Notes for 2-5-09
The Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine
-original Monroe Doctrine told Europe to stay out of Western Hemisphere and US wouldn't mess with Europe
-1904 Roosevelt Corollary-Roosevelt reasserted original doctrine and added the claimed right of US to intervene in affairs of Western hemisphere nations
-Corollary came at a time when Latin American countries were defaulting on loans from Europe and Europeans were considering action against defaulters
-Purpose-still keep Europeans out
Panama Canal
-French Company just went bankrupt trying to build a canal across Colombian Province of Panama
-Roosevelt negotiated the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty with Great Britain releasing both countries from an 1850 agreement not to build a Central American canal without the other's permission
-French Company lowered price for works in Panama, the US shifted its focus from a canal across Nicaragua to Panama and Congress approved buying out French for $40 Million
-US negotiated Hay-Herron Treaty with Columbia for a 6 mile wide strip across Panama in exchange for $10 million and $250 K annual rent
-Colombian legislature rejected treaty, Roosevelt encouraged Panamanians to revolt against Columbia
-revolt seceded because US naval force prevented Colombian troops from landing in Panama
-US formally recognized Panamanian govt
-US signed the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty for a 10 mile wide canal for $10 million and $250,000 annual rent
-canal opened in 1914
-shortened sea route between San Francisco and New york by 8,000 miles
-1921-US compensated Columbia $25 million for loss of Panama
-1977-Jimmy Carter signed treaty transferring ownership of canal to Panama in year 2000
Chinese Exclusion and Roosevelt's Gentlemen's Agreement with Japan
-white Californians feared many Asian immigrants
0made Congress pass Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882-ended Chinese immigration
-1906-San Francisco school board ordered segregation of Asian schoolchildren
-Riots broke out in San Fransisco and Los Angeles
-Roosevelt professed shock and reached a "Gentlemen's Agreement" with Japan
-Japan promised to halt immigration of adult Japanese laborers in US
-Roosevelt pledged to end anti-Japanese discrimination and persuaded San Fransisco school board to rescind its segregation ordinance
William Howard Taft and Dollar Diplomacy
-President Taft is known for his policy of "Dollar Diplomacy"
-Taft urged Wall Street bankers to invest in overseas businesses as a way of spreading US influence
-Dollar Diplomacy didn't work well in Asia
-Worked well in Central America as companies like United fruit established banana plantations in Costa Rica and Honduras
Woodrow Wilson and US Imperialism
-Wilson sent troops to Haiti in 1915 to put down revolution and stayed for 21 years
-1916-forced Dominican Republic to accept rule of US military government
-Wilson purchased Virgin Islands from Denmark
-decided that US foreign policy should help advance democracy in Mexico and gets in a mess
-Mexican Revolution broke out in 1910 when dictator Dorfirio Dias was overthrown by Francisco Madero
-Madero took over when American and British inventors owned more than half of Mexico's real estate, 90% of all reserves, and almost all of the railroads
-Madero scared foreign businessmen with talk of democratic reform
-overthrown by Victoriano Huerta in 1913
-promised to protect foreign investments
-When Huerto's men murdered Madero-President Wilson refused to recognize Huerta government and demanded that Mexcio hold democratic elections
-1914-Wilson responded to arrest of several US sailors visiting Vera Cruz by sending a naval fleet into Mexican waters
-Wilson ordered US Marines into Vera Cruz and directed them to prevent a German ship from off loading munitions meant for Huerta
-19 Americans and 126 Mexicans killed
-American occupation of Vera Cruz weakened Huerta and Venustaiano Carranza took power
-Carranza introduced major land reform
-Wilson turned to Pancho Villa in 1915 and Wilson withdraw his support from Villa and prepared to recognize the Carranza govt
-angry Pancho Villa pulled 18 Americans off of a train in northern Mexico and murdered them; crossed border to kill 17 more Americans in Columbus, NM
-Wilson sent a US Expeditionary Force under General John J. Pershing into Mexico to hunt down Villa
-although Pershing went 300 miles into Mexico failed to capture Villa and clashed with Carranza'a forces
-original Monroe Doctrine told Europe to stay out of Western Hemisphere and US wouldn't mess with Europe
-1904 Roosevelt Corollary-Roosevelt reasserted original doctrine and added the claimed right of US to intervene in affairs of Western hemisphere nations
-Corollary came at a time when Latin American countries were defaulting on loans from Europe and Europeans were considering action against defaulters
-Purpose-still keep Europeans out
Panama Canal
-French Company just went bankrupt trying to build a canal across Colombian Province of Panama
-Roosevelt negotiated the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty with Great Britain releasing both countries from an 1850 agreement not to build a Central American canal without the other's permission
-French Company lowered price for works in Panama, the US shifted its focus from a canal across Nicaragua to Panama and Congress approved buying out French for $40 Million
-US negotiated Hay-Herron Treaty with Columbia for a 6 mile wide strip across Panama in exchange for $10 million and $250 K annual rent
-Colombian legislature rejected treaty, Roosevelt encouraged Panamanians to revolt against Columbia
-revolt seceded because US naval force prevented Colombian troops from landing in Panama
-US formally recognized Panamanian govt
-US signed the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty for a 10 mile wide canal for $10 million and $250,000 annual rent
-canal opened in 1914
-shortened sea route between San Francisco and New york by 8,000 miles
-1921-US compensated Columbia $25 million for loss of Panama
-1977-Jimmy Carter signed treaty transferring ownership of canal to Panama in year 2000
Chinese Exclusion and Roosevelt's Gentlemen's Agreement with Japan
-white Californians feared many Asian immigrants
0made Congress pass Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882-ended Chinese immigration
-1906-San Francisco school board ordered segregation of Asian schoolchildren
-Riots broke out in San Fransisco and Los Angeles
-Roosevelt professed shock and reached a "Gentlemen's Agreement" with Japan
-Japan promised to halt immigration of adult Japanese laborers in US
-Roosevelt pledged to end anti-Japanese discrimination and persuaded San Fransisco school board to rescind its segregation ordinance
William Howard Taft and Dollar Diplomacy
-President Taft is known for his policy of "Dollar Diplomacy"
-Taft urged Wall Street bankers to invest in overseas businesses as a way of spreading US influence
-Dollar Diplomacy didn't work well in Asia
-Worked well in Central America as companies like United fruit established banana plantations in Costa Rica and Honduras
Woodrow Wilson and US Imperialism
-Wilson sent troops to Haiti in 1915 to put down revolution and stayed for 21 years
-1916-forced Dominican Republic to accept rule of US military government
-Wilson purchased Virgin Islands from Denmark
-decided that US foreign policy should help advance democracy in Mexico and gets in a mess
-Mexican Revolution broke out in 1910 when dictator Dorfirio Dias was overthrown by Francisco Madero
-Madero took over when American and British inventors owned more than half of Mexico's real estate, 90% of all reserves, and almost all of the railroads
-Madero scared foreign businessmen with talk of democratic reform
-overthrown by Victoriano Huerta in 1913
-promised to protect foreign investments
-When Huerto's men murdered Madero-President Wilson refused to recognize Huerta government and demanded that Mexcio hold democratic elections
-1914-Wilson responded to arrest of several US sailors visiting Vera Cruz by sending a naval fleet into Mexican waters
-Wilson ordered US Marines into Vera Cruz and directed them to prevent a German ship from off loading munitions meant for Huerta
-19 Americans and 126 Mexicans killed
-American occupation of Vera Cruz weakened Huerta and Venustaiano Carranza took power
-Carranza introduced major land reform
-Wilson turned to Pancho Villa in 1915 and Wilson withdraw his support from Villa and prepared to recognize the Carranza govt
-angry Pancho Villa pulled 18 Americans off of a train in northern Mexico and murdered them; crossed border to kill 17 more Americans in Columbus, NM
-Wilson sent a US Expeditionary Force under General John J. Pershing into Mexico to hunt down Villa
-although Pershing went 300 miles into Mexico failed to capture Villa and clashed with Carranza'a forces
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