Russo-Japanese War

Theodore Roosevelt?s Foreign Policy- ?The Big Stick Policy?: Had an aggressive approach to foreign policy with Japan, Latin America, and Russia. Roosevelt Corollary: An extension of the Monroe Doctrine (1823), helped T.R. enforce his foreign policy. Gave the United States government ?International Police Power?, established influence oversees. Used when the Dominican Republican was in debt; the US came in and handled the debt. Russo-Japanese War in Manchuria: Russia and Japan were fighting over the region of Manchuria. Japan had aspirations to be a world power, felt threatened by Russia and United States. Open Door Policy (trade with China) threatened. T.R. settled the war in 1905, was rewarded with the Nobel Peace Prize. After the war was done, Japan wasn?t content.