APUSH Ch28 – Flashcards
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Open Door
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John Hay's clever diplomatic efforts to preserve Chinese territorial integrity and maintain American access to China
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Boxer Rebellion
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Antiforeign Chinese revolt of 1900 that brought military intervention by Western troops, including Americans
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Big Stick
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Proverbial symbol of Roosevelt's belief that presidents should engage in diplomacy but also maintain a strong military readiness to back up their policy
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Hay-Paunceforte Treaty
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Diplomatic agreement of 1901 that permitted the US to build and fortify a Central American canal alone, without British involvement
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Colombia
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Nation whose senate in 1902 refused to ratify a treaty permitting the US to build a canal across its territory
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Hay-Buanu-Varilla Treaty
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Agreement between the US and the revolutionary government of Panama granting America the right to build a canal
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Corollary of the Monroe Doctrine
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Questionable extension of a traditional American policy; declared an American right to intervene in Latin American nations under certain circumstances
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Russo-Japanese War
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War concluded by Roosevelt-mediated treaty that earned TR the Nobel Peace Prize but caused ill will toward America from Russia and Japan
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Gentlemen's Agreement
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Diplomatic understanding of 1907-1908 that ended a Japanese-American crisis over treatment of Japanese immigrants to the US
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The Great White Fleet
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Large US naval force sent on a peaceful but highly visible voyage to Japan and elsewhere in 1907
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Emilio Aguinaldo
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Filipino leader of a guerrilla war against American rule from 1899-1901
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John Hay
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American secretary of state who attempted to preserve Chinese independence and protect American interests in China
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William Jennings Bryan
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Candidate who wages an unsuccessful presidential campaign on the issue of American imperialism in the Philippines
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Diplomat, moralizer, wielder of the big stick, "a combination of St. Paul and St. Vitus"
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Philippe Buanu-Varilla
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Scheming French engineer who helped stage a revolution in Panama and then became the new country's "instant" foreign minister
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Thomas Platt
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Politician who successfully schemed to get TR out of New York and off to Washington
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George Washington Goethals
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American engineer who organized the building of the Panama Canal
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Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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Site of Roosevelt-sponsored negotiations that need the Russo-Japanese War
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San Francisco, California
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Place where a local school board's attempt to segregate Japanese children created an international incident
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Algeciras, Spain
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Site of a Roosevelt-mediated international conference on Morocco
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The Filipino rebellion against the US led to...
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A costly, dirty war that shocked and dismayed Americans
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The threat of European partition of China led to..
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John Hay's energetic and clever Open Door diplomacy
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The Boxer Rebellion brought...
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A foreign expedition into China and forced China to pay an indemnity to the US
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Boss Platt's desire to get Roosevelt out of New York sent...
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TR to the vice presidency and from there to the white house
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The Colombian Senate's refusal to ratify a canal treaty resulted in...
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A pro-American and pro canal revolution that declared an independent Panama
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The "Roosevelt corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine and the US intervention in Cuba and the Dominican Republic created...
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Strong anti-American feeling in Latin America
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The Russo-Japanese War sent...
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Waves of new Japanese immigrants into California
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West Coast fear of the "yellow peril" of Japanese immigration prompted...
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The San Francisco school segregation crisis of 1906
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Roosevelt's intervention in the San Francisco School Board crisis convinced...
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The San Francisco School Board to allow Japanese children into the city's schools
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The Great White Fleet's visit to Japan...
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Paved the way for the Root-Takahira agreement between the US and Japan
