AMSCO United States History 2015 Edition, Chapter 20 Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917
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| 5821160354 | Boxer Rebellion | A 1900 rebellion in Beijing, China that was started by a secret society of Chinese who opposed the "foreign devils". An international force marched into Beijing and crushed the rebellion. (p. 417) |  | 0 |
| 5821160355 | U.S. joined international force | To protect American lives and property, U.S. troops participated in an international force that marched into Peking (Beijing) and quickly crushed the rebellion of the Boxers. (p. 417) |  | 1 |
| 5821160356 | Second Hay Note | In 1900, the U.S. was fearful that the international force sent to Beijing might try to occupy China. A second note was written to all the major imperialist countries, stating that China's territory must be preserved and that equal and impartial trade with all parts of China must be maintained. (p. 417) |  | 2 |
| 5821160357 | big-stick policy | Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy motto was to "speak softly and carry a big stick". By acting boldly and decisively in a number of situation, Roosevelt attempt to build the reputation of the United States as a world power. (p. 417) |  | 3 |
| 5821160358 | TR supports Panama revolt | In 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt orchestrated a revolt for Panama's independence from Columbia. The revolt succeeded quickly and with little bloodshed. (p. 418) |  | 4 |
| 5821160359 | Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty (1903) | In 1903, the Panama government signed this treaty with the United States. It granted the U.S. all rights to the 51 mile long and 10 mile wide Canal Zone, in exchange for U.S. protection. (p. 418) |  | 5 |
| 5821160360 | building the Panama Canal | This canal was started in 1904 and completed 10 years later. The building of this large canal was important because it would benefit American commerce and military capability. (p. 418) |  | 6 |
| 5821160361 | George Goethals | United States army officer and engineer who supervised the construction of the Panama Canal. (p. 418) |  | 7 |
| 5821160362 | William Gorgas | Army physician who helped eradicate yellow fever and malaria from Panama, so work on the Panama Canal could proceed. (p. 418) |  | 8 |
| 5821160363 | Roosevelt Corollary | Theodore Roosevelt's 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine. It stated that the United States would intervene in the Americas, on the behalf of European interests. (p. 418) |  | 9 |
| 5821160364 | Santo Domingo | The capital of the Dominican Republic. In 1904, European powers were ready to use military power here in order to force debt payments. (p. 418) |  | 10 |
| 5821160365 | Russo-Japanese War | In 1904, Russia and Japan went to war over imperial possessions in the region. In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt arranged a successful treaty conference for the two foes at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. (p. 419) |  | 11 |
| 5821160366 | Treaty of Portsmouth (1905) | In 1905, the United States mediated the end of the Russo-Japanese War. Negotiating the treaty in the U.S. increased U.S. prestige. Roosevelt received a Nobel Peace Prize for the mediation. (p. 419) |  | 12 |
| 5821160367 | Nobel Peace Prize | For his work in settling the Russo-Japanese War, President Theodore Roosevelt was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906. (p. 420) |  | 13 |
| 5821160368 | segregation in San Francisco schools | In the early 20th century San Francisco schools required that Japanese American students attend segregated schools. In 1908, President Roosevelt worked out a "gentleman's agreement" with Japan, Japanese American students would be allowed to attend normal schools and Japan would restrict the emigration of Japanese workers to the United States. (p. 420) |  | 14 |
| 5821160369 | gentlemen's agreement | In 1908, an informal agreement between the United States and Japan. President Roosevelt agreed that Japanese American students would be allowed to attend normal schools in San Francisco and Japan agreed to curb the number of workers coming to the U.S. (p. 420) |  | 15 |
| 5821160370 | Great White Fleet | Sixteen United States battleships, painted white, were sent around the world to display American naval power. (p. 419 ) |  | 16 |
| 5821160371 | Algeciras Conference | In 1906, this conference held after the First Moroccan Crisis in which the dispute between Germany and France over control of Morocco was settled. (p. 420) |  | 17 |
| 5821160372 | Hague Conference | In 1907, the Second International Peace Conference at the Hague discussed rules for limiting warfare. (p. 420) |  | 18 |
| 5821160373 | Root-Takahira Agreement | In 1908, this executive agreement between the United States and Japan pledged mutual respect for each nation's possessions in the Pacific region and support for the Open Door policy in China. (p. 419) |  | 19 |
| 5821160374 | William Howard Taft | The 27th President of the United States, from 1909 to 1913. He adopted a foreign policy that was mildly expansionist but depended more on investors' dollars than on the military. His policy of promoting U.S. trade by supporting American business abroad was known as dollar diplomacy. (p. 420) |  | 20 |
| 5821160375 | role of American money | President Taft believed that private U.S. investment in China and Central America would lead to greater stability there. His policy, was thwarted by growing anti-imperliasm both in the U.S. and overseas. (p. 420) |  | 21 |
| 5821160376 | railroads in China | In 1911, President Taft succeeded in securing American participation in agreement to invest in railroads in China along with Germany and France. (p. 420) |  | 22 |
| 5821160377 | Manchurian problem | In 1911, the U.S. was excluded from investing in railroads in Manchuria because of a joint agreement between Russia and Japan, which was in direct defiance of the Open Door Policy. (p. 420) |  | 23 |
| 5821160378 | intervention in Nicaragua | In 1912, President Taft sent military troops here when a civil war broke out. (p. 420) |  | 24 |
| 5821160379 | Henry Cabot Lodge | A Republican senator, he was in favor building U.S. power through global expansion. He introduced the Lodge Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. (p. 411) |  | 25 |
| 5821160380 | Lodge Corollary | In 1912, the Senate passed this resolution as an addition to the Monroe Doctrine. It stated that non-European powers (such as Japan) would be excluded from owning territory in Western Hemisphere. (p. 420) |  | 26 |
| 5821160381 | Woodrow Wilson | The 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. This Democrats is known for his leadership during World War I, creating the Federal Reserve, Federal Trade Commission, Clayton Antitrust Act, progressive income tax, lower tariffs, women's suffrage (reluctantly), Treaty of Versailles, sought 14 points post-war plan, League of Nations (but failed to win U.S. ratification). He won the Nobel Peace Prize. (p. 421) |  | 27 |
| 5821160382 | anti-imperialism | President Woodrow Wilson differed from his Republican presidential predecessors. He believed that the U.S. should not expand its territory overseas. (p. 421) |  | 28 |
| 5821160383 | William Jennings Bryan | In 1913, he was Woodrow Wilson's secretary of state. He tried to demonstrate that the U.S. respected other nations' rights and would support the spread of democracy. (p. 421) |  | 29 |
| 5821160384 | Jones Act | In 1916, this act granted the Philippines full territorial status, guaranteed a bill of rights and universal male suffrage to Filipinos, and promised independence for the Philippines as soon as a stable government was established. (p. 422) |  | 30 |
| 5821160385 | Puerto Rico citizenship | In 1917, an act of Congress granted U.S. citizenship and limited self government for this island. (p. 422) |  | 31 |
| 5821160386 | Conciliation treaties | Wilson's commitment to democracy was shared by Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan. Bryan negotiated treaties in which nations pledged to submit disputes to international commissions and observe a one-year cooling-off period before taking military action. Thirty of these treaties were negotiated. (p. 422) | | 32 |
| 5821160387 | military intervention | President Woodrow Wilson used military action to influence Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. (p. 423) |  | 33 |
| 5821160388 | Mexican civil war | President Wilson's moral approach to foreign affairs was severely tested by a revolution and civil war in Mexico. He refused to recognize the military dictatorship of General Victoriano Huerta, who had seized power in Mexico in 1913 by arranging to assassinate the democratically elected president. (p. 423) |  | 34 |
| 5821160389 | General Huerta | In 1913, this Mexican revolutionary seized power in Mexico by killing the democratically elected president. (p. 423) |  | 35 |
| 5821160390 | Tampico incident | In April 1914, some U.S. sailors were arrested in Tampico, Mexico. President Wilson used the incident to send U.S. troops into northern Mexico. His real intent was to unseat the Huerta government there. After the Niagara Falls Conference, Huerta abdicated and the confrontation ended. (p. 423) |  | 36 |
| 5821160391 | ABC powers | The South American countries of Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, which attempted to mediate a dispute between Mexico and the United States in 1914. (p. 423) |  | 37 |
| 5821160392 | Pancho Villa | This Mexican leader led raids across the U.S.-Mexican border and murdered several people in Texas and New Mexico. (p. 423) |  | 38 |
| 5821160393 | expeditionary force | The name given to the group sent to capture Pancho Villa in Mexico. (p. 423) |  | 39 |
| 5821160394 | John J. Pershing | The U.S. general who chased Pancho Villa over 300 miles into Mexico but didn't capture him. (p. 423) |  | 40 |
