Chapter 18: An Emerging World Power Section 3: US and East Asia
Filipinos Rebel against US Rule Following victory in Spanish American War the US does not leave the Filipinos to themselves The rebels used guerrilla warfare, using small units to sneak attacks the occupying US forces Emilio Aguinaldo, the Filipino leader, was captured in 1901 and the fighting slowed William Taft, future President of the US became Gov of Philippines and US built roads, bridges and schools In 1916 Jones Act, the US promised to ultimately give independence to the Philippines and did so in 1946 following WW2
William H. Taft, 1st Gov.-General of the Philippines Great administrator.
China
US interests in China Page 601-602 Define Spheres of Influence What did John Hay inform other nations of regarding China? What was the Boxer Rebellion? What was America’s Open Door Policy?
Stereotypes of the Chinese Immigrant Oriental [Chinese] Exclusion Act, 1887
The Boxer Rebellion: 1900 The Peaceful Harmonious Fists. “55 Days at Peking.”
The Open Door Policy Secretary John Hay. Give all nations equal access to trade in China. Guaranteed that China would NOT be taken over by any one foreign power.
The Open Door Policy
US and Japanese relations Japan and Russia went to war in 1904 when the Japanese blocked the Russian fleet in a port of China President Teddy Roosevelt intervened and brought a peaceful end to the Russo-Japanese War (Treaty of Portsmouth) and for his part won a Nobel Peace Prize Anti-American sentiment existed in Japan due to unfair treatment of Asians living in the West Coast of the US TR flexed America’s muscles anyway when he sent an armada of 16 battleships around the world in 1907 known as the “Great White Fleet”
America's New Role
The Cares of a Growing Family
Constable of the World
Nobel Peace Prize for Teddy Treaty of Portsmouth: 1905 Nobel Peace Prize for Teddy
The Great White Fleet: 1907