Unit: American Imperialism Page # 43 Objectives: 1. Define and explain the Roosevelt Corollary and how TR used the big stick 2. Explain how the Panama Canal was annexed by the US and how TR used the big stick 3. Define and explain Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy and why it was imperialistic 4. Define and explain Wilson’s Moral Diplomacy and how he became a hypocrite V. United States and Latin America A. Where is Latin America? 1. Any nation Mexico and South B. Roosevelt Corollary 1. Is an extension of the Monroe Doctrine a. To keep out foreign nations 2. TR believed that it was the US’s job to restore law and order a. US should be able to intervene anytime in Latin America b. The US was to become a international police force 3. He uses this idea when European nations tried to expand influence in Latin America 4. To enforce this corollary TR uses the navy a. This will be called the big stick policy b. TR would “Speak softly but carry a big stick ” c. Used in 1) Nicaragua 2) Dominican Republic 3) Helped to start a revolt in Panama 5. US wanted a shorter path to trade and military a. Found that the Panama Isthmus was the shortest route b. The land was owned by Columbia c. TR tries to buy the land but Columbia refuses d. TR then allows the War Department to send hints that the US will support a revolt e. To ensure the revolt TR sends the Big Stick f. The US then takes over the canal started by France g. US finishes the canal from 1901 to 1914 C. Taft and Dollar Diplomacy 1. Belief that the US needed to invest more in Latin America 2. As the US becomes more involved the US begins to send in more troops 3. Taft actually begins to support a dictator in Nicaragua 4. Showed US was going to use economic leverage to be imperialistic D. Wilson and Moral Diplomacy 1. Believed that US should condemn imperialism 2. That nations should have self-determination 3. There should be no military used 4. Wilson becomes a hypocrite a. During the Mexican Revolution Wilson sends troops in three times b. Stated he was trying to “Protect” Americans .