USA HISTORY

What was a common goal of President Theodore Roosevelt’s Big Stick diplomacy initiative and President William Howard Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy policy toward Latin America?

(A) to form military alliances with nations in the Western Hemisphere

(B) to encourage foreign nations to establish colonies

(C) ** to protect American economic and political interests

(D) o raise the standard of living throughout Latin America

Concept note-1: -The idea is negotiating peacefully but also having strength in case things go wrong. Simultaneously threatening with the “big stick", or the military, ties in heavily with the idea of Realpolitik, which implies a pursuit of political power that resembles Machiavellian ideals.

Concept note-2: -Dollar Diplomacy, foreign policy created by U.S. Pres. William Howard Taft (served 1909–13) and his secretary of state, Philander C. Knox, to ensure the financial stability of a region while protecting and extending U.S. commercial and financial interests there.

Concept note-3: -Terms in this set (18) Theodore Rosevelt’s Big Stick Diplomacy was to increase US intvestments in businesses. And to tell other countries that we have a strong military “big stick” so we can speak softly which means we don’t need to effort much then we can get what the US wants.