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America Expands as a World Power
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9th Grade
11/07/2010

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What two locations were considered to build a canal at?
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Panama and Nicaragua
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Who had tried to build the canal there before us?
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The French
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What country is Panama part of?
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Columbia.
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Who was president at the time Panama declared its independence from Columbia?
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Roosevelt
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Who was sent to rid yellow fever and malaria from Panama?
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William Gorgas.
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Who did most of the construction take place under?
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Chief Engineer George Goethals
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The canal opened just in time for what major event?
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World War 1
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British controlled what part of China?
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Hong Kong
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France took parts of India and China and called it what?
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Indo-China
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Chinese patriots got angry and formed secret organizations. Name one of them.
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Plum Blossum Fists
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When the people of China rose up in revolt in 1900 what was the rebellion called?
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The Boxer Rebellion

 

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What policy suggested that all foreigners living in and trading with China should be treated equally.
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Open Door Policy
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Who started the Open Door Policy?
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Secretary of State John Hay
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Who did Japan open to world trade by?
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Matthew Perry
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The Russo-Japanese war was fought over what?
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Manchuria
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For ending the war, what did Roosevelt recieve?
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The Nobel Peace Prize
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Roosevelt added a new concept to the Monroe Doctorine called what?
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The Roosevelt Corollary
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U.S. took over the what country's finances in 1909?
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Domincan Republic
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What president leader refused to recognize the Huerta government?
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Woodrow Wilson
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What was Wilson's policy called where he watched Mexico but didn't get involved yet?
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Watchful Waiting
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President ordered the seizure of what country?
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Veracruz
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The ABC Powers met and picked a new president. What countries included the ABC Powers?
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Argentina, Brazil, and Chile
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Who's the famous Mexican Bandit who killed Americans?
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Pancho Villa
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An American expeditionary force led by who was sent to capture Villa "dead or alive"
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General John Pershing
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The practice of forming and maintaining an empire
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Imperialism
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People of advanced Western nations had a duty to transmit Western ideas and techniques to the people of undeveloped nations was called what?
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White Man's Burden
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An agressive,  threatening, warlike foreign policy
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Jingoism
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The dealings of one country in its relations with other countries
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Foreign Policy
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Repayment for loss or damage
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Indemnity
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