CHAPTER 12

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Kept Chinese ports open to vessels of all nations

Open Door Policy

The Commercial Bureau of the American Republics, formed to promote cooperation among nations of the Western Hemisphere, is today the

Organization of American States

idea that the US and Latin America should work together

Pan-Americanism

ensured that Cuba would remain tied to the US

Platt Amendment

The Platt Amendment effectively made Cuba into an American

Protectorate

What was the territory called when an imperial power allowed local rulers to stay in control and protected them against invasion

Protectorate

the US would intervene in Latin American affairs if necessary

Roosevelt Corollary

When the explosion of the Maine happened, many Americans blamed it on

Spain

The Hawaiian monarchy was overthrown by

a group of planters supported by the US Marines

in the 1880s, American opinion began to shift and more people wanted to make the US

a world power

The Philippines are now

an independent country

in the late 1800s support grew in the US for building a large modern navy to

avoid being shut out of foreign markets

Theodore Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for negotiating peace

between Russia and Japan

Theodor Roosevelt was chosen as McKinley's running mate in the 1900 election because of his

charisma and war fame

In 1899 the US was a major power in Asia, however, the nation's primary interest was not conquest but

commerce

The purpose of the Open Door policy in China was to

ensure trading rights for all nations

the purpose of the Open Door Policy in China was to

ensure trading rights for all nations

In 1898 President McKinley sent the battleship Maine to Havana to

evacuate Americans if necessary

President Franklin Pierce sent a naval expedition to Japan to

force Japan to trade with the US

According to the treaty that ended the Spanish American War the US would

free Cuba, and annex Guam and Puerto Rico

By the late 1800s growth of investment opportunities in western Europe had slowed because

most of the industries that Europe's economy needed had been built

the US caused an economic crisis in Cuba by

passing a tariff on sugar

local rulers had to accept advice from an imperial power

protectorate

At the First International American Conference, the US wanted Latin America delegate to agree to

reduce tariffs among American nations

American support for the rebels in Cuba was fueled by

sensational stories published by rival newspapers

in the late 1800s, Europeans were looking overseas for places to sell their products because

tariffs reduced trade among industrialized countries

As a result of a war between Japan and China in 1894, Japan acquired

territory in Mancuria

took a naval expedition to Japan

Matthew Perry

the US had a duty to shape "less civilized" areas

Anglo - Saxonism

A group in China besieged foreign embassies in Beijing and killed more than 200 foreigners in what come to be know as the

Boxer Rebellion

After much resistance, on April 11, 1898, President McKinley finally asked Congress to authorize the use of force to end the conflict in

Cuba

if American business leaders supported Latin American and Asian development, everyone would benefit

Dollar Diplomacy

made Puerto Rico an "unincorporated territory"

Foraker Act

Under the Treaty of Paris, Cuba became an independent country, the United States agreed to pay Spain $20 million for the Philippines, and the US acquired Puerto Rico and

Guam

gave the US the right to build and control a canal through Central America

Hay - Pauncefote Treaty

For his efforts in ending the war between Japan and Russia, Teddy Roosevelt won

the Nobel Peace Prize

Shortly after midnight on May 1, 1898, Commodore George Dewy led his squadron into Manila Bay in

the Philippines

When the US assumed the responsibility for collecting customs tariffs in the Dominican Republic, using the Marines as agents, it was applying

the Roosevelt Corollary

Supporters of annexing the Philippines believed all of the following except

the US could profit from the islands rich mineral resources

Theodore Roosevelt became president

when McKinley was assassinated


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