Ch. 27 Part 2 RQ
Visual Q’s
1 642 photo – Title? When?
- Why was there a “bitter irony?”
2 643 photo – Why was Grace Roberts in China?
3 646 Brown Box – Two Senators….
- Which Senator is pro-expansion?
- Which Senator is anti-imperialist?
4 647 photo – 648 photo
- Who?
- Where (2) ?
When (2) ?
-In 1906, he is the 1st President to do what?
5 649 PC****
Note - The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine makes the Caribbean an “American Lake.”
Q: What do the 1st two (2) “toy boats” that TR is dragging say?
6 653 Varying Viewpoints- Why did America become a World Power? (also found at the end of ch. 28 in
the digital edition  )
-What topic is embarrassing for students of American History?
- Many historians have attempted to explain our Imperialism during this period as “some kind of
_____________________?”
- What does historian Beale believe TR “succumbed” to?
- What is the title of V.I. Lenin’s book?
- How is Lenin significant in History?
-What do historians Williams and LaFeber argue that explains our political and militaristic expansion
abroad?
-What is the “Strategy” (Williams and LaFeber) called?
- What two (2) factors do more recent historians “highlight” in the march toward empire?
- What race was at the top of the racial hierarchy according to Imperialists?
- To some scholars our “overseas adventures” were part of our long tradition of
______________-___________________ ___________________?
Reading Questions from my Notes
7 – What two (2) men are seen in the opening quotes in my notes?
8 – What are the two “difficult” questions that were brought up now that America was a WORLD
POWER?
Intro
9 – How many islands, languages taught in schools, and people are in the Philippines today?
10 – What question did many Americans ask about the war in the Philippines?
11 – What two conflict(s) does the US Army participate from 1899 -1913?
“Little Brown Brothers” in the Philippines
12 – What three actions of the US Army in the Philippines brought dishonor to our country?
13 – Who is captured in 1901… which leads to the end of the 1st stage of fighting?
14 – Who was McKinley’s choice to lead the Philippine commission?
15 - What was Taft’s mission or our policy named?
16 – What does Taft call the Filipinos?
17 – When do the Philippines earn their freedom from the USA?
Hanging the “open door” in China
18 – Which European nations began to carve China into “spheres of influence?” (5)
19 – Who is the Secretary of State who authors both the Open Door Note I and Open Door Note II?
20 – What two (2) conditions does the 1st “Open Door” Note demand from the Euro’s in China?
21 – In 1900 what happens in China?
What was their slogan?
22- How much total $$$ in “reparations” was China asked to pay?
23 – What does the USA do with some of the $$$?
24 – What is the one new condition of the “Open Door Note II?”
Imperialism or Bryanism in 1900? – the presidential election of 1900
25 – Who wins the election of 1900?
26 – Why is TR made the VP nominee for the Republicans?
TR Brandisher of the “Big Stick”
27 – How does TR become President in 1901?
28 – How old is TR when he becomes President?
29 – What was TR’s Political philosophies in domestic and foreign policy?
30 – What is his famous quote…that comes from an African Proverb?
31 – What powers does TR believe the President have (he is called on of the “Imperial Presidents”)
The Canal
32 – Why build an isthmian canal?
33 – Obstacles…what did the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, 1850 state?
- How does the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, 1901, overcome the above treaty?
- Where were the two (2) choices of sites to build the canal?
- Name the representative of the French Canal Co. that owned the land in future Panama?
- What country was “Panama” a part of at this time before their Revolution?
34 – Who leads the Panamanians in their revolution and becomes their 1st leader?
35 – What is the name of the Treaty between new Panama and the USA which allows us to build and
fortify a canal in Panama 10 miles wide?
36 – Are people born in the Canal Zone US Citizens?
37 – What is the name of the new era that is launched describing our relations with Latin American
Countries?
38 How long and how much did it take to build the Panama Canal?
TR’s Perversion of the Monroe Doctrine
39 What is this new Foreign Policy called that dealt specifically with the Europeans desire to gain
colonies in Latin America?
40 In what two Latin American Nations was their evidence that the Euro’s were attempting, through
chicanery, to gain colonies?
41 –“Preventative Intervention,” describes the intention of TR’s corollary…What action would the USA
take as “PI” to ensure a free Latin America?
42 - What is the nickname of the above policy… 1st used in the Dominican Republic in 1905?
43 – The RC to the MD has its dark side for sure.. However, what is the significance to the future USA?
44 Another nickname for the RC to the MD…which describes the “dark side,” of this policy?
45 What company uses this policy during the Banana Wars in Central America to gain control of several
Central American Nations for Profit?
TR on the World Stage
46 – Where does Japan attack Russia, SECRETLY, which foreshadows which attack on the USA in 1941?
47 – Which nation comes to TR to negotiate an end to this conflict?
48 – What area of Asia does TR secretly give to Japan in return for recognizing US dominance in the
Philippines?
49 – What does TR win in 1906, the first “statesman” to win this…and somewhat ironically?
Japanese Laborers in California & the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906
50 – Where do most Japanese laborers go to work 1st?
51 – What did nativists call the influx of Japanese laborers into California?
52 – What are the three (3) worst natural disasters in American History?
53 – How many people die in the Earthquake and subsequent massive fire in SF?
54 – What % of people living in SF, pop. 410,000 in 1906, became homeless?
55 – What action does the San Francisco School Board take in the aftermath of the Earthquake?
56 – How is the Japanese view of Race described?
57 –What are the conditions of the Gentlemen’s Agreement, 1908?
58 – Eager to show off to the World what does TR order in 1907?
59 – What are the conditions of the Root-Takahira agreement signed by the USA and Japan in 1908?