Foreign Policy Dbq

In 1898, the U.S. had to come up with policies as they started more interactions with foreign countries. Three different people had different ideas: Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson. This paper is going to be a review on what their ideas were and whether or not they would have helped. Starting with Roosevelt; his policies were created in 1904 and known as the ¨Big Stick Diplomacy¨, mainly because of a phrase he is often quoted by: ¨Walk softly, but carry a big stick.¨ It was also known as ¨Roosevelt’s Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine¨. It said that countries in Europe had to lay off of Latin American countries. It also said that the U.S. could in fact intervene and assist with any issues the Latin American countries may be having. Continuing with Taft; his policies were known as the ¨Dollar Diplomacy¨. His diplomacy said that he thought as long as the U.S. paid off some debts that countries in Europe had, that they would stay away from Latin American countries, leaving them for the U.S. In exchange, that meant that the U.S. had certain rights of whatever …show more content…
It said that Wilson believed that Latin American countries needed Democratic governments created, and morally, that was the U.S.’s job to do so. He thought doing that would guarantee the Latin American countries’ loyalty to the U.S. I believe that Roosevelt’s policy - the Big Stick Diplomacy - had the most positive effect on not only the U.S., but on other countries to. It positively affected the U.S. by ending a coal mine strike, resulted in the creation of the Panama Canal, the acceptance of the Platt Amendment, and also resulted in a peace treaty between the U.S. and Japan. It provided benefits for other nations by resulting in the creation of the Panama Canal (which gave Nicaragua $6 million and essentially safety by the U.S.) and peace between the U.S. and Japan. My stances are based mainly on the geographical and economic