APUSH Ch 28 Terms

2 February 2023
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Open Door Policy
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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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Anti-foreign 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 Teddy Roosevelt's belief that presidents should engage diplomacy by also maintain a strong military readiness to back up their policy
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Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
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Diplomatic agreement of 1901 that permitted the United states to build and fortify a Central American canal alone, without British involvement.
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Hay-Bunau 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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Columbia
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Nation whose senate in 1902 refused to ratify a treaty permitting the US to build a canal across its territory (in Panama)
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Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
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Questionable extension of a traditional American policy; declared an American right to intervene in Latin America nations under certain circumstances
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Russo-Japanese War
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War concluded by a T. Roosevelt-mediated treaty that earned TR the Nobel Peace Prize but caused much ill will toward American from the two signatories
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"Gentleman's Agreement"
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Diplomatic understanding of 1907-8 that ended a Japanese-American crisis over treatment of Japanese immigrants to the US
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Great White Fleet
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Large US naval force sent on a peaceful but highly visible vogage to Japan and elsewhere in 1907
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Emilio Aguinaldo
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Filipino leader of a guerilla war against American rule from 1899 to 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 waged 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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Phillippe Bunau-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 ended 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