In the year 1901 Theodore Roosevelt became president of the United States. During his Presidency, Roosevelt introduced the “big stick diplomacy” which was his foreign policy. “Speak softly and carry a big stick” this meant that leaders should want peace, and should aim for it while they make sure other nations know of their military strength. As the 27th presidents, William Taft had a foreign policy that was called “Dollar Diplomacy” this foreign policy was to substitute dollars for bullets. Taft wanted to further the aims at Latin America and East Asia, by making loans, and guaranteeing those to the foreign countries. With the dollar diplomacy, some described it as brutal, and only for America, meaning it didn’t help any other countries, but
