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What were the essential principles of Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy, and how did he apply them to South America and Japan? How did this differ from the Monroe Doctrine?

The president Theodore Roosevelt always seemed eager to help others in need. He never hesitated to help other nations when they had been struggling. When the Latin American nations were going bankrupt and in desperate need of remuneration, Roosevelt helped them. He created the Roosevelt Corollary. He helped Russia form a peace treaty with Japan to end the long war between the two nations. Although Roosevelt’s intentions were good, both of these efforts made the two situations much worse. Much of what President Roosevelt sought to do was based on his popularity. He desperately wanted to be reelected in 1904, so everything he did was a product of that. He wanted to appear a kind man, and was very affable. One of the most prime examples of this was when Teddy decided to build the Panama Canal through Panama instead of Nicaragua. This caused a revolution of major proportions in Panama. The strip of land purchased, cost the united states a whopping 40 million dollars. Roosevelt decided to build the canal through panama for one reason. By building the canal through Panama, the construction would begin before the election of 1904, thus giving his popularity. Building through Nicaragua would have been just as good, but it would have begun construction well after 1904.

In 1903, Roosevelt changed his Collary to the Monroe Doctrine. As a response to the German’s who had been attacking Venezuelan ships, teddy created a policy of preventive intervention. This polity stated that the United States would handle all of the future financial hardships, and preventing all of the European nations to get involved. This gave Roosevelt the main control over Latin America, which is exactly what he wanted. He could force other nations to submit to their debts and to repay him. This also happened in Japan, with the huge immigration of people into California. They were forming a virtual deluge of people, all looking for work. The Californians started to loose work to the hard working immigrants, and became angered. Theodore Roosevelt created a tough image that would help him use his power to America’s advantage.

Chp 28	What were the essential principles of Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy, and how did he apply them to South America and Japan? How did this differ from the Monroe Doctrine?
Clemmer
	“Speak softly and carry a big stick, [and] you will go far.”-Teddy Roosevelt. At a time where America was establishing itself as one of the domineering powers through an Imperialistic attitude that led to great growth abroad, Teddy Roosevelt brought with him a personality and methodology needed to continue America’s progress. In a word, Teddy was big- everything about him, ranging from his personality to his political philosophy, provided a dominating presence admired by Americans. This attitude lent itself greatly toward his foreign policy. Already armed with a vast knowledge of foreign lands from previous travels, Teddy was the ideal candidate to take advantage of opportunities where others might not otherwise would have been so successful. From South America to Japan, his actions were motivated by his intimate knowledge and understanding for the needs of his country. In South America, Teddy exhibited behavior that helped America without being forced to address hostilities with the native countries. During the Spanish-American war, the Oregon was forced to steam around South America in order to join the fleet in Cuba. This great insignificance proved both timely and had the potential of being costly to the war effort. The need for a passage way through Central America was of extreme importance to the American Navy for future conflicts, not to mention the ease it provided for commercial merchants. After passing the legal obstacles of obtaining the land, the decision needed to made on the location. The decision between Nicaragua and Panama was settled quickly after a natural disaster that made the initial ideas of Nicaragua too jeopardizing. Unfortunately, the Colombian government failed to succumb to the offer of America. Their rejection of the treaty to construct the canal was overruled with a revolution in 1903. The new government quickly signed the treaty and canal was constructed. Later in 1903, Roosevelt’s famous Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine was enacted. In response to the German’s aggressive action against Venezuelan ships and a city, Teddy initiated his policy of “preventive intervention”. His policy stated that America would handle future financial hardships, thereby preventing the European countries to intervene. This policy really gave America sole control over Latin America-now they were the only one’s who could be the bully. By brandishing his big stick, he would successfully force other countries to acquiesce to their debts and pay them off. His brandishing of the big stick also occurred in Japan with the influx of Japanese immigrants to California. They were flooding into the region for work, which in turn caused many of the native Californians to lose possible employment. Although Teddy was not quite as radical as his image may have portrayed, the image he exuded gave him an intimidation that proved useful in settling foreign disputes successfully and without the brandishing of real force.
Fodor
	Theodore Roosevelt seemed to always want to assist foreign nations when they were in trouble. When Latin American nations were in a great need for money, Roosevelt created the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine to help them. He also helped Japan and Russia to form a peace treaty to end the war that was occurring between the two countries. However both of these caused foreign relations to worsen. Many of Theodore Roosevelt’s action in the world were based on improving his popularity for the presidential election of 1904. A major example of this was the building of the Panama Canal and the United States’ assistance in this project. When the United States decided to build a canal that would create a faster route between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, they had a choice of where to build. They could either create a canal going through Panama, or they could build a canal going through Nicaragua. This caused the people of Panama to have a revolution. The United States then purchased the strip where the canal was to be built for $40 million. This purchase showed the choice of Theodore Roosevelt; he decided to build the canal through Panama. He decided to do this for a number of reasons. One of these reasons, which was what he used as an excuse, was that “he had received a ‘mandate from civilization’ to start the canal and that Colombia had wronged the United States by not permitting itself to be benefited.” (675). However he also decided to create a canal through Panama rather than Nicaragua because the canal’s building through panama would start earlier and in time for the election of 1904. Nicaragua would have been just as good a place to build through, but the project would not have begun until after the presidential election of 1904. Theodore Roosevelt changed the Monroe Doctrine in order to assist the Latin American countries. He created the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, which is sometimes known as the policy of preventive intervention. This was policy was put into action in order to prevent any powers other than the United States from coming in and assisting the Latin nations. The United States could now “intervene, take over the customhouses, pay off debts, and keep the troublesome powers on the other side of the Atlantic.” (675). The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine would allow the United States to “intervene” in order to prevent other powers from “intervening.” However this act also caused the Latin American countries to look at the United States as a colossus who was trying to harm them. Theodore Roosevelt also wanted to help Japan during the war between Russia and Japan that began in 1904. Tokyo asked Roosevelt in secrecy to help sponsor the negotiations for peace. Roosevelt brought delegates from Russia and Japan to Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1905. He was then able to get Japan and Russia to agree to an accord that would not give Japan any compensation for their losses and would give them only the southern half of Sakhalin. However Japan had previously asked for huge compensation and for the entire island of Sakhalin. This agreement later caused Theodore Roosevelt to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906. It also caused the United States foreign relations with Japan and Russia to wither away.
Ortiz

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	What were the essential principles of Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy, and how did he apply them to South America and Japan? How did this differ from the Monroe Doctrine? The president Theodore Roosevelt always seemed eager to help others in need. He never hesitated to help other nations when they had been struggling. When the Latin American nations were going bankrupt and in desperate need of remuneration, Roosevelt helped them. He created the Roosevelt Corollary. He helped Russia form a peace treaty with Japan to end the long war between the two nations. Although Roosevelt’s intentions were good, both of these efforts made the two situations much worse. Much of what President Roosevelt sought to do was based on his popularity. He desperately wanted to be reelected in 1904, so everything he did was a product of that. He wanted to appear a kind man, and was very affable. One of the most prime examples of this was when Teddy decided to build the Panama Canal through Panama instead of Nicaragua. This caused a revolution of major proportions in Panama. The strip of land purchased, cost the united states a whopping 40 million dollars. Roosevelt decided to build the canal through panama for one reason. By building the canal through Panama, the construction would begin before the election of 1904, thus giving his popularity. Building through Nicaragua would have been just as good, but it would have begun construction well after 1904. In 1903, Roosevelt changed his Collary to the Monroe Doctrine. As a response to the German’s who had been attacking Venezuelan ships, teddy created a policy of preventive intervention. This polity stated that the United States would handle all of the future financial hardships, and preventing all of the European nations to get involved. This gave Roosevelt the main control over Latin America, which is exactly what he wanted. He could force other nations to submit to their debts and to repay him. This also happened in Japan, with the huge immigration of people into California. They were forming a virtual deluge of people, all looking for work. The Californians started to loose work to the hard working immigrants, and became angered. Theodore Roosevelt created a tough image that would help him use his power to America’s advantage.