We finished up taking notes on chapter 10.
Taft- using the U.S. gov. to guarentee loans made to foreign countries by U.S. banks and businesses, economic imperialism, U.S. banks were in control of manu businesses in Latin America, U.S. said it was needed to keep European powers out of Latin America, "Substituting dollars for bullets".
Woodrow Wilson- practiced "missionary diplomacy"- U.S. would not recognize any gov. that was oppressive, undemocratic, and hostile toward the U.S.
Mexican gov. was overthrown by Feneral Victoriano Huerta, Wilson refused to recognize "a gov. of butchers", Wilson practiced "watchful waiting" in a dealing with Huerta- people of Mexico get rid of Huerta and not the U.S.
U.S. took over the Mexican port of Veracruz after Huerta arrested some American sailors, war was extremly close until Argentina, Brazil, and Chile stepped in and tried to settle conflict. Huerta rejected the plan but his gov. collapsed shortly thereafter.
Venustiano Carranzo became president, Wilson recoginzed his gov. because Carranzo did what Wilson wanted.
Pancho Villa- at first was pro- American but soon changed after President Carranza asked U.S. to control Mexican mines, killed dozens of U.S. citizens on two different occasions( once on U.S. soil.)
Wilson ordered General John Pershing( and 15,000 troops) to go into Mexico and capture VIlla, by 1917, both sides backed down because of WWI.
In WWI, Germany tried to get Mexico to invade the U.S. The U.S. would have to focus on sending troops to Germany and protecting the U.S. soil. The plan backfired and that's what got the U.S. into the war.
McKinley's Assasination- killed by Leon Czolgosz (Cholgosh), he was an anarchist that wanted all leaders to be wiped out, hoped to promote the anarchist movement.
Last statement "I killed the president because he was the enemy of the good people- the good working people. I am not sorry for my crime."
Latin America saw the U.S. as a bully that would tell them what to do. Intervened in Latin America to get money and to build canal.
We will start taking our group tests on Monday. We will probably start our WWI presentations on Tuesday or Wednesday after Thanksgiving.
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