Notes-
10-3 Acquiring New Land-America is expanding to new territories
Puerto Rico
Claimed by Spanish Crown 1493
1800's ceded to US
US citizenship 1917
Granted plebiscites for future-state, US territory, independent
Cuba
Spain gave to US control 1898
US granted independence 1902
Platt Amendment-US got to intervene in Cuban independence, gave navel base, could not go into debt of other contries
US got control of Guantanamo Bay, navel base
Philippines
Emilio Aguinaldo declared independence 1898
US took the islands for 20 million 1898
American Philippine War-
Declared after Philippines found out they weren't getting independence
12000-20000 Filipinos soldiers died and 200000- 1.5 million civilians died and 4165 US soldiers died
After war, helped build infrastructure if Filipinos
Got independence July 4, 1946
China
Open Door Policy-guaranty China's independence, allowed all countries would be allowed to trade in China
10-4 America as a World Power-
Teddy Roosevelt
Peacemaker
Ended Russo-Japanese War 1905
Nobel Peace Prize
Panama Canal
Roosevelt Corollary
Russo-Japanese War
Japan defeated Russia
Treaty of Portsmouth
Got Southern half of Sakhalin Island from Russian
Got Russian's interests in Manchuria and Korea
Panama Canal
Built to make shipping across America easier
France tried but failed to to cost and disease
US bought Frances route for 40 million 1903
US had to get permission to finish from Colombia
Convince Panama to declare independence from Columbia, allowing US to pay 10 million plus annual rent of 25000 for access to the Panama Canal
Construction-
Biggest engineering undertaking
fight disease
volcanic soil hard to get rid of
5600 workers died
costs 380 million
43000 workers helped
Woodrow Wilson-
missionary diplomacy
US would not recognize any government that was oppressive, undemocratic and hostile towards US
mainly used in Latin America
Upcoming Test
New Diplomacy
Monroe Doctrine
TR Corollary
US would be the police between Latin America and Europe
Open Door Policy
War with Spain
Big stick Diplomacy-TR
Using the power of our military without actually having to use it to show power
Dollar Diplomacy-Taft
Economic imperialism-taking over businesses in other countries
Missionary Diplomacy-Wilson
Semester Questions
Describe US Foreign Policy in the late 1800's and early 1900's and give examples
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