Beginning Activities• Title today’s lesson: New World Power & Foreign Policy Under Wilson• Writing Assignment: Describe American expansionism• Mission Statement: To prepare you for a life of responsible citizenship• Daily Expectations:

– Come in quietly and get to work immediately– Pay attention and be respectful– No phones – No food or drinks other than water– Do your work– Give AP quality effort

• 5 bonus points for supplies

Extra Credit

• 5 points each 6 weeks for bringing supplies:– Paper clips– Pens– Paper – Staples– Tape

New World Power & Foreign Policy Under Wilson

The Nation at War, 1900-1920

Political Cartoon Activity

• What does Teddy Roosevelt represent?• What is his place in the world?• What do you think he’s enforcing?• How does he enforce it?• How democratic do you think this is?

Panama Canal

• Roosevelt modernized the military to prepare for expansion.

• The Hay-Pauncefote Treaty of 1901 gave America the right to build a canal between North and South America.

• The Colombians rejected a proposal to build a treaty through their territory of Panama because they wanted more money.

• Roosevelt encouraged the Panamanians to revolt.• The Hay-Buanau-Varilla Treaty with Panama gave

America the right to build the Panama Canal.

Relations with Asia• Roosevelt brokered the Treaty of Portsmouth that ended the Russo-

Japanese War.• Japan became the dominant power in Asia, which put the American

Philippines at risk.• The Taft-Katsura Agreement (1905) gave Japan Korea if they wouldn’t

invade the Philippines.• Roosevelt agreed to stop segregation of Japanese students in American

schools if Japan would honor a “Gentleman’s Agreement” and not send so may laborers.

• Roosevelt sent a fleet of American battleships around the world to show Japan and the world America’s power.

• The Root-Takahira Agreement committed Japan to respect the independence of China and the Open Door Policy.

Dollar Diplomacy

• Taft promoted American business interests abroad.• America took on debts of Caribbean nations to

European countries.• Taft allowed investors into northern China, violating an

agreement earlier made by Roosevelt and the Japanese.

• Russia and Japan teamed up to create spheres of influence in China, violating the Open Door Policy.

• Taft’s policies strained relations with Japan that Roosevelt had worked hard to strengthen.

Conducting Moral Diplomacy

• President Wilson appointed William Jennings Bryan, an amateur diplomat, to secretary of state.

• Bryan negotiated naïve cooling off treaties around the world that didn’t work.

• While Wilson promised a diplomatic strategy based on morality, he carried on the military interventionism of Roosevelt and Taft.

Mexico Incursion• Mexican President Diaz was overthrown in 1911 because of policies that

only helped the rich and foreign investors.• Liberal reformer Francisco Madero became president but couldn’t keep

order.• General Victoriano Huerta staged a coup in 1913, but Wilson refused to

recognize him.• Wilson recognized the government of rebel Venustiano Carranza.• Pancho Villa, a general for Carranza, raided American border towns to

get America to back Carranza. • Wilson sent General “Blackjack” Pershing to capture Villa.• Carranza protested, and Wilson ordered Pershing home empty-handed.• Connect to the Present: Drone Attacks in Pakistan

Ending Activity

• Secondary Source Activity: Roosevelt Corollary • Make sure the floor is clean• Connect to our objectives: How does this

prepare you for life and the future?