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Imperial Presidents - Coggle Diagram
Imperial Presidents
William McKinley (1897-1901)
His administration favored annexation and in 1898 Congress proclaimed Hawaii an official U.S. territory.
Ordered Spanish-American war battle
Gained new U.S territories such as Puerto Rico, Philippines, and Guam
Republican Candidate
Cared a lot for trade especially with Asian Countries
OPEN DOOR POLICY
Wildrow Wilson (1913-1921)
Opposed to imperialism
Involved with WW2
Intervened with the Mexican Revolution
Proposed the league of nations
Believed in morality and a strong democracy
Created the 14 points
The foreign policy name was Moral Diplomacy
Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)
BIG STICK IDEALOGY
Was involved in the Japan and Russian war
Was involved with Panama gaining freedom
Bought Panama for 40 million
Helped bring them to a peace treaty
Did lots of negotiating and there was A lot of backlash
Involved with the Monroe doctrine for expansion of the U.S.
Mainly wanted to increase Americas power through the military. Believed that a strong military was key and vital for America.
William Taft (1909-1913)
Moral Diplomacy
Dollar diplomacy
Allowed big monopolies so long as they did not unreasonably squeeze out smaller companies
Declared War on Germany
Wanted economic power rather than military power
Proposed income tax
Promoted foreign policy through trade and investment
Involved with Mexico Through military and wanted to create an allied
Lowered tariffs a little not much
