enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Dollar diplomacy - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar_diplomacy

    Dollar diplomacy of the United States, particularly during the presidency of William Howard Taft (1909–1913) was a form of American foreign policy to minimize the use or threat of military force and instead further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through the use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries. [1]

  3. United States occupation of Nicaragua - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_occupation...

    Estrada's administration allowed President William Howard Taft and Secretary of State Philander C. Knox to apply the Dollar Diplomacy or "dollars for bullets" policy. The goal was to undermine European financial strength in the region, which threatened American interests to construct a canal in the isthmus , and also to protect American private ...

  4. List of executive actions by William Howard Taft - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_executive_actions...

    Amending Civil Service Rules to Allow Appointment of Messenger Boys Without Charge to Apportionment September 18, 1909 78 1128: Amending Civil Service Rules to Except Employees at Leprosy Investigation Station, Molokai, Hawaii, from Examination September 24, 1909 79 1129: Reducing Hot Springs Military Reservation in Alaska September 27, 1909 80 ...

  5. Presidency of William Howard Taft - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_William...

    Taft and Porfirio Díaz, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, 1909. Taft and Secretary of State Knox instituted a policy of Dollar Diplomacy towards Latin America, believing U.S. investment would benefit all involved and minimize European influence in the area. Although exports rose sharply during Taft's administration, his Dollar Diplomacy policy was ...

  6. History of U.S. foreign policy, 1897–1913 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_U.S._foreign...

    President Taft acted quietly, and pursued a policy of "Dollar Diplomacy", emphasizing the use of U.S. financial power in Asia and Latin America. Taft had little success. Taft had little success. The Open Door Policy under President McKinley and Secretary of State John Hay guided U.S. policy towards China, as they sought to keep open trade equal ...

  7. images.huffingtonpost.com

    images.huffingtonpost.com/2012-08-30-3258_001.pdf

    Created Date: 8/30/2012 4:52:52 PM

  8. Latin America–United States relations - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America–United...

    From 1909 to 1913, President William Howard Taft and Secretary of State Philander C. Knox followed a foreign policy characterized as "dollar diplomacy." Taft shared the view held by Knox (a corporate lawyer who had founded the giant conglomerate U.S. Steel) that the goal of diplomacy should be to create stability abroad and, through this ...

  9. AOL

    search.aol.com

    The search engine that helps you find exactly what you're looking for. Find the most relevant information, video, images, and answers from all across the Web.