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APUSH Chapter 28
APUSH 2014/2015
Question | Answer |
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William Howard Taft | Secretary of War under Roosevelt; chosen to be Roosevelt's successor |
John Hay | Secretary of State under Roosevelt who attempted to preserve Chinese independence and protect American interests in China |
Philippe Banau-Varilla | French engineer who advocated an American canal through Panama and helped instigate a Panamanian rebellion against Colombia |
George Washington Goethals | West Point engineer; completed the Panama Canal in 1914 |
guerrilla warfare | hit and run technique used in fighting a war; fighting by small groups of warriors using tactics such as sudden ambushes |
spheres of influence | areas in which a certain country has control of another country |
"yellow peril" | anti-Japanese laws put in place because Americans saw the Japanese as a threat to America |
Open Door notes | 1899; US feared that countries with spheres of influence in China would choose to limit or restrict trade in their specific areas; John Hay tried to avoid this issue by sending letters to each country and asking them to keep trade open and tariffs low |
"the full dinner pail" | Republican campaign slogan used in the election of 1900 to emphasize the popularity of McKInley's first term and appeal to the labor vote |
Boxer Rebellion | a group of Chinese revolutionaries that disliked Western intervention in China rebelled, resulting in thousands of deaths |
big-stick diplomacy | diplomatic policy developed by TR where the "big stick" symbolizes power and readiness to use military force if necessary; way of intimidating other countries without actually harming them |
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty | 1850; treaty between US and Great Britain agreeing that neither country would try to obtain exclusive rights to a canal across the isthmus of Panama; ignored by the US |
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty | 1901; GB recognized US' sphere of influence over the Panama Canal zone provided the canal itself remained neutral |
Hay-Banau-Varilla Treaty | 1903; granted the US land to build the Panama canal in exchange for $10 mil and annual payments to Panama |
Panama Canal | built to have a quicker passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic; cost $400 mil |
Roosevelt Corollary | addition to the Monroe Doctrine; Roosevelt stated that the US would use the military to intervene in Latin American affairs if necessary |
Russo-Japanese War | began in 1904; war between Russia and Japan over Korea, Manchuria, etc |
Portsmouth Conference | officially ended the Russo-Japanese war |
Gentleman's Agreement | an agreement negotiated by TR in 1908 with the Japanese govt; Japanese agreed to limit immigration in exchange for the end of segregation in the Japanese school district |
Great White Fleet | group of 16 white ships on a cruise around the world to display US' naval power; steam powered to impress Japan |
Root-Takahira Agreement | 1908; executive agreement between the US and Japan in which both nations agreed to mutual respect of each other's Pacific possessions and support for the Open Door Policy in China |