1. To what extent were the United States policies toward Latin America between 1898 and 1917 motivated by economic reasons? (09)
2. Define what the Monroe Doctrine was and analyse how it was applied in the late 19th century and early twentieth century. (08)
3. Define the policy of Moral Diplomacy and discuss its impact on the region. (10)
4. Define the policy of Big Stick Diplomacy and discuss its impact on the region.
5. The Spanish American War of 1898 was a turning point in relations between the U.S and Latin America.” To what extent do you agree with this statement? (05)
6. Compare and Contrast the policies towards Latin America of two U.S. presidents between 1898 and 1917. (07)
45 comments:
I am going to absolutely love this unit!!!!!!!!!!
Josh, you just get me so stoked.
On question 3, what region are we talking about?
Probably Latin America?
Bria is right. More specifically, the Western Hemisphere.
Sould we spend a paragraph on the Monroe doctrine question or work it into the intro paragraph?
for 2,3 and 4 would it be a bad idea to have the first bucket just to define and analyze it?
For question 1, would economic, political, social be good buckets? Evaluating the economic first and then comparing it to the other two?
Also, for question 6, would intervention, economics, and role of the military be solid enough buckets? They might be a little too related..
Ben. I would try Economic, Political, and Military/Real Politik.
On which question, #6?
Q 1. 6. I would try to compare Roosevelt with Taft or Wilson. Taft is fun because he was prepped with roosevelt's approval and he quickly lost it. Wilson was from the other side so to say. Democrat I believe.
Mr. O I know this is kinda off topic but I'm still having problems on narrowing down my topic for the practice IA....I want to do something on mining in montana...and maybe on the Copper kings but i'm not sure that is specific enough...any suggestions? thanx
What exactly is geopolitical.... ashley, kayla, paige and i all have slightly different ideas on what it is....
did we ever use the Platt Amenment to invade cuba for economic reasons?
What is the teller amendment?
In order to reassure anti-imperialist elements on the eve of declaring war on Spain, Congress adopted a measure pledging that the United States had no designs on remaining in Cuba following conclusion of the conflict.
Senator Henry M. Teller of Colorado drafted an amendment to the resolution of war, which stated that the United States "hereby disclaims any disposition of intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when that is accomplished, to leave the government and control of the island to its people.”
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The impression I got from Mr. O was that geopolitical was pretty much the same as the Big Stick policy.
Rootwords. Pay attention to rootwords. Geopolitical. Geo - Geography, Political - obviously politics. Geopolitics. Politics of regions of earth. For example, resources, territories, supply routes etc. Very much with a real politik aspect 90% of the time.
or as wikipedia says
"Geopolitics is the art and practice of analyzing, proscribing, forecasting and using political power over a given territory.
Traditionally, the term has applied primarily to the impact of geography on politics, but its usage has evolved over the past century to encompass wider connotations."
For numbers 3 and 4 would it be acceptable to define the policies in the first bucket?
Since not all of us got to read the articles for all the countries in the SSRC activity, could you just post all countries and dates so we can research them ourselves? thanks!
Natalie I remember China(focus: Open Door Policy), Cuba(focus: Platt Amendment), Dominican Republic(focus: Economic policing), Puerto Rico(focus: Subjugation, eventual citizenship in 1917), and Panama (focus: Canal) off the top of my head
so mr. o i was researching and you said you could help me. so alaska gold mining.......yukon river,placer mines, getting there, getting out, who made money, chinese workers......but im not sure how to go from any of those to a question or anything else.
As a general structure for 1-5 would evolution and definition of policy, Application/heyday of policy, and Demise/Continuation/Change of policy be good? The first bucket would basically be a history of the policy (probably historiography here), second would be the primary president(s)and their actions, the third would be how the policy shaped future presidents and/or 20th century policy through the cold war. (Just basics, especially for Moral and Dollar diplomacy. Big stick is nice for police action.)
Ben-using the definition at the beginning would be fine
Ashley/Sierra group-Geopolitics is largely defined as the competitive foreign policy practice that is designed to place your nation in a better relative position to other nations. It largely focuses on military prowess and political dominance. Josh has found a decent overview of the Teller Amendment. The Platt amendment largely nullifies it. We do invade Cuba in 1906 and 1917 and in both cases there are some underlying economic concerns particularly dealing with their sugar crops. However, much of it is political instability that the U.S. concludes must be quelled. The 1917-1933 occupation has a lot of economics behind it
Natalie-Like some of your classmates, you are welcome to come copy the sheets. You are also welcome to glance at them on Monday morning. However, here are a couple of links to get you started. The nations are Mexico, China, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Panama, Phillipines, and Nicaragua.
http://www2.truman.edu/~marc/resources/interventions.html
http://listverse.com/2009/07/11/10-cases-of-american-intervention-in-latin-america/
http://www.americanforeignrelations.com/A-D/Dollar-Diplomacy.html
http://www.americanforeignrelations.com/E-N/Naval-Diplomacy.html
http://www.americanforeignrelations.com/O-W/Wilsonian-Missionary-Diplomacy.html
Josh,
I don't think that structure fits a number of those at all. It should work for numbers three and four. The attempt to create a single approach for all the structures leads to generic analysis which is exactly why some students are getting B's instead of A's on their essays.
Michaella,
Who made money and the Chinese workers jumps to the top of the list for me. For example, to what extent did Chinese workers experience racism or to what extent did the common miner turn a profit might be interesting.
So if wanted to use fear of stagnation, economic expansion, real politik, moral influence, public opinion, and opportunity for question 5, could I seperate that into buckets?
Does that even work for question five? I'm completely stuck here.
K Pizzle?
They make what I would deem adequate buckets to the wars cause. However I will point out that the comment that the question is asking that the Spanish American War triggered a change in American policy to latin america. Its asking on whether or not you agree, so I would not answer it that way.
Mr. O, could the panama canal be an example of Roosevelt using his big stick policy? I'm having trouble finding examples.
K-Pizzle? First of all, who is K pizzle? Knowing my audience, makes it easier for me to answer. Secondly, those ideas might work if you are using them to argue that it is a turning point because these ideas are implemented. If that is the direction you are going, I think those ideas are good for a deterministic, the U.S. is changing, kind of point. I think you also have to look at the Latin American response and the reaction of successive Presidents to foreign policy after McKinley.
Madeline-Yes. Absolutely. Don't forget the Venezuela crisis.
This is Kristi. :) haha
Thanks, that was helpful.
Mr. O,
On #5, would Immediate, Short-term, and Long-term work for buckets?
With the view that the SAW was a turning point...?
SAW?
Spanish-American War. SAW is much faster to type.
for # 5 would aaron burr, or filibustering my own paper make a better AG?
Mr. O, Did you know that there is a "state" in Paraguay named after Rutherford B. Hayes. I find it quite funny.
Ben,
I need to know more. My tendency is to look at an insular U.S. as a first point, immediate/short term as pt 2 and then long term as the third point.
Josh-Huh?
What was the name of the french guy that toured the US during Washington's Presidency? I was thinking about countering the premise of #5. It is really easy to do that with the filibusters (eg Burr, William Walker). And I was thinking of some interesting intro's.
Genet, but again, I can only say, "huh?" Filibustering?
Filibustering also refers to Americans, often with federal support, that try to instill revolutions in foreign countries to create american friendly governments. Examples being Hawaii, Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Honduras
Genet is one french guy. Which one said in his report that "Americans are the most money minded of all the people he has ever met?" Though Genet is hilarious
Cuba and Mexico aren't really great examples of filibustering as they relate to question #5. You may be able to use it as a single point of American economic expansion, but I think you would have a hard time arguing that the Spanish American War was purely economic. You Are you thinking of de Toqueville? For example he stated "I know of no country, indeed, where the love of money has taken stronger hold on the affections of men" Of course, he wasn't during the Washington Administration as he was born in 1805.
Tocqueville is correct sorry. My Head was messed up. And I was thinkng number 5. Did I type the wrong question? Sorry again and Thanks
Josh
Good luck and good night.
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