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Imperial Presidents
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William McKinley (1896 - 1901)
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He warned the Spanish to quickly establish peace, or the United States would take whatever steps it should deem necessary.
He ordered the battleship Maine to Havana harbor to protect American citizens in Cuba.
Ordered a special naval board on inquiry to investigate the cause of the explosion
The navy quickly blockaded Cuba ports, and McKinley called for more than 100,000 volunteers to join the army.
On April 11, 1898, he asked congress for the authority to use force against Spain to end fighting in Cuba.
In an 1899 interview, President McKinley explained, we could not give the Philippines back to Spain. That would be cowardly and dishonorable.
Theodore Roosevelt (1901 - 1908)
He won congressional support for a new force of navy ships, known as the Great White Fleet
Organized and commanded another cavalry unit
His rough riders consisted of rugged westerners and upper-class easterners who relished what Roosevelt called the “strenuous life.”
The Rough Riders and Roosevelt gained fame for the role they played in the battles for Kettle and San Juan hills outside Santiago, Cuba.
Intervened and convinced the two sides to sign a peace treaty during the Russo Japanese War.
He won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts
He disapproved of the decision to segregate Asian children in the San Francisco schools.
Roosevelt used diplomacy to ease tensions with Japan and promoted military preparedness to protect the U.S. interests in Asia.
He sent this armada of 16 white battleships on a good will cruise around the world in 1907.
He promoted a new kind of diplomacy based on America’s success in the Spanish-American War.
He developed a broader policy for U.S. action in Latin America America.
Historians have called the Roosevelt’s big stick Diplomacy since it depended on a strong military to achieve America’s goals.
William Howard Taft (1909 - 1912)
Roosevelt handpicked William Howard Taft to succeed him as the Republican candidate for President in 1908
Taft wanted to maintain the Open Door Policy in Asia and ensure ongoing stability in Latin America.
Taft hoped to achieve these ends by relying less on the big stick and more on dollar diplomacy.
The policy aimed to increase American investments in businesses and banks throughout Central America and the Caribbean.
Taft dispatched troops to Nicaragua in 1909 and again in 1912 to protect the formation of a pro-American government there.
Woodrow Wilson (1913 - 1920)
Democratic candidate Woodrow Wilson criticized the foreign policies of his Republican predecessors Theodoore Roosvelt and William Howard Taft.
Wilson used the military on a number of occasions to guide Latin Americans in the directions that he thought were right.
Wilson sent marines to Haiti to protect American investments and to guard against the potential of German or French aggression to the nation.
Wilson prodded the government of Haiti to sign an agreement that essentially gave the United States the right to control it’s financial and foreign affairs.
Under Wilson, U.S. soldiers and sailors also intervened in the Dominican Republic and in Mexico.
