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HISTORY

TODAY

COMPARING AND CONTRASTING

“OUR ROOSEVELT” WITH WHAT WE

KNOW NOW

“IDEALIZED

ROOSEVELT”

THE “REAL”

ROOSEVELT

FROM

ROOSEVELT

TO TAFT

PROGRESSIVE PRESIDENCIES - DIPLOMACY

CHANGING OF THE GUARD

He was a lawyer by trade and was Roosevelt's Sectary of War.

His administration initiated:

• 80 anti-trust suits

• amendments for a federal income tax

• the direct election of senators

• a postal savings system

TAFT

"I don't remember that I ever

was President.”

“policy aimed at furthering the interests of the United States abroad by encouraging the investment of U.S. capital in foreign countries.”

• Supported by the Taft Administration.

• “A policy of joining the business interests of a country with its diplomatic interests abroad” (Appleby 2008, 509)

• Less emphasis was placed on military involvement and more on helping foreign industry.

• Centered upon the idea that if American business leaders supported Latin American development, everyone would benefit.

DOLLAR DIPLOMACY

Taft believed that with Dollar

Diplomacy, Latin America would rise out

of poverty and social disorder.

• CHINA

• The Taft Administration secured the entry

of an American banking

conglomerate, headed by J.P.

Morgan, into a European-financed

consortium financing the construction of a

major railway.

• NICARAGUA

• Taft used dollars and bullets.

• Civil unrest forced the Nicaraguan

president to appeal for greater assistance

than just American loans.

• The Marines arrived in 1911, and

American troops stayed to support the

government until 1925.

SUBSTITUTING

DOLLARS FOR BULLETS

COMPARING

FOREIGN POLICY

ROOSEVELT

“BIG STICK”

TAFT

“DOLLAR”

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ORGANIZE YOUR NOTES:

• ImperialismSetting the scene – Annexing Hawaii

• The Navy and American Influence AbroadImperialism Continues at Sea

• Beginning of The Spanish-American war The Birth of a World Power

• The Spanish-American WarBattling Overseas, Results, and Implications for Imperialism

• Theodore RooseveltBig Sticks and the Panama Canal

• From Roosevelt to TaftProgressive Presidencies - Diplomacy

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