Dollar diplomacy

Theodore Roosevelt

"Speak softly and carry a big stick"

William Seward

Secreatry of State who annexed Midway Island

reason for imperialism to grow

...European nations needed raw materials

imperialism

...its countrys seeking to control the affairs of weaker countries

reason for imperialism

...racism/the belief that one race is better than another

dollar diplomacy

Taft's policy that favored investment of money into Latin America - "dollars for bullets"

Josiah Strong

a minister who wanted to bring christianity to mexico.

Roosevelt corollary

an addition to the Monroe Doctrine that claimed that the US had a right to intervene in Latin America with an international police force

Sewards Folly

early thought about buying Alaska - changed when gold was discovered

expansionism

extending the nation to national boundaries

isolationism

having little to do with the political affairs of other nations

William Seward

land deal of the century - to buy Alaska from Russia - called Seward's Folly

Woodrow Wilson

next president after Taft; believed in moral diplomacy but ordereded more military intervention in LA than any other president

William Howard Taft

president after Teddy Roosevelt; known for dollar diplomacy

porfirio Diaz

president of mexico from 1884 to 1911

Great White Fleet

steam powered ships- hulls painted white in the US navy

Alfred Mahan

wanted to expand the US navy with bases all over the world

Commodore Matthew Perry

went to Tokyo with four warships and then seven warships to open ports for American trade and to help shipwrecked sailors - launched trade between Japan and US