1. FOREIGN POLICY AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY

2. 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

3. 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

4. A. THE BIG DITCH HISTORY OF CANAL PRESIDENT GRANT 1869 BUT…..
BIDLACK 1846 & CLAYTON-BULWER 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?

5. 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

6. 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