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Seeking Empire
The Roosevelt Corollary and Latin
America, Reaching to Asia, and The
Panama Canal
Roosevelt
Corollary and
Latin America
President Roosevelt feared of an
attack on Cuba from Europe so he
took precautions to attempt to
prevent it and took on the role of
defender...
The Platt Amendment
- The Monroe Doctrine was considered a “dead letter” until Roosevelt got into
office and began to reassert it
- Cuba was where the Latin America Policy had begun
- Through the Platt Amendment of 1901, Cuba was unable to be apart of a
treaty that would risk them losing their independence
- The Amendment also stated that if they failed to do this, then the US would
have grounds to intervene
Roosevelt Corollary
- At this point, Roosevelt was convinced that the Latin Americans were
susceptible to attack from the Europeans
- Due to this fear, he created the Roosevelt Corollary
- The Corollary took the Monroe Doctrine one step further and stated that
“chronic wrongdoing” put on Latin America would lead to the US to move in
- The first example of this is when Dominican Republic was in threat of being
settled
down
invaded,
so the US intervened…
- They seized the custom houses until things
A Big Stick
- Teddy had a motto, “Speak softly but carry a big stick.”
- The “big stick” he was referring to the US navy
- The Latin Americans were not a fan of all of these new policies
- They referred to it as “Yankee Imperialism”
- This continued for a long time and the United States would soon send
troops to invade 35 times
Reaching to
Asia
It was time that we began our
relations with the largest continent
and all of these relations led to a
crash and a rebellion. Roosevelt
ultimately helped put an end to this
chaos and put America, as well as
other countries, back on track.
Open Door Policy
- Matthew Perry provided trade opportunities to the United States
- This earned millions for traders in the US and led to gaining region control
- China was already being split up between the European powers through
Spheres of Influence
- Our Secretary of State, John Hay, feared of this control by other nations so
he wrote the Open Door Notes in an attempt to have other nations keep in
open trade in China
- While only Britain accepted it, all other nations denied it
The Boxer Rebellion
- All of the foreign presence in China led to an inevitable crash
- A chinese nationalist group called The Fists of Righteous Harmony
destroyed some property of westerners
- They received the nickname the Boxers and they continued to commence
these attacks
- This rebellion was the first time that the US invaded a foreign continent
without trying to get territory
- The rebellion was subdued and China owed $330 Million dollars
Nobel Peace Prize for Roosevelt
- Japan was a concern for the new imperial America.
- From February 8, 1904 marked the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War,
which lasted until September 5, 1905.
- The two sides met with Roosevelt in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and a
treaty was arranged.
- https://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Treaty_of_Portsmouth
- Roosevelt was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in moderating
the talks and pushing towards peace
Nobel Peace Prize for Roosevelt
Nobel Peace Prize for Roosevelt
- Relations with Japan were icy and the Japanese immigrants faced harsh
discrimination.
- The Gentleman’s Agreement of 1907 solved the problems between how the
Americans and the Japanese were acting towards each other.
- That same year, Roosevelt displayed his “big stick”, the new American navy.
- In 1908, 3 years after the treaty was made, Japan and the United States
began to respect each other’s holdings on the Pacific Rim because of the
concessions made in the Root-Takahira Agreement.
Nobel Peace Prize for Roosevelt
The Panama
Canal
The Panama Canal was a much
needed innovation in
transportation. Despite its many
obstacles, the Panama Canal
flourished thanks to the efforts of
Roosevelt as well as other
individuals. It is a waterway that is
still used today.
First Obstacles
- Roosevelt made a big leap in travel and transport by creating the Panama
Canal.
- There were many obstacles to this project:
○ Great Britain
○ Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
○ Geography
- Ferdinand de Lessups organized a French attempt in Panama in the 1870s.
- Nicaragua was also one possibility for the United States.
First Obstacles
Selecting Panama and Construction
- Panama was not an independent state and the United States had to
negotiate with Colombia in order to obtain rights to it.
- Colombia was powerless to stop the uprising and the United States was the
first nation in the world to recognize the new government of Panama.
- Construction of the Canal was much more difficult than the Americans
anticipated.
- Because of Walter Reed and William Gorgas, the threats of disease was
greatly diminished.
Selecting Panama and Construction
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Review
Questions
Review Questions
1. Where did the Latin America Policy begin?
a. Mexico
2. Why did Roosevelt create the Roosevelt
Corollary?
b. Brazil
a. He feared that Latin America could
be attacked
c. Cuba
b. He didn’t like Europeans
d. Chile
c. He wanted to be the only Country
that could have control
d. He just felt like it
Review Questions
3. What was the “Big Stick” Roosevelt
mentioned?
4. What was the Open Door Policy?
a. An actual stick
a. All men had to hold doors open for
women
b. The Air Force
b. China could only trade with the US
c. Nukes
c. Countries would agree to keep free
trade
d. The Navy
d. Anyone could immigrate into
America
Review Questions
5. What was the name of the Chinese
Rebellion group from the Boxer Rebellion?
6. What was the name of the treaty that
ended the Russo-Japanese War?
a. The God Worshiping Society
a. Treaty of Versailles
b. The Fists of Righteous Harmony
b. Treaty of Paris
c. The Boxer Rebels
c. Treaty of Portsmouth
d. The Chinese Rebels
d. Gentlemen’s Agreement
Review Questions
7. Which agreement allowed the Japanese
and the Americans to finally settle their
conflicts and respect each other’s
holdings on the Pacific Rim?
a. Root-Takahira Agreement
b. Gentlemen’s Agreement
c. Colombian Agreement
d. The Great Agreement
8. Which of the following was not an
obstacle in choosing to create a canal in
Panama?
a. Great Britain
b. Panama’s Geography
c. Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
d. Disapproving Natives
Review Questions
9. Why did the United States have to
negotiate with Colombia in order to gain
rights to Panama?
a. Panama was a city inside of
Colombia so approval from the state
was needed
b. Panama was not yet an independent
state
c. One of Panama’s demands was that
Colombia approved
d. None of the above
10.What did Walter Reed and William Gorgas
do that made construction of the Panama
much safer?
a. They created stronger construction trucks
b. They convinced the angry natives that the
canal was too much of a benefit to pass
up on
c. They reduced the threat of disease
d. They had volunteers act as “lifeguards” to
protect those working at the constuction
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