II. PANAMA CANALII. PANAMA CANAL• U.S. needs to be able to get Pacific Fleet to

Atlantic (or have two costly fleets).

• Hay-Pauncefote Treaty gave US rights to build a canal through Central America

• The U.S. purchased the project from the French

• US supports Panamanian rebellion

• Panamanians received 10 million for land under U.S. control

• Finished in 1914

• Malaria and Yellow fever

III. Hawaii

• Hawaii originally an economic interest (sugar)

• 1893 Euro-American alliance overthrows queen and rules, but U.S. won’t annex

• Spanish-American War necessitates fueling stations and U.S. decides to annex in 1899

• 1900 Hawaii annexed

THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WARTHE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR

• Cubans revolting against Spanish rule

• US sympathizes with Cubans

• Media fuels fire– Yellow Journalism– William Randolph Hearst– Joseph Pulitzer

• Hearst wants the US to intervene in Cuba

• McKinley reluctant• De Lome letter calls

McKinley “weak”• USS Maine explodes in

Havana Harbor• McKinley asks Spain to

grant Cuba its freedom, 1898

• War lasted 4 months in– Philippines– Cuba

American Foreign Policy

• How will America implement new foreign policy (military? money? Persuasion?)

• Roosevelt’s Big Stick

• Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy

• Wilson’s Moral Diplomacy

“SPEAK SOFTLY AND CARRY A BIG STICK; YOU WILL GO FAR!”

IV. ROOSEVELT COROLLARY• A statement by T.R. stating the U.S. does not

want any land, it just wants to protect those in need- “an international police power.”

• Issued to protect the Dominican Republic

• Policy was effective, but made some Latin American countries uneasy

V. RESHAPING US DIPLOMACYV. RESHAPING US DIPLOMACY• DOLLAR DIPLOMACY: increasing

money to other countries instead of fighting wars

• US buys out European loans • Many countries opposed being paid

off so that they would listen to the U.S.

• The U.S. made enemies during this time of imperialism- especially in Latin America

Wilson’s Moral Diplomacy

• The United States will “do the right thing” anywhere people are oppressed around the world.

ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS

• What was the goal of Dollar Diplomacy?

• What was Wilson’s Moral Diplomacy?

• What did TR’s Big Stick policy rely on?

Look at the various presidential speeches and determine w

• Look at the various presidential speeches and determine whether they best represent Roosevelt’s Big Stick Policy, Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy or Wilson’s Moral Diplomacy.