1. The United States and east Asia
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2. Filipinos Rebel Against U.S. Rule
Emilio Aguinaldo organized an insurrection against U.S. rule.

3. Filipinos rebel
Filipinos relied on guerrilla warfare against America. -surprise raids & hit and run tactics

4. Aguinaldo is captured in 1901. The U.S. defeated the rebels.
Filipinos Rebel
Aguinaldo is captured in The U.S. defeated the rebels.

5. Reforms lead to Promise of Self-Rule
1901 William Howard Taft became governor of the Philippines.

6. To maintain order: Censored the press Placed dissidents in jail.
Taft
To maintain order: Censored the press Placed dissidents in jail.

7. Jones Act
Pledged the Philippines would eventually win their independence. Would liberate them. Became independent after WWII.

8. The U.s. Pursues interests in china
European powers had carved out “spheres on influence” in China.

9. Spheres of influence
A weaker country in a sphere of influence when it grants the larger country trade privileges and other benefits.

10. John Hay
U.S. Secretary of State U.S. expected “perfect equality of treatment for commerce” in China.

11. Boxer rebellion
Members of a Chinese secret society against foreigners and Christians in China.

12. Hay
Reasserted America’s Open Door Policy. Did not want colonies, just free trade.

13. Roosevelt
Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for helping Russia and Japan sign the Russo Japanese War peace treaty.

14. Anti-Asian prejudice
West Coast of the United States. San Fran School Board banned Chinese, Japanese, & Korean children from attending school with white children.

15. Japan upset about treatment
Roosevelt negotiated a “Gentlemen’s Agreement” U.S. to end it’s segregation policy if Japan limited emigration to the U.S.

16. Great white fleet
Concerned about Japan’s expansion in Asia… Roosevelt had a new force of white battleships built. Sent them on a cruise around the world.