1. America on the World Stage
Chapter 28
America on the World Stage

2. “Little Brown Brothers” in the Philippines
1901
Philippine Commission: 1899
“Benevolent Assimilation”
Emilio Aguinaldo (c. 1869–1964) and Followers, 1900

3. Hinging the Open Door in China
: Russia and Germany move into China
John Hay
Open Door
1900: China’s “boxers”

4. Imperialism or Bryanism in 1900?
McKinley: Election of 1900
Republican
“Bryanism”
Theodore Roosevelt: VP
William Jennings Bryan
Democrat
Anti-imperialism
McKinley Wins

5. Teddy Roosevelt: Brandisher of the Big Stick
Sept. 1901: McKinley murdered
Theodore Roosevelt President
No respect for the checks and balance system
Where’s Teddy??

6. Colombia Blocks the Canal
Atlantic Ocean to Pacific Ocean
1850: Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
1901: Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
Colombia

7. Uncle Sam Creates Puppet Panama
Nov. 3, 1903: Bunau-Varilla
Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty

8. Completing the Canal and Appeasing Colombia
U.S. relations lurch downward with Latin America
Roosevelt defended himself all charges of doing anything wrong
Claimed Colombia wronged U.S. by not permitting itself to be benefited by the construction of the canal
1904: Construction on Panama Canal begins
1914: Completed
$400 million

9. TR’s Perversion of Monroe’s Doctrine
Latin American nations in debt to European nations
Roosevelt concerned Germany and Britain might stay if they bail out Latin America, violating the Monroe Doctrine
“Preventive Intervention”
Roosevelt Corollary
Future monetary problems of Latin America nations with European countries, the U.S. could pay them off
Became an excuse for numerous U.S. interventions

10. The Great White Fleet 1904 Japan and Russia were in a war
Russia refused to leave Manchuria
Japan was winning then began to run low on troops, so then asked Roosevelt to intervene and begin peace negotiations
1905 Roosevelt arrives with his “Great White Fleet” and agreed to help Japan. Japan received no compensations for troops lost and received the southern half of Sakhalin
Tensions afterwards b/w the U.S. and Asia increased

11. Japanese arrive to California
1884 Japan repealed law prohibiting Japanese people emigrating to other nations
This lead to many Japanese people going to California, they were received harshly by the local white pop.(lots of racial tension)
1906 San Francisco segregates schools from Asians.
This greatly offended the Asian pop. which lead them to thinking of war.
“Gentlemen’s Agreement”
Pres. Ted Roosevelt called the San Francisco Board of Ed. to the White House settling the segregation
Root-Takahira Agreement(1908)
Japanese and U.S. agreed to respect each others territories. Japan pledged to stop sending people to the United States