1. Foreign Policies of the 1900s
Chart
Foreign Policies of the 1900s

2. Prompt #5
Use one or two words only to characterize each President’s foreign policy.

3. 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.

5. Panama Canal

6. 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

7. Big Stick Diplomacy

8. The Roosevelt Corollary

9. Dollar Diplomacy

10. Moral Diplomacy

11. 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

12. Example Cartoon: Panama Canal

13. Diplomacy Political Cartoons
Partner #1
Diplomacy Political Cartoons

14. 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?

15. Imperialism Views

16. Pro-Imperialist Views
Keep competitive edge
Maintain American spirit and tradition
Moral duty
Economic benefits
Military strategy

17. Anti-Imperialist Views
Moral/ Political
Racial
Economic

18. 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

19. 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?