Imperial : Presidents
Theodore Roosevelt (1901 - 1908)
William McKinley (1896 - 1901)
William Howard Taft (1909 - 1912)
Woodrow Wilson (1913 - 1920)
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the jones act was passed
foraker act
A little context/background information about Taft
the open door policy
Spanish-American War
He asked the congress for power to stop the fighting in cuba but with force
reasons included
The second reason was for the name of civilization
The third reason was simply for America's interests
The first reason was to save humanity
8 days later, the congress enacted four resolutions
the fourth resolution was called the Teller Amendment
Spanish declared war on the united states
may 1,1898
George Dewey was winning against the spanish in the manila bay
Emilio aguinaldo were also defeating the spanish army
They were filipinio nationalists that were fighting for freedom from spain which the cubans were doing the same thing
December 1898
The war ended
how?
The treaty of paris ended the. war which was signed by both the united states and spain
The treaty of paris: spain gave up control of cuba, puerto rico, and the pacific island of guam
The philippines was sold to the united states (for 20 million dollars)
cuba
puerto rico
pacific island of guam
phillipines
Spain
america
This created equal rights with the countries including the united states to trade with China
china
created a civil government in puerto rico
passed in 1900
works with Japan
japan and the united states desired to expand their influence in china
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so he had a big impact on japan and russia
why russia?
He had an impact on russia as well since during the russo-japanese war, roosevelt tried to stop the from fighting and this intervention from the president, won the nobel peace prize (1905)
russia
"big stick" diplomacy
was based on the success in the spanish american war
This meant that it is absolutely necessary for america to have a really strong military so they can achieve their goals
an old saying, "speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far"
this act was to have the president of the united states to appoint a governor for the puerto rican legislature and then the puerto. ricans would vote from there
The platt amendment was passed in order to restrict the rights of the new independent cubans.
the reason for this was so cuba wouldn't sign a different treaty with another country or nation. They were worried cuba might do this since the the united states army did not withdraw from the island until 1902. This also limited cuba's power which at the same time will be making them stronger.
this promised the philippines that they would eventually get their independence and then 30 years later, the got their independence (after the end of the WWII)
philippines
Before he became president, he was the governor of the philippines. This means he had ties and connections and wanted to impact the phillipinnes as much as he can.
for example, he tried to protect the nation by placing the protestors in jail and preventing a lot of rebellions during this crucial time
wanted to maintain the open door policy in asia and ensure stability in latin america
to do this, he aimed for the economic issues which included american trade through foreign policy
a poltical cartoon of the open door policy
Instead of the big stick diplomacy from roosevelt, taft focused on the dollar diplomacy
he said "dollars for bullets"
the united states investing in foreign economies in order to increase the american influence
this was to increase american investments and banks (central america and the caribbean)
central america
the caribbean
Of course it was important to have a strong military but also he focused on investing in plantations, mines, oil wells, railways and other ventures
instead of the big stick diplomacy (from roosevelt) or the dollar doplomacy (from taft), he started a new one called moral diplomacy
he wanted to take the united states foreign policy in a different direction. This was to aim for "human rights, national integrity, and opportunity"
part of his message was "we must prove ourselves...upon terms of equality and honor...development of constitutional liberty in the world" (p. 229)
in order words, he wanted to make peace with the country and the democracy
he also believed other nations should be self governing
even though this diplomacy is different than the big stick diplomacy from roosevelt, it was still crucial for a strong military
an example of him using good military: in 1915, he prodded the government of Haiti to sign an agreement which gave the united states more power or control
Haiti
he had a big impact on mexico
in 1911, francisco madero lost his power and general victoriano huerta took power and executed madero
Wilson was offered an agreement in a way so the american investments would be protected but because of the moral diplomacy, he declined
instead, he helped out someone else, named Venustiano Carranaza which was another reformer who was anti-huerta and even created forces for this
Wilson supported this and helped with the power he had which took down Huerta and Carranza became the new president