U.S. History Unit 4 Exam Study Guide Topic: Panama Canal

Who was the president of the Panama Canal?

Theodore Roosevelt

When did the Panama Canal start? And how long did it take?

Start: November 18, 1903
It took 10 years.

which country owned the land of Panama?

Columbia

Which diseases were prevalent during the Panama Canal?

Yellow fever and malaria

Who were the Communists who took power in 1917?

the Bolsheviks

Region where Serbs, Bosnians, Croats and Slovenes lived?

Balkan Peninsula

Who opened up Japan in 1853

Commodore Matthew Perry

What is the Open Door Policy and who negotiated it?

The "Open Door" is an American policy that indicated America wanted to expand its diplomatic influence and economic trade in China and other places in Asia. In the year 1899, John Hays noticed America wanted trading rights on an equal level of the other nations: Germany, Britain, and Russia.

Who were the boxers?

The Boxers were a secret organization that began killing Christian missionaries and their converts, They were a clandestine social society, in existence since the early 1700s.

Why Does U.S. get involved?

-Business ties to Allies –GB, FRA
-5/1915 Lusitania sunk by German U-Boats,
128 U.S. dead
-3/1916 Sussex torpedoed. U.S. &
Germany Sussex Pledge not to torpedo
without warning
-1/1917 – Zimmerman Telegram
-2-3/1917 - Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
continues
-4/6/1917 - Wilson Declares War