AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
AMERICAN IMPERIALISM
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North America
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Africa
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Latin America
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Asia
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Detailed explanation-1: -President Taft was more committed to the expansion of U.S. foreign trade than was Roosevelt. He pursued a program, known as “dollar diplomacy, ” designed to encourage U.S. investments in South and Central American, the Caribbean, and the Far East.
Detailed explanation-2: -How were the policies of Taft and Wilson toward Latin America similar and how were they different? Neither wanted military intervention, but rather wanted to use economics to influence countries. Wilson felt a moral obligation and wanted democracy as well.
Detailed explanation-3: -President Taft, like RooseveltPresident from 1901-1909, favored an imperialistic approachprocess whereby stronger nations attempt to dominate weaker nations, but with dollars instead of guns.