Opening up Trade with Japan

Opening Up Trade with Japan

•Prior to 1850 Japan remained______from the western world

•Under threat of force, in 1854 Japan signed a ______allowing US ships access to Japanese ports

Spheres of Influence

•Japan begins to ______

•Japan and ______go to war

•Japan shows it’s ______and ______

•After the war Japan and other European nations begin to expand their ______– areas where foreign nations claimed special rights & economic privileges

The United States Looks to China

•Late 1890’s France, Germany, England, Japan, and Russia all had ______in ______

•They also claimed rights to ______construction and ______development in China

•Competition for ______worried the U.S. who wanted access to China’s resources and markets

•The bigger the sphere of influence = the bigger ______

Open Door Policy

•US Secretary of State proposed the “______” to all nations with interests in the region

•Stated that no single country should have a ______on trade with ______

•Eventually accepted by most countries

Boxer Rebellion

•A secret society within China emerges called the “Boxers United in Righteousness” or the “______” by foreigners

•They were upset with:

•The ______

•The disrespect the foreigners showed to Chinese Tradition

•The privileges given to the foreigners

•1900, ______rebelled against ______

•Approx. 230 foreigners killed

•Thousands of Chinese killed

•Eight nations, including US, stopped the rebellion

Philippines Is Ours!

•During this time the Philippines ______is stopped & the US gains ______

•The Philippines would be used for its ______& Asian markets

•The US would use the Philippines as a base for economic activity in the Pacific

The Panama Canal

•A growing economy led US leaders to propose a ______to connect the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans

•US ships would no longer have to travel ______South America

•______travel time for commercial and military transport

•Spanish-American War, fought in both oceans, also showed shortcut was needed

Canal Location

•______was selected but it was controlled by Columbia

•______was not willing to give up its land

•Roosevelt sent the US Navy to support a ______

•Out of this revolution a new nation, Panama, is created

•Leaders of Panama allowed US to build canal

•Many Americans opposed Roosevelt’s methods of getting land from Columbia & in 1921 US paid Columbia $25 Million for the loss of Panama

Building the Canal

•______workers ______to build the canal

•______workers ______from disease (malaria being a major cause) and accidents

•At the canal was the ______construction project in the world costing $350-380 million to build

•The canal took approx. 10 years to build & opened in 1914

Protecting Latin America

•US interests in Latin America included:

•Cheap cost of food and raw resources, shipped to the US and sold for higher prices

•______and ______the region

•Political instability in Latin America concerned the US and they began to fear the ______would______European ______

Monroe Doctrine

______, 1823 – policy that barred European nations from ______in Latin America

•Roosevelt added the “Roosevelt Corollary”, 1905 authorized US to act as a “______” in the region

Controlling of the West

•Roosevelt made it clear that the US was the ______power in the Western Hemisphere

•“Speak softly and carry a ______”

•This meant the US would use ______if their interests were threatened