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TR in Latin America• TR proclaims U.S. has a right to intervene in Latin
America by using “international police power”“international police power”: U.S. could force Latin Americans to pay their debts to foreign nations & would keep those nations from meddling in Latin American affairs
- To preserve law & order- Presidents continued to use this Roosevelt Corollary to intervene in Latin America
Dollar Diplomacy
• Taft follows TR & also supported a large U.S. role in Latin America
• “Substitute dollars for bullets” – he urged U.S. bankers to invest in Latin America– Dollar diplomacy: building strong economic ties to Latin America
to gain control & input– U.S. investors responded eagerly
Dollar Diplomacy
– Pros• Built roads, R&R’s, harbors• = increased trade for U.S. & local countries
– Cons• U.S. companies meddled in the political affairs of host counties• U.S. used military force to keep order (the bully?)
– 1912 – revolution erupts in Nicaragua & the U.S. sent in marines to protect U.S. investments before the people
Moral Diplomacy• Wilson follows Taft but DID NOT support a large U.S.
role in Latin America– “The force of America is the force of moral principle”
Moral Diplomacy:
The responsibility to condemn imperialism, spread democracy &
promote peace–What do you think TR would say to this!?
• Ironically, Wilson orders military intervention in LA more than any prior president
– Marines to Haiti & Dominican Republic to “enforce peace” until the 1930s!
Revolution in Mexico
• Constant turnover of leaders who would promise democratic reform & then dictate their people
• Constant civil war• Newest dictator was Victoriano Huerta
Revolution in Mexico
– Wilson tried to stay neutral & hoped Mexico would develop a democratic government without U.S. interference• Do you think this was a legitimate theory?• Do you think he was afraid?• Stigma against the Mexican people?
– ”Government of butchers”
– Except things got worse & more brutal
- 1914 Mexican troops arrest several U.S. sailors for getting involved in a local Mexican dispute
- Wilson orders the U.S. Navy to occupy the Mexican port of Veracruz
- Since we are against Huerta, we are in effect in support of his rival; Venustiano Carranza
- Problem: he’s also an intense dictator!We had lost sight of protection of the people & were hungry for control
Finally…U.S. Intervenes
• War General Francisco “Pancho” Villa wanted to intervene & take out Carranza to protect the Mexican people–Problem: we support Carranza
• Spring 1916 – Villa’s soldiers removed 17 U.S. citizens from a train in Mexico & shot them
• Summer 1916 – Villa raids a town in New Mexico & killed 18 Americans
The Reaction• Wilson sends General John J.
Pershing with an army of several thousands of soldiers into Mexico to capture Villa
• 11 months went by without capture & Wilson ordered
Pershing to withdraw but our relationship with Mexico was
HEAVILY strained
The Result
• U.S. troops & civilians start to realize that America’s role in world affairs had dramatically changed over the years– 1.) U.S. now had stations, troops & ships in Asia & Latin
America– 2.) Business interests spanned the globe
Now it was off to attempt to conquer more territory in Europe