Chapter 20: America And The World

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John Hay

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called for an open door policy to open up trade with China

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Boxer Rebellion

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Revolt in which Chinese Nationalists known as Boxers attacked the foreigners in order to end foreign involvement in China’s affairs. The Fists of Righteous Harmony attacked Western Missionaires

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William R. Hearst

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published the New York Journal

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Spanish American War

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began shortly after the destruction of the USS Maine

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Emilio Aguinaldo

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the leader of the Filipino Patriots

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Platt Amendment

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made Cuba a US protectorate

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Roosevelt Corollary

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made it clear that the Monroe Doctrine would be enforced

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Emiliano Zapata

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led a rebel army against the forces of Mexico’s dictator

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Matthew Perry

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in 1854 he sailed to Japan to try to persuade Japan’s rulers to open trade with the west

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Russo-Japanese War

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Theodore Roosevelt was awarded the Noble Peace Prize for settling this war

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Jones Act of 1917

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US citizenship was granted to Puerto Ricans

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Cuba and Puerto Rico

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Two Spanish colonies in the Americas that Spain lost as a result of the Spanish-American War.

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William H. Taft

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president who favored dollar diplomacy in Latin America

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the french

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the building of a canal through the Isthmus of Panama was first attempted by….