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Lecture Guide: Turn of the Century Foreign Policies

 

 

After the Spanish-American War:

U.S. begins to ________ its control over nearby areas in

_________________ and the _____________.

 

1898 – Annex Hawaii & gain control of Puerto Rico, Guam, & the Philippines

1899 – Acquire Samoa & Wake Island (in the Pacific) for __________ and ________ outposts

1903 – Acquire the Panama Canal Zone

 

 

Open Door Policy – China:

 

________________ countries had claimed __________________________

Over part of ___________.

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• European countries were dominating trade in China

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• Big Stick Diplomacy: The U.S. acts as a policeman on the continent of America

• President Theodore Roosevelt’s Foreign Policy

 

 

 

 

• Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Dollar Diplomacy: Economic support to poor neighbors to gain influence

• President William Taft’s Foreign Policy:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Moral Diplomacy: To spread American beliefs and Christianity to “uncivilized” peoples

• Moral Diplomacy:

 

 

 

 

• Based on The White Man’s Burden:

 

 

 

• Led to Protectorates:

 

 

• Used in Mexico

 

 

Effects:

• U.S. Continued to pursue forms of imperialism around the world

• Able to achieve the goals of:

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And the U.S. emerged as a _________________.