“What Would Lincoln Do” · 2019-10-09 · TR and Foreign Affairs vPhilippine Gov. Act, 1902...

“What Would Lincoln Do”A 1906 Political Cartoon Criticizing TR’s

Handling of Foreign Policy

TR and Foreign Affairsv Philippine Gov. Act, 1902

v Chinese Exclusion Act of 1902

v Revolt in Panama, Nov. 3, 1903

v Panama recognition, Nov. 6, 1903

v Canal construction, 1904-

v Roosevelt Corollary, 1904

v Russo-Japanese mediation, 1905

TR and Foreign Affairs

v Taft-Katsura Agreement, 1905 & Root–Takahira Agreement, 1908

v Nobel Peace Prize, 1906

v Santo Domingo, 1906

v “Gentleman’s Agreement,” 1907

v Immigration Act of 1907

v “Great White Fleet” 1907-08

Panama

GassedJohn Singer Sargent

Thomas Woodrow Wilsonv Staunton, VA, Dec. 28, 1856

v Ellen Axson, 1885-1914

v Gifted Professor, 1885-1902

v Princeton President, 1902-10

v New Jersey Gov., 1911-13

v Presidency, 1913-1921

v Edith Bolling, Dec. 18, 1915

v Died Feb. 3, 1924

How Scholars Have Assessed WilsonScholars credit him for: v Intelligence (#4, A) v Imagination (#5, A) v Vision/Agenda Setting (#7, A)

Scholars criticize him for: v Ability to Compromise (#37, F)v Pursuit of Justice (#35, F) v Avoidance of Mistakes (#29, D)

Recent Scholarly Assessments

vA relatively recent scholarly critique:

vCritical of Wilson’s support of segregation

vRepression of civil liberties during the war