Panama Canal Panama Canal Need for shorter route

Panama Canal

Panama Canal • Need for shorter route b/w Atlantic and Pacific • Panama (controlled by Colombia) • French began building canal in 1879 – 20, 000 French died building canal (Yellow Fever and Malaria) • French sell rights to U. S. for $40, 000 – Colombia says NO. – Want French Treaty to expire to jack up price on U. S.

Panama Canal • U. S. helped Panamanian revolution in exchange for rights to canal (said they weren’t going to intervene) • U. S. warships threaten Colombia • U. S paid Panama $10 million • Canal came in $23 million under budget • Lease expired in 1999

Notes FOREIGN POLICIES OF THE 1900 S

Big Stick Diplomacy • “Speak softly and carry a big stick”; TR’s policy of being a police power in the W. Hemisphere to maintain dominance; using our Navy

The Roosevelt Corollary • Added to Monroe Doctrine • We would take action if European countries caused unrest or wrongdoings in W. H.

• Taft’s policy of turning bullets into dollars make investments in foreign countries to improve economic support; railroads in China Dollar Diplomacy

Moral Diplomacy • Wilson’s policy of supporting countries’ with similar moral beliefs (aka democracy); used to get involved in Mexico’s politics

Shared Drawings • Draw one type of diplomacy used during the early 1900 s

Political Cartoons Elements of a Political Cartoon: • Symbolism using an object to stand for something • Captions and labels for clarity and emphasis • Exaggeration overstating or magnifying a problem or physical feature or habit • Irony difference between the way things are and the way they are expected to be

Example Cartoon: Panama Canal

Prompt #8 • If you were an American citizen at this time how would you react to the political cartoons? What would be your feelings on the growing imperialism of America?

DIPLOMACY POLITICAL CARTOONS

IMPERIALISM VIEWS

Pro-Imperialist Views • Keep competitive edge • Maintain American spirit and tradition • Moral duty • Economic benefits • Military strategy

Anti-Imperialist Views • Moral/ Political • Racial • Economic

Imperialism Abroad • Some wanted the US to leave –“Yankee, Go Home!” • Some wanted American help –Saw US strength growing and wanted help maintaining independence

Imperialism Review Shared Drawings • Reasons for imperialism’s growth • Factors leading to Spanish-American War • Effects after Spanish-American War • Diplomacies during imperialism

Imperialism Review • Choose 5 events/concepts to represent American imperialism during the early 1900 s • Draw 5 images to represent those events in chronological order Write a 3 -4 sentence explanation of what your timeline shows about American imperialism. What is imperialism? What are you trying to represent? Goals of policies? Steps leading to first imperialistic action?