WOH-1023 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Valeriano Weyler, Emilio Aguinaldo, Roosevelt Corollary
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Maine: yellow journalism, printing exaggerated and false accounts of spanish cruelty, real juicy gossip section of the newspaper. Roosevelt corollary: extension of monroe doctrine, exercise of an international police power, american defends its back yard so stay away, better trade because of no war conflicts. Panama canal: 1879 1889: the french are failures at canal building and waste 400 mil, u. s. shows them up, acquisition of canal zone, 1903 u. s. negotiates treaty with columbia for 99 year lease of the canal zone. China: open door policy, secretary john hay, give all nations equal access to trade in china, guaranteed that china would not be taken over by any foreign power. Goals and why: committed to democratic values and shared in the belief that honest government and just laws could improve the human condition. Ida tarbell: she wrote the history of the standard oil company.
