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27 Cards in this Set
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Venezuelan Crisis
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President Grover Cleveland
•The schomburgk line was a border •GB gets 90% of territory & gold •Venezuela get Opinoco/good for trade •US: Monroe Doctrine effective |
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Venezuelan Crisis Outcome
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•good for Great Britain
•US as world power w/ dominance in the West Hemisphere •US continues expansion |
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Gunboat diplomacy (Japan)
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•Matthew Perry
• Millard Fillmore • Treaty of Kangawa 1854 • us gets two ports, right to fuel, sailors protected |
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Gunboat diplomacy outcomes
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• Japan and United States not friendly
• Pearl Harbor |
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Teller amendment
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• Henry Teller
• Cuba is to be sovereign • government control is left to Cuba |
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Teller amendment outcomes
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• tensions between the United States and Cuba
• leads to Platt Amendment |
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Platt Amendment
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• Orville Platt
• Cuba is not to enter agreements with foreign powers • United States could intervene in Cuban affairs • Guantanamo Bay |
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Platt Amendment outcomes
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• tension between the United States and Cuba
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Annexation of Hawaii
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• Sanford B. done
• week annexed hawaii |
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Annexation of Hawaii outcomes
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• valuable resources
• territory • naval base • 50th state |
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Open door policy
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• John Hay
• President McKinley • give all nations equal access to trade in China • guaranteed that China would not be taken over by any one country |
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Open door policy outcomes
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• Boxer Rebellion
• killing of foreigners • Roosevelt sent troops |
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Roosevelt Corollary
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• Theodore Roosevelt
• asserted right of USA to act as international police power • sent troops controlling government, budgets and elections |
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Roosevelt Corollary outcomes
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• used to justify intervention
• in Panama, Cuba, Nicaragua Honduras, Mexico, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic |
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Big stick diplomacy
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• Theodore Roosevelt
• push for greater US involvement in world affairs • "speak softly and carry a big stick" |
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Big stick diplomacy outcomes
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• US seen as policeman of the world
• making deals without Senate approval • committing the US military without consent |
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Dollar diplomacy
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• William Taft
• encouraged US businesses to invest in foreign countries • strong economy roll using dollars not bullets • promote worldwide stability |
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Dollar diplomacy outcomes
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• order troops to haiti, the dominican republic, and mexico
• he justified the use of force to teach nations about law and order |
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Moral diplomacy
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• Woodrow Wilson
• the US should be the conscience of the world • spread democracy • promote peace • condemn colonialism |
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Moral diplomacy outcomes
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• the US continues to meddle in Latin America
• the US developed an empire |
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Good neighbor policy
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• Herbert Hoover
• Franklin D Roosevelt • FDR promises to end direct US military intervention • US funds and loans • trade agreements |
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good neighbor policy outcomes
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• growth of anti Americanism
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Alaska
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• Seaward and Johnson
• 7.2 million for Alaska • increase size of the US by 20 % |
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Alaska outcomes
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• good for the United States
• we found timber gold and oil |
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Filipino American War
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• William Taft
• first governor/General of the Philippines • william mckinley • annexed until 1946 |
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Panama Canal
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• Theodore Roosevelt
• John Hay • the US gets control of the canal for 100 years • Panama receives 10 million dollars |
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Panama Canal outcomes
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• December 31st 1999 the United States loses control of the Panama Canal
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