1. America as a World Power
Chapter 18-4 p. 565

2. Russo-Japanese War 1904 - Tsar Nicholas II declared war on Japan
Japan launches surprise attack on Russian fleet in Pacific
Second fleet destroyed too
Wins land battles in Korea and Manchuria
Japan begins to run out of resources

3. Roosevelt the Peacemaker
First meeting took place on Presidential Yacht
Treaty of Portsmouth
Nobel Peace Prize

4. The Panama Canal
Philippe Bunau-Varilla sells private French company route (40 mill)
Need Columbian Permission
Panamanian Rebellion
Nov. 3rd, 1903 Independence
10 Million
Plus annual rent of 250,000 for the land

6. The Roosevelt Corollary
Latin American nations develop debt
Monroe Doctrine (1823)
Stay away Europe!
Roosevelt Corollary
U.S. would use force to protect its economic interests in Latin America
Dollar Diplomacy
William H. Taft’s policy
Guarantee loans made to foreign countries

7. Woodrow Wilson’s Missionary Diplomacy
U.S. had a moral responsibility to deny governments that were…
Oppressive
Undemocratic
Hostile
The Mexican Revolution
Francisco Madero leads overthrow of government, but is poor leader
Killed by General Victoriano Huerta
“Government of butchers” - Wilson

8. “Watchful Waiting” April 1914 - Americans accidentally arrested
Huerta regime collapses
1915 Wilson recognizes Venustiano Carranza
Withdraw troops

9. Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata
Opposed Carranza’s gov. (1916)
American engineers - invite turns deadly
2 months later Pancho’s men kill 17 Americans
Brigadier General John J. Pershing
Troops clash in 1916
Facing war in Europe
Both sides back down