Thomas Nast's 1904 cartoon recreates an episode in Gulliver's Travels

Big Stick Diplomacy or Big Stick Policy was the slogan describing U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt's corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. The United States, he claimed, had the right not only to oppose European intervention in the Western Hemisphere, but also intervene itself in the domestic affairs of its neighbors if they proved unable to maintain order and national sovereignty on their own. It may be a later, subtler version of Gunboat Diplomacy. The idea led to the expansion of the U.S. Navy and greater involvement in world affairs. This in turn led to the Dollar Diplomacy in the following Taft administration. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Thomas Nast (September 27, 1840 – December 7, 1902) was a famous German-American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist in the 19th century and is considered to be the father of American political cartooning. ... First Edition of Gullivers Travels Gullivers Travels (1726, amended 1735), officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. ... Look up slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For the pop band, see Presidents of the United States of America. ... Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. ... A political cartoonists commentary on Roosevelts big stick policy The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine was a substantial alteration (called an amendment) of the Monroe Doctrine by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904. ... U.S. President James Monroe The Monroe Doctrine is a U.S. doctrine which, on December 2, 1823, proclaimed that European powers would no longer colonize or interfere with the affairs of the newly independent nations of the Americas. ... In international politics, gunboat diplomacy refers to the pursuit of foreign policy objectives with the aid of conspicuous displays of military power—implying or constituting a direct threat of warfare, should terms not be agreeable to the superior force. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Examples of its use include:

• support for the creation of the nation of Panama in 1903, when Colombia rejected Roosevelt's proposal to build the Panama Canal.
• the Dominican Republic in 1903-1905, when a debt crisis raised the specter of European intervention.
• Cuba in 1906, with an American occupation lasting 28 months.

Roosevelt first articulated this slogan at the Minnesota State Fair on September 2, 1901, twelve days before the assassination of President William McKinley, which subsequently thrust him into the Presidency. Roosevelt got the term from a West African proverb,"Speak softly and carry a big stick." Roosevelt conducted an aggressive foreign policy using Big Stick Diplomacy. Through this policy, the United States became increasingly assertive in the early 1900s acting as an international police force. Eventually, the phrase "Big Stick" was used in reference to any foreign policy that backed up negotiations with the implicit threat of military force.[1] Two Panamax running the Miraflores Locks The Panama Canal (Spanish: ) is a major ship canal that traverses the Isthmus of Panama in Central America, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. ... The Minnesota State Fair is the state fair of the U.S. state of Minnesota. ... is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... This article is about the 25th President of the United States; for other people named William McKinley, see William McKinley (disambiguation). ... West African refers to: West Africa An airline: West African Airlines [1] This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... A military or military force (n. ...