10.4: America the World Power

The Philippines

• McKinley claimed we would Christianize them (but most Filipinos were already Christian…)

• 1899 the Filipinos rebelled, but we stopped them.

China• Most Chinese cities were being influenced

by one or more European countries– John Hay’s Open Door notes argued that

everything should be done to keep Chinese trade open to the U.S.

• In 1900, U.S. and European troops stopped the Chinese “Boxer Rebellion” (who protested European influence)

TR the World Leader• A canal (water way) through Central

America would greatly cut down travel time for military and commercial ships

• U.S. helped Panama revolt against Colombia, Panama paid us back by letting us build the Canal there.

TR the World Leader• U.S. “dollar diplomacy:” the govt. supported

American businessmen as they did business in Latin America

TR the World Leader• Monroe Doctrine (1823): European countries

needed to stay out of Latin American countries– “Roosevelt Corollary” (1904): Now the U.S. would

use its military to “protect” Latin American countries

“Speak Softly and Carry a

Big Stick”

Wilson and Mexico• Wilson only supported

countries with democratic election– He supported the elected

Mexican leaders in 1915• Wilson had troops (led by John J.

Pershing) to hunt down the Mexican rebel leader Pancho Villa• This event set a standard for

sending troops into other countries to solve problems