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How do the policies of Taft and Wilson differ? Which do you think is better for today's foreign policy?

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U.S. Imperialism: The Foreign Policies of Taft and Wilson

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Here's Why President Taft's Dollar Diplomacy Was a Failure | History                                                                                    “Dollar Diplomacy”: government guarantees loans to foreign countries by private American businessmen.  

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Why did this foreign policy fail?

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Here's Why President Taft's Dollar Diplomacy Was a Failure | History

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Roosevelt Corollary says US will intervene in Latin America if there are problems there in order to protect its econ interests (“Big Stick Policy” to threaten intervention).  

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How does this political cartoon demonstrate the Roosevelt Corollary?

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Open Door Policy: China must keep free trade with all imperialist nations (shared trading rights)

How would this policy help the United States?

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Imperialist Open door foreign policy and china 

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How did McKinley make the US a world power?

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William McKinley | 60-Second Presidents | PBS

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Seward’s Folly: US bought Alaska from Russia in 1867 (people saw it as a joke (folly), but it later gave the US great natural resources including oil

Hawaii: Many corporations like Dole had plantations there but didn’t have much say over the Hawaiian monarchy, so they cried to the US Federal Gov’t and the US gov’t (sent in Marines) to overthrow the queen and became a territory in 1898; already had Pearl Harbor there as a naval base in 1887 due to US Gov’t pressuring the monarchy.

Why did the US acquire Alaska and Hawaii? How did these acquisitions impact the US?

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Looking at this map, explain why the US would be involved with the various countries on this map.

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Based on knowing the defintion of imperialism from reading the lesson summary, explain what this political cartoon is showing.