chapter 18 section 4 critical thinking 3

What do you think were the similarities and differences between Roosevelt's Big Stick policy and Wilson's missionary diplomacy?

• the goal of each of these foreign policies
• how the policies defined the role of US intervention in international affairs
• how the policies were applied.

there were two policies that dealt with the affair of Latin America in the early 20th century. one was the Roosevelt corollary and the other was Wilson's missionary diplomacy. the goal of the corollary was to keep order to Latin America. Roosevelt stated that his policy was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine and he meant for his policy to interfere with European influence in Latin America. the Missionary Diplomacy was meant to not recognize any Latin American country that seemed oppressive, hostile or undemocratic towards the US.

with these two policies, it restricted and defined the international affair of the United States. under the Roosevelt corollary, the US would only intervene with Latin American countries in order to keep order and not chaos. under the Missionary diplomacy, the US would only involve with countries that were not hostile or undemocratic to the United States. the policies were applied to the problems with Latin America.