Developing U.S. Foreign Policy

Dollar DiplomacyMoral Diplomacy

Good Neighbor PolicySummary Prompt: Assess the change in American

Involvement in Latin America from Teddy Roosevelt to Franklin D Roosevelt.

“Constable of the World ”

NeocolonialismNeocolonialismO Neocolonialism

(1880-1930) Independent Latin American nations experienced military intervention, economic and cultural influence from GB, FR, and the U.S.

Discussion

OTo what extent are neocolonialism and imperialism related?

Taft and Dollar Diplomacy■ After TR President Taft continued an aggressive

foreign policy, called “Dollar Diplomacy”– Use U.S. wealth rather than military strength in

foreign policy – In Latin America, U.S. banks assumed debts to

Europe

White board: What is a conclusion you can make from the graphs

Moral Diplomacy■ President Woodrow Wilson■ Support nations with similar moral beliefs as the

US (DEMOCRACY)■ Moral Diplomacy could bring peace & democracy

to the world without militarism & war■ Punish those nations with different beliefs

■ Wilson talked of “human rights” in Latin America, but defended the Monroe Doctrine & intervened more than Roosevelt or Taft

Moral Diplomacy in Mexico

In 1913, Victoriano Huerta Took Power in Mex by force

US refused recognize Huerta & demanded a fair election

Huerta refused, Wilson used minor incidents (arrest of some U.S. sailors in Tampico) to send

the military to occupy Veracruz: Huerta

Mexican rebel Pancho Villa raided a US Border TownBecause the US supported his rival Carranza

Wilson responded by sending the military to find Villa (who were unable to do so)

WWI Started

White BoardO How did Moral Diplomacy play a role

in justifying US intervention in Mexico:

O Respond in 5 or less words

Hoover’s Good Neighbor Policy

Hoover’s Good Neighbor Policy

OHoover wanted to improve relations with Latin America

OUS criticized for armed interventions in Haiti and Nicaragua. O Improved by removing

troops from NicaraguaOU.S. relations with Latin

America were low.

The Clark Memorandum 1930

The Clark Memorandum 1930

O Rejects idea Roosevelt Corollary(right to intervene)

O primary purpose of Monroe Doctrine was to protect Latin American from European powers, O not to victimize or oppress

Latin American nations

DiscussionO Based on the

information, what does the illustration represent?

FDR’s Good Neighbor PolicyFDR’s Good Neighbor PolicyO In President Franklin Roosevelt's inaugural

address, he also promised to improve relations with Latin America by stating:

OFDR’s Sec. of State, Cordell HullO Ensure non-hostile neighbors in Latin America O Latin American cooperation in the WWII

O Oil and Natural Resources.

Discuss the key points in this quote of FDR

O "In the field of world policy, I dedicate this nation to the policy of the good neighbor — the neighbor who resolutely respects himself and, because he does so, respects the rights of others."

FDR’s Good Neighbor PolicyFDR’s Good Neighbor Policy

O Under Hulls O Low tariffs improved the

economies of the Latin American especially for Cuban sugar.O 1933 US committed to a

policy of non-intervention into the affairs of Latin American countries.

O Example: U.S. Marines were removed from Haiti in 1934

O Approve Treaty with Cuba nullify Platt Amendment

Other Examples of Good Neighbor Policies

Other Examples of Good Neighbor Policies

O Hull obtained a united front against possible Axis aggression.

O The U.S. did not intervene when Mexico nationalized oil and sent out foreign oil companies.

O After WWII Latin American countries to join the Organization of American States (OAS) Part of the UN (largely controlled by the U.S.)

White Board

OContrast FDR intervention in LA to those of T R.

End of Good Neighbor PolicyEnd of Good Neighbor PolicyO The Good Neighbor

Policy was abandoned After WWII

O US ignored free trade deals

O Viewed LA as supplier raw materials and tropical foodstuffs.

O Increased intervention with Anti- Communist goals