Dollar diplomacy – Flashcards
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Theodore Roosevelt
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"Speak softly and carry a big stick"
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Roosevelt corollary
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an addition to the Monroe Doctrine that claimed that the US had a right to intervene in Latin America with an international police force
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William Howard Taft
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president after Teddy Roosevelt; known for dollar diplomacy
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dollar diplomacy
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Taft's policy that favored investment of money into Latin America - "dollars for bullets"
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Woodrow Wilson
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next president after Taft; believed in moral diplomacy but ordereded more military intervention in LA than any other president
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porfirio Diaz
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president of mexico from 1884 to 1911
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isolationism
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having little to do with the political affairs of other nations
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expansionism
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extending the nation to national boundaries
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Commodore Matthew Perry
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went to Tokyo with four warships and then seven warships to open ports for American trade and to help shipwrecked sailors - launched trade between Japan and US
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William Seward
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Secreatry of State who annexed Midway Island
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William Seward
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land deal of the century - to buy Alaska from Russia - called Seward's Folly
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Sewards Folly
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early thought about buying Alaska - changed when gold was discovered
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imperialism
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...its countrys seeking to control the affairs of weaker countries
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reason for imperialism to grow
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...European nations needed raw materials
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reason for imperialism
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...racism/the belief that one race is better than another
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Josiah Strong
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a minister who wanted to bring christianity to mexico.
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Alfred Mahan
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wanted to expand the US navy with bases all over the world
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Great White Fleet
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steam powered ships- hulls painted white in the US navy
