theodore roosevelt's foreign affairs

quiz over pages 321-325

hay-pauncefote treaty

granted the united states the right to build and police a canal through central america

isthmus of panama

possible route for panama canal that was controlled by the republic of columbia, rugged and unhealthy terrain only thirty miles wide

nicaragua

200 mile route that was almost the site of the canal

republic of panama

roosevelt extended recognition to this new republic three days after the revolution started

hay-bunau-varilla treaty

the united states was granted a zone ten miles wide through the isthmus on essentially the same terms columbia had rejected

william crawford gorgas

army medical doctor who had helped eliminate the mosquitos causing yellow fever in cuba, chief sanitary officer in the panama canal zone

george washington geothals

army engineer who constructed the panama canal

roosevelt corollary

Roosevelt's 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States has the right to protect its economic interests in South And Central America by using military force

open door policy

American statement that the government did not want colonies in China, but favored free trade there

spheres of influence

Areas in which countries have some political and economic control but do not govern directly (ex. Europe and U.S. in China)

boxer rebellion

1899 rebellion in Beijing, China started by a secret society of Chinese who opposed the "foreign devils". The rebellion was ended by British troops.

russo-japanese war

War between Russia and Japan; Japan wins and takes parts of Manchuria under its control.

Roosevelt and the Nobel Peace Prize

Roosevelt was given the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating peace between Russia and Japan and stopping the Russo-Japan war

gentlemen’s agreement

Agreement when Japan agreed to curb the number of workers coming to the US and in exchange Roosevelt agreed to allow the wives of the Japenese men already living in the US to join them

great white fleet

US navy goes on a world cruise to show power