Territories

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Territories
-Hawaii American planters had organized the
overthrow of the monarchy -Philippines War
erupts over Philippine desire to be
independent William H. Taft was first
governor Becomes independent Nation -Puerto
Rico became a territory of the U.S. and its
people became citizens in 1917
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Cuban Intervention
-Teller Amendment guaranteed Cuban
Independence -Platt Amendment gives U.S.
certain interests in Cuba naval base
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• 1899-1900 Boxer Rebellion
• Led by Chinese Empress (Cixi)
• Anti-foreigner (Nativist) uprising
• Christians killed and diplomats
• Attacked in Beijing (Peking)
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• US combines with Japan, Germany, France, Britain,
  etc to defeat the Boxers.

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Asian Interests
-Spheres of Influence in China France, Britain,
Germany, Japan, and Russia. Policy keeps US out
of China -Open Door Policy Notes John Hay Sec
of State (Mck) Asked for access to
China -1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War Roosevelt is
arbitrator
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Panama Canal
-Panama is part of Colombia -U.S. tries to
negotiate a canal treaty -Colombia
refuses -Panama has a revolution backed by the
U.S. -10 years of construction
followed thousands died of accidents and disease
to build the canal -Roosevelts Big Stick
Foreign Policy
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Panama Canal
-Panama is part of Colombia -U.S. tries to
negotiate a canal treaty -Colombia
refuses -Panama has a revolution backed by the
U.S. -10 years of construction
followed thousands died of accidents and disease
to build the canal -Roosevelts Big Stick
Foreign Policy
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Foreign Policy
-Monroe Doctrine basis of U.S.
policy -Roosevelt Corollary- -U.S. will be
only nation to intervene (Big Stick
Politics) -Tafts Dollar Diplomacy -U.S. will
use financial policies to influence -Wilsons
Missionary Diplomacy -U.S. refuses to negotiate
with illegal govts
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Impact of Imperialism
-U.S. is now a world power -debate over the
moral and ethical idea of imperialism -anti-U.S.
feelings around the world Philippines Latin
America Mexico Pancho Villa