Chapter 18 Section 3
The United States and East Asia
The Philippines:
 The United States
purchased the
Philippines for $20
million in the Treaty of
Paris (1898).
 McKinley:
“The Filipinos First Bath” 
Journal:
How were foreign people portrayed in
political cartoons of the day?
The Philippines (Continued):
 Many were angry over the United States’ possession
over the Philippines.
 Filipino nationalist Emilio Aguinaldo used guerilla
warfare in an organized insurrection against the
U.S.
 The U.S. reacted with brutality and racism.
 Villages were burned down and many were killed
American press defended the brutality by saying,
“they must yield before the superior race.”
William H. Taft; 1st Governor – General of the
Philippines (1901):
William Howard Taft censored the press and jailed
many, but he also…
• Established a health care system
• Staffed schools
• Built roads and bridges
• Extended limited self-rule
Independence:
 In 1916, Congress
passed the Jones Act
which pledged to
give the Philippines
their independence.
 It did not become
an independent
state until 30 years
later.
China:
 Oriental
(Chinese)
Exclusion
Act (1887):
first time
U.S. places
restrictions
on
immigration
Journal:
 Why would creating colonies be a good
thing?
 Why would being controlled by a foreign
country be a bad thing?
Spheres of Influence:
 Britain, France, Germany, Japan and Russia each
carved out spheres of influence (zones) in which
they had special access to ports and markets.
 U.S. was afraid they would be cut out of trade
with China.
 The U.S. issued the Open Door Policy, saying
that any nation could trade in any nation’s
sphere of influence.
Open Door Policy:
Secretary of State John Hay
Gave all nations equal access to trade
in China.
Guaranteed that China would NOT be
taken over by any one foreign power.
Boxer Rebellion:
 Angry Chinese,
called Boxers,
attacked and killed
over 200
foreigners.
More than 135 adult Protestant missionaries and fifty-three
Western children were killed by the Boxers in 1900.
G. B.
Farthing
was an
English
Baptist
missionary
killed by
the Boxers
with his
family in
1900.
The Boxers
Uncle Sam "I occasionally do a little
boxing myself."
A determined
Uncle Sam has
donned two
naval ships as
boxing gloves,
provoking the
Chinese rebel,
whose knife drips
with blood, into a
wide-eyed
grimace of fear.
It took 20,000 soldiers, including 2,000
Americans, to stop the Boxer Rebellion.
Japan vs. Russia:
 Japan opposed European
powers in China, especially
Russia.
 In 1904, Japan attacked a
Russian fleet at Port Arthur in
China, resulting in the RussoJapanese War.
 Theodore Roosevelt resolved
the war at a conference in
Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
 He was later awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize for
negotiating an end to the
Russo-Japanese War.
Anti-Asian Prejudice:
 Disrupted relations with Japan
 Was extremely prevalent on the West Coast
 San Francisco School Board banned Asian students
from attending
classes with white students
Roosevelt negotiated a “Gentlemen’s Agreement” in which the
school board removed the ban, and in exchange, Japan limited
emigration to the United States
Great White Fleet:
 1907, 16 battleships
 Demonstrated the
U.S.’s growing military
power