America on the World Stage, 1899-1909
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William Howard Taft
John Hay
Theodore Roosevelt
Philippe Bunau-Varilla
George Washington Goethals
Guerrilla Warfare
Spheres of influence
“yellow peril”
Philippine Insurrection
Open Door Notes
“the full dinner pale”
Boxer Rebellion
Big-stick diplomacy
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
Hay-Banau-Varilla Treaty
Panama Canal
Roosevelt Corollary
Russo-Japanese War
Portsmouth Conference
Gentlemen’s Agreement
Great White Fleet
Root-Takahira Agreement
1. Why was the Philippine-American War such a brutal affair, and why is it not as well remembered
as the less costly Spanish American War?
2. Did Roosevelt more often “speak softly” or use the “big stick”? Was his approach to foreign
policy aggressive or simply energetic?
3. How did the Roosevelt Corollary distort the Monroe Doctrine? What were the consequences of
the Roosevelt Corollary for American Relations with Latin America?
4. Was the United States essentially acting as a “white, Western Imperialist” power, or did
American democratic ideals substantially restrain the imperialist impulse?