APUSH Ch. 27 pgs. 648-651 – Flashcards
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U.S.S Oregon
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Warship involved in Spanish-American blockade in Cuba in 1898. Went from Cuba to the Philippines by going around the Southern tip of South America. Showed that we need a better route between the Atlantic and the Pacific.
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Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
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1850 - Treaty between U.S. and Great Britain agreeing that neither country would try to obtain exclusive rights to a canal across the Isthmus of Panama. Abrogated by the U.S. in 1881.
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Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
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1901 - Great Britain recognized U.S. Sphere of Influence over the Panama canal zone provided the canal itself remained neutral. U.S. given full control over construction and management of the canal.
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Philippe Bunau-Varilla
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French engineer who advocated an American canal through Panama and helped instigate a Panamanian rebellion against Colombia.
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November 3, 1903
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The revolution in Panama happened on..(what date?)
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Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
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(1903) treaty that granted the US land to build the Panama canal in exchange for $10 million and annual payments to Panama. Occured shortly after Panama's independance.
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Big Stick Diplomacy
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Diplomatic policy developed by T.R where the "big stick" symbolizes his power and readiness to use military force if necessary. It is a way of intimidating countries without actually harming them and was the basis of U.S. imperialistic foreign policy.
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Colonel William C. Gorgas
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determined exterminator of the yellow fever in havana, ultimately made the canal zone "as safe as a health resort." At a cost of some $400 million.
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Colonel George Washington Goethals
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West Point engineer ;; completed Panama Canal in 1914
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Venezuela
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Country that was bombarded by the germans in 1903 due to unpaid debts.
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"Preventive Intervention"
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Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, in the event of future financial malfeasance by the Latin American nations, the US itself would intervene, take over the customshouses, pay off debts, and keep the Europeans on the other side of the Atlantic
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Treaty of Portsmouth 1905
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officially ended the Russo-Japanese war. forced japan to drop demands for a cash indemnity and russian evacuation of skhalin island, though it received control of Korea.
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Nobel Peace prize 1906
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won by Teddy Roosevelt for negotiating in the end to the Russo-Japanese War
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The "Yellow Peril"
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anti-japanese laws put in place because americans saw the japanese as a threat to america
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three percent
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Percentage of Japanese residents in the state of california during, and post- Russo-Japanese war.
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San Francisco school board 1906
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ordered segregation of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean students in a special school to free more space for whites.
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"Gentlemen's Agreement"
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by this secret understanding, worked out during 1907-1908, Tokyo agreed to stop the flow of laborers to the american mainland by withholding passports.
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"The Great White Fleet"
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A group of 16 gleaming white ships on a cruise around the world to display the nation's naval power; steam powered ships impresses Japan. (Ended up having to borrow coal from the British in order to complete the voyage).
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Root-Takahira agreement (1908)
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An important executive agreement between the US and Japan established in 1908. 1) They agreed to mutual respect for each nation's Pacific possessions and 2) support for the Open Door policy in China.
