Unit 5 Day 3 (Panama Canal and the Philippines) Quote: “How can one country celebrate their Independence while they hold another country captive?” - Focus Question(s): How did United States foreign policy change in response to expanding global interests? Specified Content: The Philippines’ fight for Independence, America’s intervention in Panama’s fight for Independence, construction of the Panama Canal State Standards: Strand 1 Concept 7 PO 3 Analyze events which caused a transformation of the United States during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

The Filipino people were very angry at being denied their independence. In 1899, Emilio Aguinaldo led them in a rebellion against the U.S.

The war lasted for 3 years and in the end 20,000 Filipino and 4,000 U.S. soldiers were dead. However, the Philippine Islands will not achieve their independence until July 4 th 1946.

1903: the US began negotiating with Columbia to build a canal through the isthmus of Panama. When the negotiations failed the US sent naval ships to support Panama’s claim of independence from Columbia.

The US began construction of the Panama Canal in : The Panama Canal opened after 10 years, $400 million dollars, and 5,600 dead workers.

Activity Write down the following questions on a separate sheet of paper: 1.When and where was this cartoon published? 2.What was the message of this cartoon?

November 21, 1903, Harper’s Weekly Held up the Wrong Man by William Allen Rogers