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Imperial Presidents Joy Masuda - Coggle Diagram
Imperial Presidents Joy Masuda
William Howard Taft (1909 - 1912)
Dollar Diplomacy
The Dollar Diplomacy Policy was the policy of utilizing America's financial power to spread its influence overseas rather than military action (the Big Stick). Essentially, it meant making other countries reliant on the dollar diplomacy in order for them to accept America.
The main focus of the Dollar Diplomacy Policy was to avoid any European action in Latin America by controlling the financial affairs of nations whose economies were 'backwards' by US standards, and therefore ensuring that European loans were repaid.
Countries involved with...
Mexico Ciudad Juarez
Panama
Colon, Panama
William Howard Taft visited Panama many times because he helped develop the canal and
Woodrow Wilson (1913 - 1920)
Moral Diplomacy
The Moral Diplomacy was the network biased towards countries whose beliefs are loyal to the nation.
The Moral Diplomacy assisted democratically-governed countries while economically harming non-democratic countries.
Mexico
Woodrow Wilson interfered with Mexico and many other Latin American countries. Wilson sent U.S. troops to Mexico and intruded Mexican economy with American business investments.
William McKinley (1896-1901)
William McKinley increased protective tariffs to assist American industry and rejected free silver's expansionary monetary strategy, keeping the country on the gold standard.
Hawaii
William McKinley took ownership of the Republic of Hawaii
Cuba
McKinley saved Cuba from Spain
McKinley purchased these three countries:
Guam
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1908)
Countries involved in
Panama
Convinced Panama for him to install an American-led canal there.
Cuba
Roosevelt had expanded the American influenced to Cuba.
Russia
Japan
Roosevelt had arranged a peace treaty with Japan and Russia (below).
Big Stick Policy
His foreign policy was "speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far."
The Big Stick Policy is where the "big stick" represents his strength and willingness to deploy military action if required. It is a method of threatening countries without really damaging them, and it served as the foundation of the United States' imperialistic foreign policy.
