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| 240914368 | Emilio Aguinaldo | Filipino who was lead both the Phillipine revolution against Spain and then the United States | |
| 240914369 | William Howard Taft | headed the Philippines, future president | |
| 240914370 | Philippine Independence | Assumed they would be granted independence after war, like Cubans. Aguinaldo declares Philippines independent and starts rebellion, July 4, 1946 | |
| 240914371 | John Hay | Was the Secretary of State in 1899; dispatched the Open Door Notes to keep the countries that had spheres of influence in China from taking over China and closing the doors on trade between China and the U.S. | |
| 240914372 | "Open Door" Policy | a policy, proposed by the United States in 1899, under which all nations would have equal opportunities to trade in China | |
| 240914373 | Boxer Rebellion | 1899 rebellion in Beijing, China started by a secret society of Chinese who opposed the "foreign devils". The rebellion was ended by international troops which then paid China for damages done during the quelling process | |
| 240914374 | William McKinley (election of 1900) | Platform: prosperity, gold, overseas expansion Winner, assassinated | |
| 240914375 | Theodore Roosevelt | VP of McKinley, then took over Presidency. Was put on ticket to keep him away from business in NY. Described as: boyish, cowboy, war-crazy, headstrong, smart | |
| 240914376 | William Jennings Bryan | Democratic Presidential Candidate for election of 1900. Platform: Anti-imperialism, silver standard | |
| 240914377 | Imperialism | A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate or extend rule over other countries poitically, socially, and economically. | |
| 240914378 | Anti-Imperialism | belief that the U.S. should not expand its territory overseas and that the U.S. should not be involved in unrelated foreign affairs. | |
| 240914379 | McKinley Assassination (1901) | Occurred at Pan-American World's Fair in 1901 at Buffalo, NY by lonely and deranged anarchist. | |
| 240914380 | Clayton- Bulwer Treaty (1850) | Signed by Great Britain and the United States, it provided that the two nations would jointly protect the neutrality of Central America and that neither power would seek to fortify or exclusively control any future isthmian waterway. Later revoked by the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty of 1901, which gave the United States control of the Panama Canal. (428) | |
| 240914381 | Hay-Paunceforte Treaty (1901) | Diplomatic agreement of 1901 that permitted the US to build and fortify a Central American canal alone, without British involvement. | |
| 240914382 | French Canal Company | French company that was eager to salvage something from their costly failure to make canal alone at Panama (AKA wanted to make a Panama Canal). Wanted Panama and not Nicaragua. | |
| 240914383 | Philippe Buneau-Varilla | leader of French Canal Company's campaign for the Panama Canal | |
| 240914384 | Panamanian "Revolution" (1903) | TR supported this, sent US navy to defend them from paid Columbian troops the Panamanian rebels are successful and become an independent nation, the US recognizes their independence, we paid them to have a zone there (more area than original) | |
| 240914385 | Hay/Bunau-Varilla Treaty | U.S. garantee of independence for newly created Republic of Panama | |
| 240914386 | Col. George Washington Goethals | West Point engineer who prefected the organization of the canal building in Panama | |
| 240914387 | Col. William C. Gorgas | worked in panama canal, helping abate yellow fever and malaria through mosquito control, made Panama canal area healthy | |
| 240914388 | Panama Canal Completion (1914) | America completed the Panama Canal at a cost of $400 million; French had failed, but America succeeded | |
| 240914389 | Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine | Roosevelt's 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States has the right to protect its economic interests in South And Central America by using military force | |
| 240914390 | Dominican Intervention (1905) | First use of the Roosevelt Corollary. Took over control of tariff collection in Dominican Republic, and unhappy DR officials struggle to get out of grasp. | |
| 240914391 | Cuban Intervention (1906) | Revolutionary disorders in Cuba led to US sending Marine Troops to intervene; really there was no need for US to intervene- abuse of Monroe Doctrine | |
| 240914392 | Russo- Japanese War (1904-1905) | A war fueled mainly by Japanese imperialism and want for Asian mainland colonies and resources, but propagated also by Russian imperialism. The war ended up as a crushing defeat for Russia, and became a very unpopular political blunder, ultimately fueling the Russian Revolution of 1905. The war ended with the Treaty of Portsmouth. | |
| 240914393 | Portsmouth Conference (1905) | Roosevelt mediated delegates between Japanese and Russians after war; Japan demanded indemnity and island of Sakhalin; Russia refused to admit to their losses; Japan just got half of Sakhalin; outcome angered both parties- American created two new enemies | |
| 240914394 | San Francisco school incident (1906) | after a earthqake and fire at a school, the school board ordered Chinese, Japanese, and Korean students to be segregated to a special school to make room for whites; Japanese, sensitive to racial insults, were outraged and were on the brink of war with California | |
| 240914395 | "Gentlemen's Agreement" with Japan (1908) | Californians are forced to repeal the offensive school order and Japanese slowed immigration by withholding passports. | |
| 240914396 | The Great White Fleet (1907) | Roosevelt did not want Japan to think that "Gentlemen's Agreement" was a result of American fears so he sent battleships to tour the world; started in Virginia and recieved welcomes in Latin America, Hawaii, New Zealand, and Australia; in Japan schoolchildren taught how to wave American flags and sing the "Star-Spangled Banner", also to show America was a top power | |
| 240914397 | Root-Takahira Agreement (1908) | An important executive agreement between the US and Japan established in 1908. 1) They agreed to mutual respect for each nation's Pacific possessions and 2) support for the Open Door policy in China. |
