HIST 011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Pancho Villa Expedition, Dollar Diplomacy, Hawaiian Islands
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Basically acknowledged the open door policy with china. Used the newly founded dollar diplomacy( the ability to use profits and investments to influence a country) This allowed the us access into the germans, british, and french"s attempt to build railroads. However us was excluded from manchuria by japan and russia. Taft intervened in nicaragua in order to secure american investments in the country. Marines were posted there until around 1933. Campaigned for prez in 1912, called for new freedom in gov and promised moral support to foreign affairs. Opposed to imperialism, big stick, and dollar-diplomacy of repub predecessors. Wilson"s first term as prez (1913-1917) had limited success applying high moral standards to foreign relations. His sec. of state (w. j. bryan), hoped to show that u. s. respected other nations rights and supported spread of democracy. Wilson decided to correct what he viewed as wrongful policies in the past.
