Woodrow Wilson's Foreign Policy
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- Woodrow Wilson's Foreign Policy
- How he acted differently to the Republicans
- Believed in 'moral diplomacy'
- Appointed William Jennings Bryan as Secretary of State
- Both believed that the US shouldn't forcibly tell others how to run their countries
- US should defend democracy but should also respect the right of self-determination to other states
- 1913 - signed a treaty with Colombia apologising for Roosevelt's acts of agression
- 1916 - got Congress to pass the Jones Act
- Gave the Philippines more political autonomy
- Encouraged Chinese independence by recognising the new Chinese government
- Also supported China in a territorial dispute with Japan
- Believed in 'moral diplomacy'
- How he acted similarly to the Republicans
- 1914 - occupied Nicaragua by force
- July 1915 - dispatched more than 2,000 Marines to Haiti after assassination of its president
- Wilson said the Marines would demonstrate to Haitians 'how to elect good men'
- Troops remained until 1934
- 1913 - imposed free elections in the Dominican Republic but did not produce a stable government
- More troops sent in 1915 and stayed for 11 years
- 1919 - US troops sent to Russia to try and prevent the communists establishing power
- 1917 - US bought Virgin Islands from Denmark
- Wilson decided to use America's economic power alongside troops to extend US influence
- 1913 - Mexican president murdered by rebels led my Victoriano Huerta
- Wilson condemned murder and sent in troops to support the constitutionalist rebels led by Venustiano Carranza
- 1914 - US troops blockaded port of Veracruz
- A settlement was agreed (with support of ABC powers) and Carranza took power and US troops withdrew
- Second revolt led by Pancho Villa - launched cross-border raids into US and killed 35 American citizens
- 5,000 US Army regulars sent in response, led by General John J. Pershing and war nearly broke out
- How he acted differently to the Republicans
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