What Are The Changes In American Foreign Policy Between 1898 And 1920

Between the years 1898 and 1920, there were numerous international events.

Because of these events, there were many substantial changes to American foreign policy.

America started to lean towards to a Big-Stick foreign policy, which creates and uses, if necessary, a strong military to achieve American goals.

The United States started to lean towards an imperialistic foreign policy and gained control over other nations, which benefited the United States.

Thus, there were many changes to American foreign policy due to international events that occurred between 1898 and 1920.

America started to lean towards a Big-Stick foreign policy.

One example of this is Panama winning independence from Colombia. America wanted to build a canal through the isthmus of Panama, but Colombia was asking for more than America was willing to give. During a Panamanian rebellion against Colombia, President Theodore Roosevelt sent warships in support of the rebellion. Because of this, Colombia decided not to shut down the rebellion. After Panama won their independence, they granted America with the “canal zone”, which was America’s goal all along. This shows how America used the Big-Stick diplomacy in order to meet their goal of building the Panama Canal.
This was Theodore Roosevelt’s reassertion of the Monroe Doctrine, stating that in the case of “chronic wrongdoing” by a Latin American nation, the United States would assume the role of police power, rather than having a European nation intervene. This also uses Big-Stick diplomacy because if the United States did not have a strong, large military, European nations would have doubted that America would be able to restore order in a Latin American