Foreign Policies of the 1900s Chart Foreign Policies of the 1900s
Prompt #5 Use one or two words only to characterize each President’s foreign policy.
Panama Canal Need for shorter route b/w Atlantic and Pacific Panama (controlled by Colombia) French began building canal in 1879 20,000 French died building canal (Yellow Fever and Malaria) French sell rights to U.S. for $40,000,000 Colombia says NO. Want French Treaty to expire to jack up price on U.S.
Panama Canal
Panama Canal U.S. helped Panamanian revolution in exchange for rights to canal (said they weren’t going to intervene) U.S. warships threaten Colombia U.S paid Panama $10 million Canal came in $23 million under budget Lease expired in 1999
Big Stick Diplomacy
The Roosevelt Corollary
Dollar Diplomacy
Moral Diplomacy
Political Cartoons Elements of a Political Cartoon: Symbolism using an object to stand for something Captions and labels for clarity and emphasis Exaggeration overstating or magnifying a problem or physical feature or habit Irony difference between the way things are and the way they are expected to be
Example Cartoon: Panama Canal
Diplomacy Political Cartoons Partner #1 Diplomacy Political Cartoons
Discussion If you were an American citizen at this time how would you react to these political cartoons? What would be your feelings on the growing imperialism of America?
Imperialism Views
Pro-Imperialist Views Keep competitive edge Maintain American spirit and tradition Moral duty Economic benefits Military strategy
Anti-Imperialist Views Moral/ Political Racial Economic
Some wanted the US to leave Some wanted American help Imperialism Abroad Some wanted the US to leave “Yankee, Go Home!” Some wanted American help Saw US strength growing and wanted help maintaining independence
Imperialism Review Choose 5 events/concepts to represent American imperialism during the early 1900s Draw 5 images to represent those events in chronological order Write a 3-4 sentence explanation of what your timeline shows about American imperialism. What is imperialism? What are you trying to represent? Goals of policies? Steps leading to first imperialistic action?