Chapter ten discussionsChinaBoxer Rebellion- China did not want foreigners taking land. We tried to save China because we wanted to be able to trade with them. Boxers are Chinese who didn't want foreigners-French, others. Boxer Rebellion is when the Boxers attacked and hundereds of Europeans and they attacked back.Panama Canal- Panama was controlled by Colombia. The french stated to build it. They failed because of diseases such as yellow fever.Yellow fever was trasmitted by miscotieos. They had to eliminate yellow fever before building the canal. It was costly. The emporer of Spain decided to look into it. He thought that it would be easier for ships to travel. Instead they just got a Panama railway. Eventually the United States got control and was given the rights to build the Panama Canal. The Canal would benefit the US because it would be easier for ships to travel.Monroe Doctrine- Was introduced by President James Monroe. It was a warning to Europe to stay out of the Western Hemisphere and we would stay out of thier colonies. The Americans were no longer open to European colonization and any attempt to do so would be considered as “dangerous to the peace and safety” of the Americans. The Doctrine essentially said “to leave the Americas to the Americans”.Roosevelt Corollary- part of the Monroe Doctrine by President Theodore Roosevelt.Big Stick Diplomacy- having a strong Military. Theodore Roosevelt said, “Speak softly and carry a big stick”. Using military to intimedate countries to get what we wanted. Example- we wanted to right to build a canal in Panama.William Howard Taft- the US wanted to expand foreign policy. The Dollar Diplomacy was just a simple way to deal with Latin American and East Asia. The Dollar Diplomacy was influenced by economic situations, in which the United States tried to expand foreign policy in Latin America and East Asia by promising loans from American businesspeople to them. Taft said that by using this, the situation in Latin America went from “warlike and political” to “peaceful and economic”. Latin Americans sometimes used the term to show the disapproval of the involvement of the U.S. The Dollar Diplomacy extended into Central America to protect the Panama Canal. .Wilson’s Missionary Diplomacy was the idea to not recognize any Latin America government that was seen as intimidating to America’s intentions. It was Woodrow Wilson’s idea, and this was the first time the U.S. had ever failed to recognize a government
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