Posted by 8Brittany on November 18, 2011 at 10:21am
Test on Monday. Finish notes and work on project. No assigned blog this week.Ch 10-4 America As A World Power*Dollar Diplomacy-President Taft~Using the US government to guarantee loans made to foreign countries by US banks and businesses~Economic imperialism~US banks were in control of many businesses in Latin America~US said it was needed to keep European powers out of Latin America~"Substituting dollers for bullets"*President Woodrow Wilson~Practiced "missionary diplomacy"~US would not recognize any government that was oppressive, undemocratic and hostile toward the US~Mexican government was overthrown by General Victoriano Huerta~Wilson refused to recognize "a government of butchers"~Wilson practiced " watchful waiting" in dealing with Huerta~US took over the Mexican port of Veracruz after Huerta arrested some Americans sailors~War was extremely close until Argentina, Brazil, and Chile stepped in and tried to settle conflict~Huerta rejected the plan but his government collapsed shortly thereafter~Venustiano Carranza became President~Wilson recognized his government*Pancho Villa~At first was pro-American but soon changed after President Carranaza asked US to control Mexicanmines~Killed dozens of US citizens on two different occasions(once on US soil)~President Wilson ordered General John Pershing(and 15,000 troops) to go into Mexico and capture Villa~Eventually, the Mexican Army clashed with Pershing's forces~By 1917, both sides backed down(WWI)**Latin America saw the US as a big bully**US intervened in Latin America to protect US interest and to build a canal.*President McKinley's Assassination~Killed by Leon Czolgosz(Cholgosh)~He was an anarchist that wanted all leader 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 workingpeople. I am not sorry for my crime."
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