chapter 27 key terms

big sister policy

idea to get Latin American countries behind the leadership of the U.S.

great rapprochement

improvement and reconciliation between the US and GB

mckinley tariff

raised barriers against fruit/sugar imported to the US from Hawaii and made sugar companies start to grow restless

insurrectos

cubans on the sugar plantations who revolted against their Spanish overlords by burning everything after Cuba revolted against Spain

The Maine

when this exploded in Havana harbor, it prompted the US to start talking about war with Spain

Teller Amendment

said that the US would give Cuba its freedom after kicking out Spain

Rough Riders

cavalry organized TR during Spanish-American War

anti-imperialist league

organized to halt annexation of the US and the Philippines

Foraker Act

gave Puerto Rico a limited elected government even though it was neither a territory nor a state

Insular Cases

when the Supreme Court declared that America’s laws and customs do not necessarily extend to these new lands

Platt Amendment

contradicted the Teller Amendment and said that Cuba couldn’t make treaties that the US didn’t like, Cuba couldn’t take on too much debt and the US could intervene if needed, and Cuba must leave coaling stations for the US military to use (basically a loophole)

Open Door note

series of diplomatic messages sent by US Secretary of State John Hay, proposing an Open Door policy for China

Boxer Rebellion

when the Chinese rose up to oust/kill foreigners who controlled their cities

Hay-Pauncefote Treaty

signed by Britain and said that the US could control the canal across the isthmus of Central America by themselves

Roosevelt Corollary

said that the US would intervene in Latin America and collect the debts in Europe, it was either this or go against the Monroe Doctrine

Gentlemen’s Agreement

said that the school board would repeal the segregation policy and Japan would halt the emigration of laborers to California

Root-Takahira agreement

signed by US and Japan and said that both nations promised to respect one another’s territorial boundaries to honor China’s open door policy