| A | B |
|---|
| William Howard Taft | Phillipine Commissioner |
| John Hay | Dispatched a note to all great powers, Open Door Notes, was not greatly accepted but Hay declared it in full effect to the world. It didn't last long, though, because after the Boxer Rebellion the Open Door Notes were changed to preserving the territorial and commercial integrity of China and nothing more; Secretary of State |
| Theodore Roosevelt | Asked to be VP for Republicans in 1900; McKinley dies and Roosevelt takes control; Expands America and becomes very involved in world issues; Gets Panama Canal finished and builds up American army and navy. Speak softly and carry a big stick was his diplomatic focus. |
| Phillipine insurrection | Revolt against Americans led by Emilio Aguinaldo; Erupted February 4,1899; American soldier attacked and defeated Filipino's; Filipinos raged guerilla warfare, but stopped when Emilio Aguinaldo was captured in 1901. |
| Benevolent assimilation | A charitable take over or generous collecting of people, places, and things. A justification of American foreign policy at the turn of the century. |
| Open Door Notes | Asked great powers to preserve Chinese rights on leaseholds and spheres of influence. |
| Boxer Rebellion | Chinese group against foreigners; Rally cry, "Kill Foreign Devils"; Killed many foreigners but was soon crushed by the great powers of the world. |
| Big-Stick diplomacy | Roosevelt diplomacy stle, where you use a soft voice and a big stick to get your point across. |
| Clayton-Bulwer Treaty | Old treaty that said that America nor Britain could not assume control of a route or fortify the area where a canal was to be built crossing the Latin American isthmus. |
| Percy-Paunceforte Treaty | New treaty in place of Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, which allowed America to build and fortify the area finaly selected for the cnal. |
| Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty | Treaty dealing with the Panama Canal; Legalized its building; ten miles wide of land. |
| Panama Canal | Proposed Canal for transport between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; Route was fought over, but finally decided on Panama route. |
| Roosevelt Corollary | Roosevelt said that America would handle debts of Europeans to Latin Nations, by setting up custom house and making sure Latin America country is paid. All Latin American nations were on notice that if they did not clean up the corruption, America would intervene. |
| Portsmouth Conference | Roosevelt tried to get Japan and Russia together to stop the war; Roosevelt forced this decision to stop fighting through the Japanese and Russians. |
| Gentlemen's Agreement | Californians would repel the offensive school orders and the East would limit its immigration, this was in response to discriminatory acts by the school boards in California. |
| Great White Fleet | US fleet to go around the world and show that America had arrived as a potent military force and an international player. |
| Root-Takahira agreement | An agreement between Japan and America to respect territorial possessions and uphold Open Door China. |
| Guerilla warfare | Where the main aggressor is attacked in a hit-and-run fashion by a smaller group against the aggressor. |
| Spheres of influence | An area of the world where your country's influence is great and important. |
