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IMPERIAL PRESIDENTS - Coggle Diagram

- - - - McKinley chose to intervene in China during the Boxer Revolution in 1900
- - - - Roosevelt chose to intervene in the Russo-Japanese War to convince them to sign a peace treaty
        
        In response to anti-Asian sentiment in the US, with the San Franciscan school board even banning Asians from public schools, Roosevelt created the Gentlemen's Agreement that ended segregation policies while Japan limits emigration to the US
    - - Roosevelt bought the Panama route for 40 million dollars with the intention of increasing the military security of the US's new territories by creating a Panama Canal. A canal would also help in terms of travel between the Atlantic and Pacific which would ease trade between oceans
- - - - Wilson opposed the new Mexican president, Victoriano Huerta, who was approved by Taft as Huerta pledged to protect American investment. The government had been usurped, but the leader, Francisco Madero, was executed by his most trusted general, Huerta. Due to this, Wilson considers them a "government of butchers"
        
        Wilson continued the use of military forces in Latin America and wanted to cultivate a friendship with them
    - - Wilson entered World War I as part of the Allied Powers by declaring war on Germany, wanting to "make the world safe for democracy," and also because of the Zimmermann Telegram intercepted of Germany telling Mexico to go to war with the US