Rinaldi APUSH Chapter 30 – Flashcards

1908; Republican; continued and expanded upon Theodore Roosevelts policy of trustbusting (he even filed suit against the largest, US Steel), foreign policy characterized by "Dollar Diplomacy," proposed the 16th amendment creating a federal income tax (ratified in 1913 as he was leaving office)

1887-1901 responsible for Spanish-American War, Philippine-American War, and the Annexation of Hawaii, imperialism. Is assassinated by an anarchist

The Democratic nominee for the 1896 election against McKinley

Roosevelt corollary, US can intervene if an unstable gov. might form

Secretary of State under McKinley and Roosevelt who pioneered the open-door policy and Panama canal

French engineer who advocated an American canal through Panama and helped instigate a Panamanian rebellion against Colombia.

an American expert on tropical disease, nearly wiped out yellow fever and malaria in Panama

Commissioned by McKinley to solve the problem of how gov't in the Philippines should be handled

A policy proposed by the US in 1899, under which ALL nations would have equal opportunities to trade in China.

1899 rebellion in Beijing, China started by a secret society of Chinese who opposed the "foreign devils". The rebellion was ended by British troops.

Gave the united states permission to be an international police power in the western hemisphere, which they used to justify intervention in Latin America.

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.

L. America irritated at US' imposing sphere of influence in the Caribbean Sea

Buit to make passage between Atlantic and Pacific oceans easier and faster because there were many Navy ships that needed to get from Gulf of Mexico out to the Pacific to help protect American islands in case of invasion; built by Roosevelt

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.

(1905) ended the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). It was signed in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, after negotiations brokered by Theodore Roosevelt (for which he won the Nobel Peace Prize). Japan had dominated the war and received an indemnity, the Liaodong Peninsula in Manchuria, and half of Sakhalin Island, but the treaty was widely condemned in Japan because the public had expected more.

an informal agreement between the United States and the Empire of Japan whereby the U.S. would not impose restriction on Japanese immigration or students, and Japan would not allow further immigration to the U.S.

a group of US warships which took a world tour from 1907-1909 to show the world that the US was an emerging power

1908 - Japan / U.S. agreement in which both nations agreed to respect each other's territories in the Pacific and to uphold the Open Door policy in China.