FOREIGN POLICY AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY

OBJ: TO DETERMINE POST WAR FOREIGN POLICY BETWEEN 1900 - 1914 I. ELECTION 1900 WJB: ANTI-IMPERIALSM MAJOR ISSUE, ANTI-MONOPOLY, ANTI-MILITARISM MCKINLEY: PROSPERITY, GOLD, EXPANSION PAN-AMERICAN CONF. 9/01 – MCKINLEY SHOT, TR PRESIDENT

II. THE ASCENDANCY OF “THAT DAMNED COWBOY” US PROTECTOR OF CARIBBEAN – “YANKEE LAKE” CARIBBEAN ISSUES: VENEZUELA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC “SPEAK SOFTLY & CARRY A BIG STICK” 12/04 ANNUAL SPEECH TO CONGRESS “ROOSEVELT CORROLLARY” - INCREASED LATIN AM ROLE FOR US US TO MEDIATE ISSUES B/W EUROPE & LATIN AMERICAN COLONIES INCREASED INTERNATIONAL ROLE

A. THE BIG DITCH HISTORY OF CANAL PRESIDENT GRANT 1869 BUT….. BIDLACK 1846 & CLAYTON-BULWER 1850 TREATIES POST WAR 1898 HAY PAUNCEFORTE – 1901 WHERE TO BUILD? NICARAGUA OR PANAMA PANAMA REVOLT HAY-BUNAU VARILLA TREATY “I TOOK THE CANAL” NEW LOW IN U.S.-L.A. RELATIONS DID THE END JUSTIFY THE MEANS?

B. FULL SPEED AHEAD 1. RUSSO – JAPANESE WAR 1904-05 TERRITORIAL ISSUES; CHINA, KOREA CHALLENGED OPEN DOOR POLICY RUSSIAN NAVY OBLITERATED BUT NO CLEAR VICTORY PORTSMOUTH TREATY – BELLIGERENTS WELCOMED NEGOTIATED PEACE JAPAN BIG WINNER; RUSSIA RECOGNIZED JAPAN’S “PREDOMINANT PO, MIL & ECO INTERESTS IN KOREA” JAPANESE PEOPLE UNHAPPY NOBEL PEACE PRIZE GENTLEMEN’S AGREEMENT 1907 ANTI-AM SENTIMENT IN JAPAN & ANTI- JAPANESE SENTIMENT IN CA END IMMIGRATION & NO SEGREGATION ROOT-TAKAHIRA AGREEMENT – FREE OCEAN COMMERCE & J. AUTHORITY OVER MANCHURIA

C. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT & F.P. EXPANDED “INFORMAL EMPIRE” “DOLLAR DIPLOMACY” USE ECONOMIC INVESTMENT & NOT MILITARY INTERVENTION ‘WE GOT CHEATED’ IN SPHERES OF INFLUENCE LARGER US BUSINESS ROAD IN CHINESE RAILROADS HOPED AMERICAN CAPITAL OFFSET JAPANESE INFLUENCE CHINESE REVOLUTION 1911 US SUPPORTED NATIONALISTS START OF LONG TERM RIVALRY WITH JAPAN