1. Lesson 2.3: Theodore Roosevelt and Imperialism
USH2 Unit 2: Factors that led to exploration, settlement, movement, and expansion
Lesson 2.3: Theodore Roosevelt and Imperialism

2. Focus
How did Turner’s thesis, Imperialism, and the Spanish American War relate to expansion?

3. Activating
SUCCEEDING PRESIDENT MCKINLEY, PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT ( ) MEDIATED DISPUTES IN ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA AND ACQUIRED THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE. PRESIDENT TAFT AND WILSON WORKED TO INCREASE AMERICAN TRADE AND INFLUENCE IN LATIN AMERICA.
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4. Frayer Model / Roosevelt Corollary

5. AMERICAN DIPLOMACY IN ASIA
GERMANY, FRANCE, BRITAIN, JAPAN AND RUSSIA ALL WANTED CHINA TO LEASE TERRITORY TO THEM =
EACH LEASED AREA BECAME A “SPHERE OF INFLUENCE” WHERE A FOREIGN NATION CONTROLLED ECONOMY

6. THE OPEN DOOR POLICY
THE UNITED STATES SUPPORTED AN OPEN DOOR POLICY IN WHICH ALL COUNTRIES COULD TRADE WITH CHINA

7. THE BOXER REBELLION https://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=ZaT1WDq-XFw
SECRET CHINESE SOCIETIES SUCH AS “BOXERS” WERE WORKING TO RID CHINA OF FOREIGN CONTROL
IN 1900, THE BOXERS SEIZED FOREIGN EMBASSIES IN BEIJING AND KILLED MORE THAN 200 FOREIGNERS
AN INTERNATIONAL FORCE CRUSHED THE REBELLION

8. AP: Talking Heads Why did TR support an Open Door Policy in China?
Why would the “boxers” be concerned about what was happening in China?

9. ROOSEVELT DIPLOMACY
ROOSEVELT BECOMES YOUNGEST PRES EVER (42) WHEN MCKINLEY SHOT BY AN ANARCHIST
TR SUPPORTED THE OPEN DOOR POLICY IN CHINA, AND HELPED END A WAR BETWEEN JAPAN AND RUSSIAN IN ORDER TO PROTECT AMERICAN INTERESTS IN THE REGION
TR BELIEVED THE USA MUST WORK TO BECOME A WORLD POWER!!!

10. AP: Create a Test Question
Create a test question regarding Teddy Roosevelt’s Foreign Policy. Have your partner answer your test question….

11. THE PANAMA CANAL
IN 1903, ROOSEVELT DECIDED TO BUILD A CANAL THROUGH PANAMA, WHICH WAS THEN PART OF COLUMBIA
ROOSEVELT SENT SHIPS TO PREVENT COLUMBIA FROM INTERFERING W/ PANAMANIAN REVOLT
THE USA RECOGNIZED PANAMA’S INDEPENDENCE, AND TWO NATIONS SIGN TREATY TO BUILD CANAL

13. THE ROOSEVELT COROLLARY
EXTENDS THE MONROE DOCTRINE
USA WOULD INTERVENE IN LATIN AMERICA WHEN NECESSARY = WESTERN HEMISPHERE STABLE
BIG STICK DIPLOMACY = MUST BE WILLING TO USE FORCE AND TO INFLUENCE AFFARS W/ THREAT OF FORCE
BIG STICK = STRONG NAVY

14. AP : Create an Illustration
Your illustration should represent the purpose of the Roosevelt Corollary.

15. DOLLAR DIPLOMACY
PRES. TAFT ( ) CONTINUED ROOSEVELT’S POLICIES BUT…
FOCUSED MORE ON INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT THAN MILITARY FORCE = DOLLAR DIPLOMACY

16. WOODROW WILSON’S MORAL DIPLOMACY
PRESIDENT WILSON ( ) OPPOSED TEDDY ROOSEVELT AND IMPERIALISM, BUT BELIEVED HE SHOULD PROMOTE DEMOCRACY
WILSON REFUSED TO RECOGNIZE HUERTA’S GOV’T IN MEXICO BECAUSE HE HAD KILLED OFF OPPOSITION
WILSON USED INCIDENT W/ SAILORS IN MEXICO TO OVERTHROW HUERTA
ANTI-AMERICAN RIOTS FOLLOWED THIS….CARRANZA BECAME MEXICAN PRESIDENT
HOW WOULD TEDDY ROOSEVELT HAVE RESPONDED ANY DIFFERENTLY?

17. AP 3: Venn Diagram / Taft vs Wilson

18. Activity
Primary source on Big Stick Diplomacy

19. Learning Log Today I learned………..
How does learning about Teddy Roosevelt help us to better understand American Expansion?
Explain the goal of USA Open Door Policy in China?
How did Teddy Roosevelt secure the Panama Canal for the United States? Why was the canal essential to expansionist policies?
How does the Roosevelt Corollary support American expansionist policies?
Why did critics refer to Taft’s Foreign policy as “Dollar Diplomacy”?
Summarize the similarities and differences between Wilson’s Moral Diplomacy and Teddy Roosevelt’s Foreign Policy?