1. Warm-up: Acquiring New Lands (10.3)
7th hour: Bring in a rake!
November 2nd, 2011
Warm-up: Acquiring New Lands (10.3)
*Describe events that provoked debate over imperialism
*Summarize key arguments of the anti-imperialists
*Explain why imperialism continued to appeal to Americans at the turn of the century
Go over Countries and territories
Notes: 12.3/12.4
12.4 quiz
Homework: Finish work listed above

2. 12.3/12.4

3. Foreign policy in the Early 1900s
Roosevelt Corollary (addition to the Monroe Doctrine)
Monroe Doctrine: Stay out
Roosevelt Corollary: If you are engaged in activities…we would have to be the international police and intervene
1st test: Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
Europe wanted its debt paid, we stepped in and paid
Congress displeased at all the intervention: president got more power while legislature shrank
***What about first time using Monroe Doctrine

4. Roosevelt the Peacemaker
Roosevelt won a Nobel Peace Prize for his involvement as a mediator with Japan, Russia and Manchuria

5. New President
Roosevelt left office after his second term, and William Howard Taft became the new president
Taft: maintain the open door to Asia
Stability in Latin America
INVEST!!
Pleased public opinion and made money for investors
Dollar Diplomacy

6. Dollar Diplomacy Didn’t work so well
Encouraged others to invest in China (country collapsed in 1911)
Caribbean and Central America opposed US influence
Anti-colonization abroad and anti-imperialism at home growing stronger

7. Anti-Imperialism
After the annexation of the Philippines, anti-imperialism feelings grew
Anti-Imperialist League-mostly upper-middle-class professionals

8. MORAL ARGUMENTS
Racism was the foundation for imperialism and it was morally wrong to think of Anglo-Saxons as superior to other races
POLITICAL ARGUMENTS
Imperialism was a rejection of the principle “liberty for all” and endangered the nation’s democratic institutions
PRACTICAL ARGUMENTS
Expansion was expensive to achieve and maintain. Immigrants from annexed territories would take American jobs.

9. But wait, what was the appeal of imperialism
But wait, what was the appeal of imperialism? (other than the obvious economic reasons)
AMERICAN IMAGINATION
With the closing of the frontier, many thought the expansionist policy would keep the competitive edge
IMPERIALIST HEROES
They were honored in the media and became part of culture
Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts

10. HUH? Well…. Did other countries praise us? Did they welcome our “help”
Did they resent us getting involved?
YES YES YES YES YES!!
Paradox of Power!
Admired and hated, welcomed and rejected
Some wanted help, wanted protection
Some were resentful
Even after help they wanted us to leave….