Unit XIV – Foreign Policy and Global Empire (Chapter 27)
Objectives:
 Describe the forces pushing for American overseas expansion and the causes of the Spanish-American War
 Describe and explain the unintended results of the Spanish-American War, especially the conquest of Puerto Rico and the
Philippines
 Analyze the consequences of the Spanish-American War, including the Filipino rebellion against U.S. rule and the war to
suppress it
 Explain the growing U.S. involvement in East Asia, and summarize America’s Open Door policy toward China
 Discuss the significance of the pro-imperialist Republican victory in 1900 and the rise of Theodore Roosevelt as a strong
advocate of American power in international affairs
 Describe Roosevelt’s assertive policies in Panama and elsewhere in Latin America, and explain why his corollary to the Monroe
Doctrine aroused such controversy
 Discuss Roosevelt’s foreign policies and diplomatic achievements, especially regarding Japan
1. Queen Liliuokalani
2. William Randolph
Hearst
3. Theodore Roosevelt
4. Emilio Aguinaldo
5. William Howard Taft
6. John Hay
7. Philippe Bunau-Varilla
8. George Washington
Goethals
9. Yellow press
10. “Twisting the lion’s
tail”
11. Insurrectos
12. Reconcentration
camps
13. Jingoism
14. Imperialism
15. Spheres of influence
16. “White Man’s
Burden”
17. “Little Brown Brothers”
18. “Big stick”
19. “Yellow peril”
20. Pan-American
Conference
21. The Influence of Sea
Power upon History
22. Pearl Harbor
23. Teller Amendment
24. The Maine
25. The Rough Riders
26. Anti-Imperialist
League
27. Platt Amendment
28. Philippine insurrection
29. Open Door notes
30. Boxer Rebellion
31. Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
32. Hay-Pauncefote
Treaty
33. Hay-Bunau-Varilla
Treaty
34. Panama Canal
35. Roosevelt Corollary to
the Monroe
Doctrine
36. Russo-Japanese War
37. Portsmouth
Conference
38. San Francisco school
crisis
39. Gentlemen’s
Agreement
40. Great White Fleet