1. Bell Ringer
When it comes to Imperialism, do you think America acts more as a world leader or as a bully? Why?

2. Presidential Imperialism
The Expansion of America at the turn of the century

3. William McKinley as an expansionist president:
Spanish-American War
Annexation of Hawaii
Open Door Policy

4. Election of 1900 McKinley v. Bryan
Bryan claimed McKinley as an enslaver of men
McKinley had won a war, acquired rich lands overseas, protected the gold standard, and picked an irresistible running mate, Teddy Roosevelt

5. TR Becomes President McKinley wins easily
Shot and killed 6 months later
Fun Fact: He was the first president to ride in an automobile – the ambulance that took him to the hospital after he was shot.
TR becomes the youngest American president at 42 y/o

6. Teddy Roosevelt: The “Modern” President

7. The Man, The Myth, The Legend

8. The Man, The Myth, The Legend

9. Assemblyman, Cowboy, Police Commissioner, Asst. Sec. of the Navy
As a deputy sheriff, Roosevelt hunted down three outlaws who stole his riverboat and were escaping north with it up the Little Missouri. Capturing them, he decided against hanging them (apparently yielding to established law procedures in place of vigilante justice), and sending his foreman back by boat, he took the thieves back overland for trial in Dickinson, guarding them forty hours without sleep and reading Tolstoy to keep himself awake.

10. The Man, The Myth, The Legend
Wife: Edith, Children: Alice, Theodore Jr., Kermit, Ethel Carow, Archibald Bulloch "Archie", and Quentin

11. A Canal in Panama
The Spanish-American War showed the weakness of a navy split between two oceans
Canal linking Atlantic and Pacific necessary
Location issues
Panama was part of Colombia; didn’t like the U.S.
TR incited a rebellion in Panama

12. A Canal in Panama
Canal was more dangerous and costly than planned
Sanitation and disease were major issues
Largest modern engineering undertaking to date; resulted in one of the greatest technological innovations in modern history
20:45-24:30

13. “Speak softly, and
carry a big stick”

14. Roosevelt Corollary
Latin American countries behind on loan payments to Europe
TR was afraid Europe might use force to collect their money
Roosevelt Corollary: The US would intervene in Latin America and collect the debts for Europe (supports Monroe Doctrine)

15. Problems with Asia
Russo-Japanese War caused by conflicts over claims to Korea and Manchuria
Japan asked TR to negotiate the peace talks
Treaty of Portsmouth
Roosevelt’s mediation earned him a Nobel Peace Prize

16. Sending Out the “Great White Fleet”
The Great White Fleet: America’s highly advanced naval fleet
They went on a diplomatic “good-will” mission around the world; had the bonus effect of showing America’s military muscle.
Sending Out the
“Great White Fleet”

17. The Teddy Bear

19. The Death of A Bull Moose
Post Presidency:
African safaris
Exploration of the Amazon
Died January 6, 1919
"The old lion is dead.”
“Death had to take him sleeping. For if he’d been awake, there would have been a fight.”

20. Doppleganger?

21. Other Presidents Do Stuff….
Sorry, it’s hard to follow Teddy Roosevelt.

22. Imperialism Under Taft
Dollar Diplomacy: American businesses invest in and give loans to foreign countries to gain power (mainly in Latin America and Asia)
Would strengthen American foreign positions while making money
Not always successful

23. Wilson, The Man Born and raised in the South Deeply religious
First Southerner since Andrew Johnson (1865)
First Democrat in 20 years
Deeply religious
Intelligent and educated
Superb public speaker
Elitist
An idealist
Stubborn

24. Imperialism Under Wilson
Moral Diplomacy: A desire to lead other nations by moral example
Opposed to imperialism on moral grounds…
But also used morality to justify his involvement in the Mexican Revolution.
Sent US Marines to Haiti and the Dominican Republic to protect American interests

25. The Mexican Revolution
Assassination of corrupt president
Placed Gen. Victoriano Huerta in power
Some positive changes for the poor, but served as a military dictator
U.S. refuses to officially recognize him
Wilson allowed arms to go to Huerta’s rivals, Venustiano Carranza and Francisco “Pancho” Villa
Incident with American sailors visiting Mexico gives excuse to place Carranza in power

26. The Last Invasion of America
Pancho Villa felt slighted by the U.S.
Staged a series of violent escapades in New Mexico, trying to incite a war between the U.S. and Carranza
Wilson sent 6,000 troops to find and capture Villa
U.S. pulls out troops in 1914
Villa killed by a Mexican rival