Question

How did four american presidents extend american influence throughout the world between 1897 and 1917?

Answer 1

President McKinley watched the European powers spread in Africa and Asia and started a more aggressive foreign policy. Presidents Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson continued that with different policies each. They attempted to control foreign resources, promote democracy, and serve the national interest.

Roosevelt used the Big Stick Policy, the US intervened in Latin American countries and the Caribbean.

Taft continued Roosevelt’s policy but also shifted to economic goals using the Dollar Diplomacy policy. The US encouraged and protected American trade and investment in Latin America and Asia. For example, the US supported a revolt in Nicaragua by giving loans and troops to the new government.

Woodrow policy was called Moral Diplomacy and was primarily based on democratic ideals. This way the US would use its power to promote, like Wilson said, “the development of constitutional liberty in the world.”

Answer 2

William M ckinley -The U.S.won the spanish -american war gaining puerto rico,guam and cuba a protectorate. William MCKINLEY ANNEXED HAWAII Theodore Roosevelt aquired the panama canal zone. Theodore Roosevelt added the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. William Howard Taft implemented dollar diplomacy. President William Howard Taft signed the sixteenth amendment. Woodrow wilson declared war on Germany in World War 1.