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Imperial Presidents, Open Door Policy, Ava Le - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Spain refused to grant independence to Cuba even with American intervention
        
        Explosion of the Maine in 1898
        
        Unknown cause, but many Americans blamed Spain; fear of war spread
        
        Congress enacted resolutions that amounted to the declaration of war on Spain
        
        US navy blockaded Cuban ports, McKinley called for over 100,000 volunteers to join the army
        
        In response, Spain declared war on America
        
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- - - - The canal significantly improved trade, because the trading routes would be shorter. This makes oversea trading easier and cheaper.
  - - - The canal allowed the US naval force to gain control of both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans
        
        Increased military security and protection of new territories
      - The Roosevelt Corollary = updated Monroe Doctrine
        
        US would have the power to restore order in a Latin American nation through military force in the event that the nation incites "chronic wrongdoings"
        
        Regarded countries such as Cuba and Nicaragua
        
        Heavily influenced by the German British blockade of Venezuelan ports when the European bankers demanded repayment for their debts
- - - - Attempts to expand Open Door Policy into Manchuria (Northeast Asia) were met with resistance from Russia and Japan (openstaxcollege.org)
  - - - Continued Roosevelt's Big Stick Diplomacy but with less aggression
        
        Taft urged Congress to pass the Lodge Corollary = similar to Roosevelt Corollary (openstaxcollege.org)
        
        Stated that no foreign businesses could obtain strategic lands in the Western Hemisphere other than American corporations
      - In Central America and the Caribbean, Americans started investing into plantations, mines, oil wells, and railways
    - - Taft sent troops to Nicaragua in order to pressure government to accept the American loans
- - - - However, he utilized military force multiple times to guide Latin American actions in the directions he thought proper
        
        Sent US marines to Haiti in 1915 in order to...
        
        Protect American investments
        
        Protect against potential German or French aggression in Haiti
        
        Urge the Haitian government to agree to give the US the right to control its foreign and financial affairs
        
        Sent US military and navy to Dominican Republic as well as Mexico
        
        1911 - Reformer Francisco Madero led Mexican Revolution that brought down dictator Porfirio Diaz
        
        1913 - General Victoriano Huerta executed Madero
        
        Wilson opposed Huerta and helped Venustiano Carranza (another reformer) to gain power under moral diplomacy
        
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