1. Territories
-Hawaii
American planters had organized the overthrow of the monarchy
-Philippines
War erupts over Philippine desire to be independent
William H. Taft was first governor
Becomes independent Nation
-Puerto Rico
became a territory of the U.S. and its people became citizens in 1917

2. Cuban Intervention
-Teller Amendment
guaranteed Cuban Independence
-Platt Amendment
gives U.S. certain interests in Cuba
naval base

3. Boxer Rebellion
Led by Chinese Empress (Cixi)
Anti-foreigner (Nativist) uprising
Christians killed and diplomats
Attacked in Beijing (Peking)
US combines with Japan, Germany, France, Britain, etc… to defeat the Boxers.

4. -Open Door Policy Notes John Hay: Sec of State (Mck)
Asian Interests
-Spheres of Influence in China: France, Britain, Germany, Japan, and Russia…. Policy keeps US out of China
-Open Door Policy Notes John Hay: Sec of State (Mck)
Asked for access to China
Russo-Japanese War
Roosevelt is arbitrator

5. Panama Canal
-Panama is part of Colombia
-U.S. tries to negotiate a canal treaty
-Colombia refuses
-Panama has a revolution backed by the U.S.
-10 years of construction followed
thousands died of accidents and disease to build the canal
-Roosevelt’s Big Stick Foreign Policy

6. Panama Canal
-Panama is part of Colombia
-U.S. tries to negotiate a canal treaty
-Colombia refuses
-Panama has a revolution backed by the U.S.
-10 years of construction followed
thousands died of accidents and disease to build the canal
-Roosevelt’s Big Stick Foreign Policy

7. Foreign Policy
-Monroe Doctrine
basis of U.S. policy
-Roosevelt Corollary-
-U.S. will be only nation to intervene (Big Stick Politics)
-Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy
-U.S. will use financial policies to influence
-Wilson’s Missionary Diplomacy
-U.S. refuses to negotiate with “illegal” gov’ts

8. Impact of Imperialism
-U.S. is now a world power
-debate over the moral and ethical idea of imperialism
-anti-U.S. feelings around the world
Philippines
Latin America
Mexico
Pancho Villa