1. US foreign policy by 1914

3. US foreign policy by 1914

4. US foreign policy by 1914
Worldwide influence

5. US foreign policy by 1914
Worldwide influence
Economically motivated

6. US foreign policy by 1914
Worldwide influence
Economically motivated
Limited military engagement

7. The Monroe Doctrine: 1823 “The American continents, by
the free and independent
condition which they have
assumed and maintain, are
henceforth not to be
considered as subjects for
future colonization by any
European powers.”
- Monroe Doctrine
James Monroe,

8. The Monroe Doctrine: 1823

9. The Monroe Doctrine: 1823
Established:
Independent US foreign policy

10. The Monroe Doctrine: 1823 Established: Independent US foreign policy
Aim of ending the extension of European influence in Western Hemisphere

11. The Monroe Doctrine: 1823 Established: Independent US foreign policy
Aim of ending the extension of European influence in Western Hemisphere
Foundation for US intervention

12. The Spanish-American War (1898)

13. The Treaty of Paris: 1898 Cuba freed from Spanish rule.
Spain gave up Puerto Rico and the island of Guam.
The U. S. paid Spain $20 million for the Philippines.
The U. S. became “an imperial power”

14. The Open Door Policy: 1900 Secretary John Hay.
Gave all nations equal access to trade in China.
Guaranteed that China would NOT be taken over by any one foreign power.

15. The Open Door Policy

18. The Boxer Rebellion: 1900 Society of Righteous & Harmonious Fists
2,500 US troops involved in suppression

19. Dominican Republic default, 1903
- Unable to pay money owed on $40 million in loans.
- European nations threatened to intervene.
- US President Roosevelt announced that under the Monroe Doctrine , the US could not allow foreign nations to intervene in Latin America.

20. The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine: 1904
Chronic wrongdoing… may in America, as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by some civilized nation, and in the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrongdoing or impotence, to the exercise of an international police power .

21. Speak softly and carry a big stick

22. Russo-Japanese war

23. Nobel Peace Prize for Teddy
Treaty of Portsmouth: 1905
Nobel Peace Prize for Teddy

24. US Economy by 1900

25. Foreign Trade in oil,

26. Commercial/Business Interests U. S. Foreign Investments: 1869-1908

27. Taft’s “Dollar Diplomacy”: 1909
US President,
American economy needed opportunities for further growth
- Intervention and loans in Asia and Latin America

28. U. S. Global Investments & Investments in Latin America, 1914

29. Improve financial opportunities for American businesses.
Use private capital to further U. S. interests overseas.
Therefore, the U.S. should create economic and political stability abroad in ways that would best promote America’s commercial interests.

30. U. S. Interventions in Latin America: 1898-1920s

31. Military/Strategic Interests
Alfred T. Mahan, The Influence of Sea Power on History:

32. Our “Sphere of Influence”