Imperialism Part 1
Secret Chinese society that rose up to drive out “Foreign Devils”.
Who are The Boxers?
10 mile wide canal that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Panama Canal?
Leader of the Mexican Revolution.
Who is Pancho Villa?
This is the phrase coined by Roosevelt pertaining to how the US should handle foreign involvement in Latin America?
What is "Speak softly but carry a big stick"?
Secretary of state who issued the Open Door Notes.
Who is John Hay?
Statement to imperialist nations that the trading rights in China will be shared with the U.S.
What is Open Door Notes?
Led a force of 15,000 into Mexico in search of Pancho Villa.
Who is Gen. John J. Pershing?
Name given to Roosevelt’s foreign policy.
What is Big Stick Diplomacy?
Country whose affairs are partially controlled by a stronger power.
What is a protectorate?
Led the Filipino rebellion against the U.S.
Who is Emilio Aguinaldo?
The country America intended to trade with through the Open Door Notes.
Who is China?
Wilson’s foreign policy said the U.S. had a moral responsibility to deny recognition to any Latin American government that was hostile to U.S. interests.
What is Missionary Diplomacy?
Passed in 1900 it denied citizenship to Puerto Ricans.
What is the Foraker Act?
U.S. addition to the Cuban constitution making it a protectorate of the U.S.
What is the Platt Amendment?
The practice of taking over a country to utilize its land and resources.
What is imperialism?
Taft’s foreign policy said U.S. would guarantee loans made to Latin American countries by American business people.
What is the Dollar Diplomacy?
The three reasons that the U.S. gave for taking Puerto Rico.
What is bring protection, promote prosperity, and bestow the blessings of our government.
Said that the U.S. did not intend to annex or control Cuba.
What is the Teller Amendment?
Ended the Russo-Japanese war and won Roosevelt the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize
What is the Treaty of Portsmouth?
Said that European powers must not intervene in the Western Hemisphere. Disaster in Latin America would force the U.S. to exercise its international policing power to protect U.S. interests.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?