Howard Taft

William McKinley

• President 1909-1913

•Dollar Diplomacy – replacing bullets with money (the US will influence nations with money – investment – rather than with military/force)

•Only President to get stuck in the White House bathtub

•President 1897-1901

•Pres. During Spanish American War

•Wanted to avoid war with Spain – ex. Tried to use negotiations

•Was ridiculed by Spain in the DeLome letter for being a weak leader

Woodrow Wilson

Jose Marti

•President 1913-1921

•Moral Diplomacy – condemn imperialism and promote democracy and peace

•Ordered a great deal of military intervention in Latin America (US was still meddling in others business)

•Led the second Cuban revolt

•Established US sympathies in NY in order to gain support for the war

•Killed early in the revolution

William Hearst

• Newspaper journalist

•New York Journal

•Yellow Journalism – reported sensationalized stories in order to sell papers

•Eager for war to begin in the US – big headlines sell papers

•“You supply the pictures, I’ll supply the war.”

•Helped to create a “war fever” atmosphere in the US

•Joseph Pulitzer – “partner in crime”

James Monroe

•US President 1817-1825

•Author of the Monroe Doctrine

•December 2, 1823

•Warning to Europe that they must not intervene in the affairs of the Americas (Latin, North and South)

Theodore Roosevelt

•Assistant Sec. to the Navy

•Orders Dewey to sail his naval fleet to just outside the Philippines (Spanish territory) and wait until the declaration of war

•Resigns his political position to seek a position in the military

•Eager to go to war

•Joins what becomes known as the Rough Riders (Calvary group)

•Rough Riders take one of the most critical land battles at San Juan Hill (Cuba)

•Disagrees with McKinley’s handling of the Spanish American War

•Becomes US President 1901-1909

•“Speak softly and carry a big stick.”

•Roosevelt Corollary – US will intervene in Latin America to keep order