USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Substituting “Dollars for Bullets” would be a diplomacy/ foreign policy done by which President?
A
Teddy Roosevelt
B
William Howard Taft
C
Woodrow Wilson
D
William Mckinley
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -From 1909 to 1913, President William Howard Taft and Secretary of State Philander C. Knox followed a foreign policy characterized as “dollar diplomacy.”

Detailed explanation-3: -In what became known as “dollar diplomacy, ” Taft announced his decision to “substitute dollars for bullets” in an effort to use foreign policy to secure markets and opportunities for American businessmen ([link]).

Detailed explanation-4: -The effect of President Taft’s use of the dollar diplomacy in Nicaragua was the following; It angered the people in Latin America. The Dollar Diplomacy was the foreign policy by President Tuft which had the aim to involve in Latin America and East Asia. Though this policy they gave loans and gained an upper hand.

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