President Description of the Major Instances or Successful or President’s Approach Events Unsuccessful? Promotion of a revolution The canal was built Big Stick or Gunboat in the Colombian and of a sort “order” Diplomacy. province of Panama. US maintained. US wanted to build a canal power greatly Roosevelt was quick to there. increased but Roosevelt use the Navy and Issued the Roosevelt chronic problems in Marine Corps to Corollary to the Monroe Latin America maintain order and Doctrine which right of remained and rationality as he the United States to resentment for the perceived them. intervene to stabilize the United States economic affairs of small increased. states in the Caribbean and Central America if they were unable to pay their international debts. Intervention in Cuba under the Platt Amendment. Dollar Diplomacy. Intervention in Nicaragua of a sort was “Order” 1909. American bankers maintained but Taft thought that it was direct Honduran were “dollars” better and more economic affairs to ultimately no more Taft effective to employ prevent British control. successful than economic to in solving “gunboats” maintain order in problems. “our hemisphere”. Diplomacy. Intervention in Haiti and Despite Wilson’s Mexico. America enters intent to avoid Wilson considered the First World War violence and himself a pacifist; during Wilson’s second manipulation he were term. appeared “gunboats theoretically out. hypocritical to many Wilson too were citizens of Latin “Dollars” suspect. The best way American nations to maintain order was and to the rest of the through world as well. “moral example”.
President Description of the President’s Approach Major Instances or Events Successful or Unsuccessful? Roosevelt Big Stick or Gunboat Diplomacy. Roosevelt was quick to use the Navy and Marine Corps to maintain order and rationality as he perceived them. Promotion of a revolution in the Colombian province of Panama. US wanted to build a canal there. Issued the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine which right of the United States to intervene to stabilize the economic affairs of small states in the Caribbean and Central America if they were unable to pay their international debts. Intervention in Cuba under the Platt Amendment. The canal was built and “order” of a sort maintained. US power greatly increased but chronic problems in Latin America remained and resentment for the United States increased. Taft Dollar Diplomacy. Taft thought that it was better and more effective to employ economic to maintain order in “our hemisphere”. Intervention in Nicaragua 1909. American bankers direct Honduran economic affairs to prevent British control. “Order” of a sort was maintained but “dollars” were ultimately no more successful than “gunboats” in solving problems. Wilson Diplomacy. Wilson considered himself a pacifist; “gunboats were theoretically out. “Dollars” too were suspect. The best way to maintain order was through “moral example”. Intervention in Haiti and Mexico. America enters the First World War during Wilson’s second term. Despite Wilson’s intent to avoid violence and manipulation he appeared hypocritical to many citizens of Latin American nations and to the rest of the world as well.
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