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Objective 3.5- Progressive Foreign Policy

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the year is 18 33 President James Monroe issues a statement to Congress and to the rest of the world and it becomes known as the Monroe Doctrine in the statement Munroe declares that the age of colonialism is officially over the United States is the new major power in the Western Hemisphere he warms Europe to stay out of the cast any return the United States would stay out of Europe at the time major European powers laughed off the state because the United States did not have the military string to Back It Up Overtime with industrialization and Innovation and victories in the Spanish-American War the United States would be able to live up to the role that president Rosario had envisioned for it in the Monroe Doctrine presidents Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft  and Woodrow all three are known as great Progressive presidents who are responsible for reforming American lives at home but wow president they also out with world affairs as the United States grew into a world Empire  some very important questions had to be answered should the United States be a military judge does the United States have a moral obligation to a pole Liberty everywhere around the world does the United States have a duty to help build markets in poor Nations let's take a look at the foreign policies of each of these three Progressive presidents  the first president that will look at is Teddy Roosevelt and his foreign policy that he called big stick diplomacy Roosevelt world affairs all by themselves in the United States Western Hemisphere 1904 Roosevelt issues the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine the corollary is a reactants of the Monroe Doctrine in which Rosa what's the United States would use military power to become a world police force and protected interest in the Western Hemisphere and it's based on his philosophy speak softly and play a big stick you will go far in this case the big stick is American military power highlighted by the Great White Fleet United States bakit stances dominant power in the west with use of military force the next Progressive foreign policy is William Howard Taft's Dollar Diplomacy tough Simply Built on the Roosevelt Corollary and pledged that the United States will not only use military force the back of stance is the dominant power in the west but would also provide economic Nordic Europe and Asia out of the Western Hemisphere here's the situation if any pork country in the Western Hemisphere owed money to any European or Asian in order to prevent them from defaulting on that loan causing Europe and Asia to interfere in the Western Hemisphere United States Banks and businesses would loan the money to those Latimer what countries themselves off those debts with the debts paid off for Powers would have no influence in the west whatsoever instead those Latin American countries lower their debt to the United States if the country is defaulting on their loans the United States us firms could ask for land resources and other interest it kept form powers of the but also increase the wealth and economic influence the United States had in the Western Hemisphere  if I only we have Woodrow Wilson's moral diplomacy also known as missionary diplomacy Wilson made us dominance an issue of morality Wilson to clear the United States wouldn't recognize Latin American governments if they were when Democratic or oppressive help and money they would need to cooperate with us interest it was an indirect way to force new government Democratic we wanted more Nations to become Democratic because you're always looking for allies in the quest to spread democracy moral diplomacy also set the tone for US foreign policy today for example we do not recognize North Korea as legitimate government because of the policies that the Kim Dynasty has created with his fixing of Elections and killing it when people we do not see Kim Jong Hoon as a legitimate leader  let's take a look at these Progressive form policies and actions a perfect example of big stick diplomacy is the Panama Canal what's up with Adam to build a canal to connect the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans he believed it wouldn't trade travel and improve dominance of the US military allowing us to protect the east coast and the West Coast simultaneously he also saw the Panama Canal as his Legacy to the world who else to do something that nature did not do by connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans together the territory what's control that the time by the nation of Columbia Time After Time Roosevelt ask Columbia to grant us the land to build the canal and repeatedly Columbia denied his request impatient with Columbia and insistent that the United States had the right as the power in the west build the canal TR help stage the Panamanian Revolution against Colombia Roosevelt order that the US military not be used directly in the revolution but instead threatened Naval intervention on the side of the panamanians when Panama won independence from Colombia they granted the United States the land needed to build the canal as president of the United States the most powerful country in the West Roosevelt use the threat of direct support for a Panamanian revolution in order to get what we wanted and boost American interests which is essentially big stick diplomacy in action Woodrow Wilson's moral diplomacy was put to the test as the Mexican Government crumbled in 1911 revolutionaries in Mexico overthrew the government and executed its leaders does interpret ality of the Revolution the United States did not support it probably Pancho via and Emilio's about to angry with the lack of support of the United States across the border States and conduct raids on small US border towns this to the United States close to war with Mexico until both sides of venture Lee back down your moral diplomacy IC show did we use force and influence to change oppressive form government to meet its own interest so why does it matter history Progressive form Paul's set the stage for American foreign policy today and how we interact in world affairs  Weatherby Korea Vietnam Barack Syria Afghanistan we involve ourselves when our interests are threatened but we also assume a role as the World Police America became the what economic military and political power in the west as a result of American imperialism we Diversified American culture with new people with the new territories that we acquire we also expanded American influence worldwide and we opened for markets for future Prosperity the age of Imperialism signaled that the United States had arrived we were a major military power to be reckoned with we had to say and world political Affairs and we had a major role to play in its future prosperity in the future when the world was to respond to crisis America had a legitimate and credible role to play in its response

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