Compare Roosevelt's "Big Stick" diplomacy with Taft's "Big Dollar" diplomacy. Which was most successful and why? The years of 1901-1912 were a time of fast moving evolution for the United States on the stage of world affairs. As Roosevelt entered office, the "Big Stick" was placed firmly in his hands. He took control of affairs and handled them in the way he felt that they should be handled. However, when Taft entered office he did …showed first 75 words of 616 total…

…showed last 75 words of 616 total…were both successful policies in the respect that they accomplished what they were intended to do. However, Big Dollar was more of a patch. It was adapted as a "do the least that we can" type of policy. Therefore I believe that the Big Stick was far more successful. For if we did not have the lumber of the Big Stick, we could never have been capable of printing the paper of the Big Dollar.