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Imperial Presidents - Coggle Diagram

- - - - He did this because he refused to accept a "government of butchers."
        
        Wilson eventually made Huerta's government collapse.
        
        Huerta's fall from power made many Mexicans cheer and appeared to validate Wilson's "moral diplomacy."
  - - - Believed U.S should spread peace and democracy rather than colonize foreign countries.
      - Believed other nations should be self-governing
    - - Wished to cultivate a friendship with Latin America.
- - - - America didn't want to colonize China so instead they wanted to "preserve Chinese territorial and administrative entity."
        
        Americans just wanted to trade free trade there and in return they gave things such as scholarships to students in China to come to America to study.
  - - - Soon after this letter, the Maine was exploded in the Havana Harbor where it killed 266 officers and crew out of 350 of them.
        
        McKinley ordered a special naval board of inquiry to investigate what the cause of the explosion was but over time the investigation ultimately lead to most people blaming Spain for it.
        
        This is what sparked the Spanish-American War to begin but later on the Spanish troops ended up surrendering to the Americans and they won the War.
- - - - Roosevelt thought that America needed to carry a big stick during the Age of Imperialism because of his specific morals.
        
        His morals was the responsibility to "civilize" or uplift weaker nations which is similar to the beliefs that imperial powers in Europe and Asia have.
        
        In 1903, the U.S government bought the Panama route for $40 million.
        
        This allowed more control for the U.S navy on both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
        
        But later after some conflict, America ended up agreeing on paying Panama $10 million and an annual rent of $250,000.
        
        More than 35,000 workers helped dig the Panama Canal but during the process, more than 5,000 workers died from either disease or accidents.
        
        Many Latins didn't agree with Roosevelts beliefs that Latin Americans couldn't police themselves
    - - Wanted to "civilize" other countries.
        
        Did not believe nations should be self-governing.
        
        Opposed European intervention in the Western Hemisphere (Roosevelt Corollary)
- - - - This policy aimed to increase American investments in businesses and banks through Central America and the Caribbean.
        
        Americans mostly invested in plantations, mines, oil wells, railways, and other ventures in those regions.
        
        Even though he did want to rely less on the "big stick" and military intervention, he did have a case where he had to sent troops to Nicaragua in order to protect the formation of a pro-American government over there.
    - - Continued Roosevelt's foreign policy but with less aggression.
        
        Worked for stability in Latin America.
        
        Worked to expand economic opportunities in China.