Open Door Policy in China Secretary of State John Hay Open Door Notes – – with regard to China. Open door allowed the Americans to gain an economic – beachhead in China The Americans gained from China treaty” status – “unequal – meaning, the American gained access key China The right of – “extraterritoriality” Boxer Rebellion (1900): The Boxer’s had two enemies: the primary devils and secondary devils. Primary devils were foreigners (the imperialists); Chinese Christians The Boxers were ultimately defeated and the plunder of China – continued and sale addictive substance continued (opium) Roosevelt and the Panama Canal: A French corporation has been hired by ____ top build a canal across the isthmus The Americans received from the – government of Panama the right of “extraterritoriality” Roosevelt Corollary The United States reserved the right to be the policeman of – the Caribbean basin (and Latin America more generally) Roosevelt as cop” “big Banana Wars What Roosevelt touched off was a series of American military – interventions throughout the Caribbean and Central America that are collectively known as the wars” United Fruit Company “banana – Smedley Butler on Interventionism (Excerpt from a speech delivered in 1933, by Major General Smedley Butler, USMC. War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses. I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else. If a nation comes over here to fight, then we'll fight. The trouble with America is that when the dollar only earns 6 percent over here, then it gets restless and goes overseas to get 100 percent. Then the flag follows the dollar and the soldiers follow the flag. I wouldn't go to war again as I have done to protect some lousy investment of the
Open Door Policy in China – Secretary of State John Hay – Open Door Notes with regard to China. – Open door allowed the Americans to gain an economic beachhead in China – The Americans gained from China “unequal treaty” status – meaning, the American gained access key China – The right of “extraterritoriality” Boxer Rebellion (1900): The Boxer’s had two enemies: the primary devils and secondary devils. Primary devils were foreigners (the imperialists); Chinese Christians – The Boxers were ultimately defeated and the plunder of China continued and sale addictive substance continued (opium) Roosevelt and the Panama Canal: A French corporation has been hired by ____ top build a canal across the isthmus – The Americans received from the government of Panama the right of “extraterritoriality” Roosevelt Corollary – The United States reserved the right to be the policeman of the Caribbean basin (and Latin America more generally) Roosevelt as “big cop” Banana Wars – What Roosevelt touched off was a series of American military interventions throughout the Caribbean and Central America that are collectively known as the “banana wars” – United Fruit Company Smedley Butler on Interventionism (Excerpt from a speech delivered in 1933, by Major General Smedley Butler, USMC. War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses. I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else. If a nation comes over here to fight, then we'll fight. The trouble with America is that when the dollar only earns 6 percent over here, then it gets restless and goes overseas to get 100 percent. Then the flag follows the dollar and the soldiers follow the flag. I wouldn't go to war again as I have done to protect some lousy investment of the
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