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| When was the Philippine Commission formed and by who? |
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| When did Alguinaldo's rebellion get broken? |
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| When US soldiers invade Alguinaldo's HQ and capture him |
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| Who called Filipinos "His little brown brothers"? |
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| Who was the leader of the Philippine Commission? |
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| When did the Filipinos get their independence? |
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| What happened to China after it was defeated by Japan? |
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| It was separated into "spheres of influence" by different European cultures. |
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| Why did the divisions in China alarm Americans? |
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| They feared it would affect trade and religious groups. |
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| Explain the open door policy. |
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| It urged for equal ability to create "spheres of influence" |
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| Who invented the Open Door Policy |
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| What radical group of patriots took over Beijing, China in 1900? |
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| How was the Boxer's Rebellion broken? |
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| A multi-national task force intervened |
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| Who were the two Candidates for the 1900 election? |
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| Why was Roosevelt running as VP |
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| The republicans wanted to get rid of him |
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| What was Bryan's campaign based on? |
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| Imperialism (term coined as Bryanism) basically thought that the US should use it's power to become an empire. |
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| Who won the election of 1900? |
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| How did Roosevelt become president? |
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| McKinley was assassinated |
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| What was Roosevelt's foreign policy? |
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| Speak softly and carry a big stick. |
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| Why did Roosevelt travel to Europe? |
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| To discuss the possible creation of a canal through Central America |
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| What treaty forbade the construction of a canal unless either country agreed? |
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| The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty of 1850 |
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| Who was the leader of the French Canal company? |
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| What happened in Panama in 1903? |
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| A revolution began and we used it to legally blackmail the government into letting us buy the land. |
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| What treaty allowed us to buy the land used for the canal? |
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| The Hay-Banau-Varilla treaty |
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| When did construction begin on the canal? |
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| What two men helped organize workers and eliminate yellow fever? |
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| When was the canal finished and how much did it cost? |
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| 1914 and cost $400 million dollars |
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| What was the Roosevelt Corollary? |
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| An extension of the Monroe Doctrine that basically said that nobody can force latin america into doing something but the US. |
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| When did Japan attack russia? |
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| Who won in the small battles between Japan and Russia |
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| Russia was showing signs of victory early on. |
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| Who ends the battles between Russia and Japan, and how? |
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| Roosevelt did by issuing a treaty in which the Sakhalin islands were divided between Japan and Russia. |
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| Who won the Nobel peace prize in 1906? |
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| Roosevelt for ending the Japanese and Russian war. |
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| What did the Japanese do after the war with Russia was over? |
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| The yellow flood began. Japanese poured into california. |
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