Dbq On American Foreign Policy

American Foreign Policy The policies between Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson differed, but all came from the same foundation, of having a desire to make their country well known to other nations, to increase American trade in foreign countries. Some similarities included Roosevelt and Taft wanting to retain peace among foreign countries, and to create a face of American business with Roosevelt’s “Big Stick” and Taft’s “Dollar Diplomacy”. A difference that occurred was Wilson opposing imperialism, he wanted to actually stop Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy.
Furthermore, Roosevelt’s Big Stick ideology came from the president referring to “speak softly, and carry a big stick.” By this, he was concluding to retaining peace with nations, but to hold your ground and threaten with power of forces if needed. Roosevelt implemented this policy by establishing it in places like Latin America, where he denounced a

He used this diplomacy to promote American commerce.
However, Wilson disagreed with Roosevelt's and Taft’s imperialist ideations and strategies. Wilson proposed a form of diplomacy called the Moral Diplomacy. Wilson was a believer in the aspect that democracy was important for a nation to prosper. This diplomacy in fact replaced Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy, and promoted democracy and peace in every nation, most importantly in Latin-America, who was undergoing imperialism.
I believe the policy that had the most positive benefits was Wilson’s Moral Diplomacy. Even though it was important for America to spread their commerce to other nations, it was done in such an egoistic way, where Roosevelt and Taft felt like they were more than other countries just because they were still in developing states, so like Roosevelt said, they would speak softly wanting to maintain peace, but only so if the nations under their decrees would