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Chapter 10 Section 4
America as a World Power
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was Joseph Bucklin Bishop? | Editor of the Canal Record, a weekly newspaper that described the events at the building of the Panama Canal |
| This event thrusted Teddy Roosevelt into the US presidency | McKinley's assassination in 1901 |
| These two countries were imperialistic and fought for such lands as Korea and Manchuria | Japan and Russia, Japan was surprisingly more powerful and took over Korea and Manchuria |
| The Russo-Japanese War seemed like an easy win for Japan, but this problem caused them to ask Roosevelt for help in peace mediation | Japan was very low on money, Roosevelt let the Japanese and Russian leaders meet in New Hampshire to talk about their problems |
| Roosevelt was a very relaxing and cordial person. How did he help with the Treaty of Portsmouth? | He let the Japanese and Russian leaders meet on his yacht and he helped each side compromise, this won him a Nobel Peace Prize |
| The Panama Canal was originally built for US and Britain use, however the British gave us full control over it. Why was the canal built? | To create a shortcut -in Central America- between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean |
| Who was Bunau-Varilla? | An agent for the French company which had begun to make a Canal through Panama, but failed (The terrain was too rough) He sold the old route to the US and helped Panama gain independence from Columbia so we could build |
| How much did it cost to build The Panama Canal? How many workers were employed? How many workers died? | $380 million; over 43,000; about 5600 died of work-related accidents |
| Latin American Nations (we were economically connected to them) owed a lot of money to Europe. Roosevelt was worried Europe would intervene if the countries didnt pay up. What did he do? | He added the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, reminding Europe that they needed to stay out of our affairs (Monroe) and that if Europe messed with Latin America we would step in |
| We helped out Nicaragua a TON to keep them out of debt. They paid us back most of the time. Taft, who was president after Roosevelt passed this policy, another reason to keep Europe away from the Carribean | The "dollar diplomacy" policy used the US government to guaruntee loans made to foreign countries by American businesspeople |
| Woodrow Wilson claimed the Monroe Doctrine was morally correct, we had the responsibility to deny recognition of any country that was not democratically ruled. What was this policy called? | Missionary Diplomacy |
| Who was Profirio Diaz? | A military dictator, and a friend of the US, he sold shares of oil stock and things to wealthy business owners and deprived the common people. After the idea of missionary diplomacy was proposed, he was overthrown |
| Woodrow Wilson refused to recognize Mexico as a country. Why? | Madero, a leader, has promised democracy but failed. Huerta took Madero's place, and Madero was quickly muredered. Wilson called it a government of butchers |
| We tried to intervene in Mexico, but we almost started a war. South American countries tried to mediate but failed. What brought an end to everything? | The Huerta regime fell and Carnazza, a nationalistic leader took over. Wilson recognized the Carnazza led Mexico and our troops left Mexico |
| Who were Fransisco Villa and Emiliano Zapata? | They led Mexican rebels against Carnazza (not everyone liked him) they repeatedly threatened America (since we liked Carnazza) and found sneaky, sick ways to kill Americans |
| Who was John J Pershing? | Him and 15,000 soldiers went to capture Villa, dead or alive, but Villa eluded the forces for almost a year |
| Carnazza began to rule oppressively, and he continued until what moderate leader took over? | Alvaro Obregon |
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