We talked about my topics today.
NOTES: #DONTBEAVERAGE
- We always had the West to go to, so we didn't go to Africa.
- We took Puerto Rico.
- Has chosen to stay a territory until 2012
- Cuba
- We used them for trade and ports.
- Teller Amendment
- Declaration that we wouldn't take Cuba.
- Platt Amendment
- US kept control in Cuba but protected them in 1934.
- No going into debt for Cuba.
- We got control of Guantanamo Bay.
- We don't trade with Cuba.
- Phillipines
- We took over the Phillipines. Some are saying that we committed genocide when we killed innocent Filipinos.
- China
- Industrialized today.
- Open-door policy
- McKinley wanted an open door for trading for all countries with China.
- Boxer rebellion act
- They boxed to fight off the EU powers.
- The Europeans nicknamed them that.
- They wanted their rights and tried to fight off the EU powers.
- The boxers killed a lot of Europeans.
- Teddy's Peace Prize
- First American to get a Nobel Peace Prize.
- He ended the Japan-Russia war.
- Japan
- Went from agricultural to beating Russia in a war.
- They were our friends in WWI, but our enemies in WWII.
- We used big stick diplomacy against Panama, which angered Columbia.
- The canal building was tough because of malaria.
- Taft's Dollar Diplomacy
- Pay other countries to keep EU out.
- Prevent them from going into debt.
- Economic Imperialism
- Substituting dollars for bullets.
- Missionary Diplomacy
- Get rid of dictatorships.
- Juan Ogermen
- Murdered by Victoriano Huerta.
- US government refused to recognize.
- Huerta took prisoners, then apologized.
- Some sailors were arrested, so Wilson used it as a chance to replace Huerta.
- Murdered by Victoriano Huerta.
- US would not recognize any government that was oppressive, undemocratic, and hostile towards the US.
- Diaz was overthrown my Madero, who was overthrown by Huerta, who was overthrown by Carranza.
- We were basically at war with Mexico trying to catch Pancho Villa, who had killed many US citizens.
- McKinley got killed.
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