
Taft
Dollar Diplomacy Purpose
-increase US economy -Taft's idea to further the US's aims in Latin America and East Asia by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries -urges Wall street investors to invest money in foreign markets in order to increase American influence abroad
US Intervention through Dollar Diplomacy
-US gave millions of dollars to investment into unstable LA countries like Hondourous, Nicaraguas, Cuba Nicaragua : feared their president was orchestrating an anti american feeling brough in troops
Impact of DD
US sent in troops to protect investments
Moral Diplomacy President
Wilson
purpose of MD
change US foreign policy to reflect its values and moral obligations contact with US can only benefit others was morally superior to other nations and its diplomacy was governed by nobel and benevolent principles
MD invervention
allowed Wilson to force out Medican dictator Victoriano Huerta in 1914 after he came to power in 1913 US placed troops in NIcuargua and used them to "select" Nicugarian Presidents in hopes of promoting democracy Cuba, Haiti, Medica, Dominican Republic
impact of MD
increased tension between world leaders
summary
The Big Stick Diplomacy is by President Theodore Roosevelt which was based on the theory that the United States could use force to maintain stability in Latin America. It was in the Roosevelt Corollary that the U.S. use "international police power" in Latin America. The Dollar Diplomacy was by President William H. Taft which was based on the theory that when countries near the panama canal were in debt to the British, American bankers would buy the debt. This supported the idea to maintain a good economy for the United States at the Panama Canal. The Moral Diplomacy was by President Woodrow Wilson which was based on the theory that foreign policy should reflect American values. This brought up concern more about human values than property rights.