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| British passenger steamship sunk by a German U-boat while carrying 1200 people, 128 of whom were Americans. The sinking brought America one step closer to war. |
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| After the British ship Arabic sunk with two Americans on board, the Germans signed this pledge promising to cease attacking passenger liners in order to keep the US out of the war. |
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| Hay-Pauncefote Treaty (1901) |
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| Treaty negotiated with Britain that allowed the US to construct and control and Isthmian canal, provided it would be open to ships of all nations. |
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| Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty (1903) |
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| After the US aided in its revolt and separation from Cuba, Panama sold control of a ten-mile wide strip of land to the US for its canal. |
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| Roosevelt Corollary (1904) |
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| Corollary of the Monroe Doctrine that announced that the US would intervene in unstable Latin American nations if necessary. |
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| Taft-Kasura Agreement (1905) |
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| Acknowledged Japan's supremacy in Korea in exchange for their promise not to invade the Philippines. |
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| Gentleman's Agreement (1907) |
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| Japan promised to stop the flow of Japanese agricultural laborers into the US. |
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| Root-Takahira Agreement (1908) |
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| Comprehensive agreement between Us and Japan wherein the two agreed to maintain the Open-Door Policy, keep the status quo in the Pacific, and support Chinese independence. Marked a high point in relations between the two nations. |
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| Program by President Taft and his Secretary of State Philander C. Knox to promote American business interests abroad. As well as seeking profit, they hoped to replace military ties with economic ones. |
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| President Wilson's foreign policy which emphasized moral concerns over economic ones. |
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