Three important
presidents of the United States had a large impact on the world during the
Progressive Era. One significant aspect of presidency during that period was
foreign policy, and each president had a different approach. Theodore Roosevelt
used Big Stick Diplomacy, a policy of negotiating diplomatically first, with a
military force to resort to if necessary. William Taft believed in Dollar
Diplomacy, or protecting U.S. businesses interests in foreign countries. Woodrow
Wilson, the next president, followed Moral Diplomacy, which is also known as
Missionary Diplomacy. Moral Diplomacy was the idea of refusing to recognize
governments that were not democratic. The success of these strategies varied, and
this case, success can be defined as when the benefits of the application of
the policy outweigh the negative effects. Roosevelt’s Big Stick Diplomacy had
more success than the policies of Taft and Wilson.
