A look at how the Untied States tried to convince the nations of South America to be their "friends" by spending money in their countries.

1. Other
forces
at
work

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• As much as Teddy
Roosevelt’s concept of
“gunboat diplomacy” may
have worked, it certainly did
not make the United States
any friends in Central and
South America.

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• Roosevelt’s successor,
William Howard Taft,
Taft
decided to take a different
approach to foreign
relations.

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• He believed that the
United States could exert
just as much influence on
Central and South
America by using money
as opposed to force.

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• His concept of “dollar
diplomacy” meant that the
United States should encourage
investment in these countries and
encourage American businesses
to set themselves up in those
countries.

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• This, Taft believed, would
force the governments of
these countries to be
friendlier to the United States
because they would want
American businesses to stay
there.

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• Unfortunately for Taft, “dollar
diplomacy” worked about as
well to encourage the nations of
Central and South America to
want U.S. involvement in their
countries as “gunboat
diplomacy” had.

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• This is to say that neither
worked particularly well.

9. Another view
• With Woodrow Wilson’s
election to the presidency
in 1912 came yet another
approach to dealing with
the rest of the world.

10. Another view
• This one was wrapped up
in Wilson’s devout
Christian beliefs that
democracy was the best
way for nation’s to follow.

11. Another view
• It led to his concept of
“moral diplomacy”.
diplomacy”

12. Another view
• The problem with this was
that Wilson’s actions did
not speak as loudly as his
words.

13. Another view
• He often sent in troops, including
sending General John J. Pershing
into Mexico in 1916 in search of
Pancho Villa (who had led a
raid into New Mexico and killed
American citizens), to force
countries to become democratic.

14. Another view
• This policy did little to
convince the countries of
Central and South America
that the United States was on
their side and wanted what
was best for them.

15. Study
for
test