1. Chapter 18: An Emerging World Power Section 3: US and East Asia

2. 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

3. William H. Taft, 1st Gov.-General of the Philippines
Great administrator.

4. China

5. 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?

6. Stereotypes of the Chinese Immigrant
Oriental [Chinese] Exclusion Act, 1887

8. The Boxer Rebellion: 1900 The Peaceful Harmonious Fists.
“55 Days at Peking.”

9. 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.

10. The Open Door Policy

11. 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”

12. America's
New
Role

13. The Cares of a Growing Family

14. Constable of the World

15. Nobel Peace Prize for Teddy
Treaty of Portsmouth: 1905
Nobel Peace Prize for Teddy

16. The Great White Fleet: 1907