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27 Cards in this Set
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"Little Brown Brothers"
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What Taft called the Philippinos
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Philippines Commission
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created by President McKinnely and led by William Howard Taft (first governor of the Philippines); internal
improvements to make US look good to improve relations=> built hospitals, schools, roads and bridges etc.; millions go into the project |
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US foreign policy in China
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b/c of changing times and the
business world's need for new markets, everyone stampedes for China and US joins in the race |
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Open Door Policy
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so...b/c US is late, most of the good market's hav already
been monopolized, so Sec. of State John Hay suggests this; says u hav to respect Chinas rights & in order to avoid conflict & make things benef- icial ovrall, no one country can monopolize a market; by allowing one another to move freely abt China we increase competition |
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Boxer Rebellion
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primarily in Beijing; group of Chinese who want foreign pwrs to leave; targets are whites; in 1900
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In response to the Boxers...
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the foreign pwrs get together an army mostly led by Euro.s to take them out; US send 2500/18000 ovrall-bit
players, we are |
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$333 Million
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amt. of cash Euro pwrs decide China should pay to make up for damages & total cost, 24.5 of which will go to the US
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$18 million
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Sec. Hay looks @ the 24.5 mil
and says, this is crazy, this war didn't cost us that much! so he gives -- mil back to China to set up a fund to send ppl to be edu. at US universities--results in westernization of Chine when these students become politic -al leaders |
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Presidential Election of 1900
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R-McKinnely, D-Bryant; R. want TR 2b Mck.'s VP b/c the political bosses are getting fed up w/his honest shit as gov. of NY; McKinnely wins
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Bryant's Campaign Platform
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make or break issue (gamble):
anti-imperialism; argues that McKinnely is taking them down the wrong path... |
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The electorate picked...
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McKinnely, indicating that imperialism wasn't so (-)ly viewed as Bryant would've liked; was not a blowout, tho
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World Fair, September
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McKinnely is assasinated, TR takes over, Big Bosses shudder now...backfire!
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Teddy Roosevelt
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b. to a wealthy NY family, decides to leave comfort zone
& be a reformer, very aggress ive as president, White House = Bully Pulpit, first prez since Lincoln to get pwr back from congress |
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Bully Pulpit
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T.R.'s term for the White House; there's not reason to fade into the woodwork when ur prez, use ur pwr to make changes!
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Panama Canal
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Teddy's first big project; a man-made shortcut to get from the Gulf of Mexico to the West Coast
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Nicaragua
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first place considered by French, US and GB engineers to build the canal thru
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Philippe Buenau Varilla (1)
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french engineer in charge of
company down in Panama surveying; TR gives him 40 mil to let US take over, he insists on staying a part of project |
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June 1902 Treaty w/ Columbia (of which Panama was a part @ the time)
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TR offers $10 mil & an annual payment of 250 G in perpetuity, in exchange for 6 mi strip of land under US control on which the canal'd
be built; Columbians refuse to accept it, hold out for more $$$$ |
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when columbians refuse the treaty trying to hold out for more $$$$ it....
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BACKFIRES!TR gets pissed, goes around gov; supports a rebellion in Panama, b/c once they win they'll be grateful to the US & let'm in
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Buneau-Varilla (2)
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becomes leader of Panama after rebellion; for P. to be recognized as an indep. country, it must be recognized as such by another country, which the US
does for it; deal accepted |
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Col. George Washington Goethals
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US engineer from Westpoint who is in charge of the project
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Col. William Gorgas
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discovered that by digging drainage ditches they could keep disease-bearing bugs away
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Foreign Policy
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slogan--"Speak softly and carry a big stick"
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Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
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stated that the Latin American countries were under
US protection, that any euro. country that wants to meddle w/them will hav to go thru us first, b/c they'd fallen into debt and we didn't want Germany collecting and coming ovr to sit in our backyard |
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TR's Nobel Peace Prize
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won in 1904; Russia and Japan
fighting, Russia running out of resources, asks US to intervene, helps force agree ment w/which niether are totally happy |
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Japanese Laborers in CA
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after the earthquakes, skools
in San Fran. shut out asian kids, Japanese gov. gets mad and complains to TR;Gent Agre |
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Gentleman's Agreement
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the Japanese gov.'ll work to slow flow of immegration to San Fran. if board of edu will desegregate schools
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