America as a World Power

1. What role did President Roosevelt play in ending the Russo-Japanese War?
He was the mediator betwenn Russia and Japan and helped make the peace treaty between the two nations.
2. What events led to the building of the Panama Canal? What happened regarding Columbia? (Be specific)
First the British let the Americans have the full rights over the canal and not have to share them. Also the French sold the land they had to build the canal in Panama to the U.S so America bought it and started working there. When the Columbian-American relations failed the French helped stage a coup to free Panama and it succeded and Columbia lost Panama.
3. What did the Roosevelt Corollary state?
The Roosevelt Corollary stated that America would fight to keep the Europeans out of Latin America and to keep their economice investments safe.
4. How did Taft use Dollar Diplomacy to enforce the Roosevelt Colollary on Nicaragua? (Be specfic)
The U.S using dollar diplomacy gained control of all the ecomonic intrests of Nicaragua and therefore if any European country invaded Nicaragua to try and take it over they would be threatening America's investments and then America could go on the offensive and attack that country.
5. Why did Woodrow Wilson invade Mexico?
Wilson didn't want to accept the New Mexcian government and so he looked for a reason to overthrow them and he invaded when Mexico captured American sailors and Wilson took advantage of this.
6. What were three major foriegn policy goals achieved by the United States in the early 20th century. Be sure to provide an example or two of each.
Three Majpr foriegn policies of the U.S in the early 20th centrury were the Roosevelt Colollary, the dollar diplomicy, and that America could help mexican affairs. An example of Roosevelt Colollary is the U.S helping Panama. An example of the Dollar Diplomicy is the U.S in Nicaragua. An example of U.S affairs in Mexico is when Wilson almost went to war with Mexico twice over people trying to over throw the Mexican government.

Imperialism's Bitter Fruit

1. a. After the Spanish were forced out of the Philippines, why did fighting break out between American and Filipino forces?
The Filipino people thought they were going to be given their freedom and allow themselves to set up their own government. The U.S forces had assumed control over the Filipinos which angered them.
b. How was this a different kind of warfare for American forces?
The Filipinos were fighting guerilla style striking fast without warning and then disapering. The rebel forces were also able to blend in with civilians and were hard to spot and identify.
2. Why were many African-Americans strong critics of the war against Filipino nationalists?
The Filipinos were being called racist slurs like the African-Americans were. Also they saw the war as racism becuase of the attitudes of the soliders.
3. Explain two reasons why the United States lost some of its enthusiasm for imperialism in the early 1900s.
a. Many U.S soliders were dieing to put down the rebels while all the rebels wanted was freedom and freedom is the right of all people.

b. The U.S was spending a lot of money to put down the rebels because war always puts countries into debt or hinders their economy.

4. What were the positive effects of American occupation in Puerto Rico and Cuba?
The American occupation of Puerto Rico and Cuba helped them greatly by increasing the amount of technolgy avaliable like railroads and telegraphs. They helped stop yellow fever and helped open schools and improved the sanitation. They also helped improve the Puerto Rican and Cuban economies.
5. After the Spanish-American War, the United States insisted that Cuba only receive independence after agreeing to several limitations set forth in the Platt Amendment. Four restrictions on Cuban independence set forth in the Platt Amendment were:
a. The U.S would be aloud to oversee the Cuban Economy.

b. The U.S could veto the foreign policies Cuba trys to make.

c. The U.S could intervene in Cuba whenever they wanted so they could "protect" the cubans.

d. Finnally the U.S was allowed to build a naval base at Guantanamo Bay in Southern Cuba.

Was the United States justified in making these demands? Explain your reasoning.
Yes America was just in making these demands because they wanted to help the Cubans. They might have gone to far in the demands but they were somewhat in the best intrest of the Cuban people but were definetly in the intrests of America. America wanted to Cuba to be free somewhat becuase they didn't flat out deny the Cuban plea for freedom but they didn't want anyone else taking over Cuba and using it as a stepping stone to attack the U.S. So America was just in making those demands.
6. Do you believe the United States was imperialist? Why or why not?
No America wasn't Imperialist because of a few reasons. The Americans did give freedom to the territories that wanted it eventually. They didn't keep them till they didn't want to deal with them anymore like the European countries did. The Americans set them free but while it did take a while it did happen unlike the European countries who became to tried of fighting to keep control of their colonies they gave up and quit.

Spanish-American War

1. What connections did the U.S. have to Cuba in the late 1800s? List at least two.
The Americans had intrests in the sugar plantations that were owned by Americans and they were buying sugar from the plantations.
2. What were the Spanish “reconcentration camps”?
They were camps that the Spanish built so that the cuban civilians couldn't supply the rebels with food and shelter by sticking the civilians in the camps with limited food, shelter, and sanitation.
3. List three reasons why the United States went to war with Spain in Cuba.
a.The Da Lome Letter
b.The U.S.S Maine incedent
c.The American people wanted to go to war because they saw Cuba as the colonies and Spain as Great Britian and wanted European countries out of the western hemisphere
4. Which do you believe was the most important reason? Why?
The U.S.S Maine incedent was the most important reason because it was really the first truly hostile action in the American peoples' eyes. They thought the Maine was attacked by the Spanish and that the Spanish were wanting to go to war.
5. What did the Teller Amendment say?
It said that the U.S had no intrest in taking control of Cuba and that the Cuban people would control the government after the war.
6. Why was a portion of the Spanish-American War fought in the Philippines?
It was because the Spanish Fleet was in the Philippines and if the Americans destroyed the Spanish fleet they would have a tactical advantage. The Americans also saw they could take the Philippines easily without much effort because of the fact that the Spanish control and their military there were crumbling.
7. Dewey’s victory in the Philippines sparked an outpouring of pride and volunteers in the United States.
8. Why did Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders want to fight in Cuba?
They wanted the pride of knowing they served their country.
9.
a. Why were many African-Americans eager to serve in the Spanish-American War?
They thought if Africa-Americans served in the war they would get more respect and help eliminate discrimination.
b. What forms of discrimination and prejudice did they encounter?
They were not allowed to become officers and they were segragated from white soliders.
10. How did racism influence American perceptions of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines? Give two examples of events where racism affected U.S. policy after the war.
a. The Americans thought that the Cuban rebels couldn't set up a stable government because they weren't white and so the American army set up martial law.
b. The Americans thought that all of the territories the Spainish handed over were to primative because of the fact that they weren't white and they weren't christianized so they wouldn't be able to set up a stable government.