America as a World Power

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America as a World Power Part 2

• Page 213

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America becomes very involved in foreign countries
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IMPERIALISM race to colonize other countries for
strategic, economic or cultural reasons
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President William McKinley

• Republican
• In office 1897 1901
• Fought in civil war
• Teacher and lawyer
• Congressman from Ohio
• His wife, Ida became an invalid after the deaths
  of their young daughters
• Beat William Jennings Bryan and the Populists in
  the election of 1896

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Making a war with Spain

• Spain has colonized Cuba
• Spain insults President McKinley
• The Maine explosion we blamed Spain but it was
  an accident.
• Americans outraged and McKinley asks Congress to
  intervene in Cuba.

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THE MAINE EXPLODESIN HAVANA HARBOR, CUBA
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YELLOW JOURNALISM
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Cartoon analysis
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THE PROGRESSIVE PRESIDENTS AND FOREIGN POLICY

• Pages 226 - 230

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Topics

• Panama Canal
• The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
• Tafts Dollar Diplomacy
• Wilson and democracy

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Panama Canal

• U.S. wants to cut travel time between the
  Pacific and Caribbean seas
• After failed attempts by other countries,
  Roosevelt acts to build the canal

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Panama Canal
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Panama Canal
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Roosevelt Corollary p. 229

• Roosevelt made clear that he would enforce the
  Monroe Doctrine when he stopped Great Britain and
  Germany from attacking Venezuela.
• Chronic wrongdoing in the Western
  Hemisphere.may force the U.S. to use its
  international police power.
• Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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Tafts Dollar diplomacy p. 229

• Like substituting dollars for bullets.
• Taft wanted to provide loans to protect U.S.
  interests in Latin America
• Policy tested in Nicaragua when Taft sent Marines
  to crush a revolt there.
• Can you see any problems with this policy?

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Wilson and democracy

• Wilson believed that promoting democratic
  governments instead of giving dollars was a
  better way to keep Europe out of Latin America

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Map U.S. interests in Latin America

• 1) Which areas were U.S. protectorates?
• 2) Where and why did the U.S. intervene in 1916?
• 3) Where and when did the U.S. apply the
  Roosevelt Corollary?
• 4) When and from what country did the U.S. obtain
  the Virgin Islands?

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Assignment

• Work in groups of three to come up with a
  metaphor for U.S. involvement in your assigned
  country
• Create a quick visual on paper. See example
• Brief presentation to the class
• Time One class period

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Homework

• Read Expansion in Perspective on page 235
• Make a T-chart in your notebook under Class Notes
  with the title American involvement in Latin
  America.
• Label one side benefits and the other side
  drawbacks
• Fill in as you read.