Journal Entry #2

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  China had participated in active ____________ with the U.S. for years, but Secretary of State ______________________ wanted more business and investors there.
  
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  In 1899, Hay announced the ___________________, giving equal trading rights to all foreign nations in _______________
  
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  In 1900, the ______________________________ threatened foreign lives, U.S. participated in crushing the rebellion and began a military partnership with China
  

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  U.S. opened a secluded Japan to Western trade in___________________ with Commodore Matthew Perry
  
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  Japanese _________________________ defeated China in 1894 and Russia in 1905 (Russo-Japanese War)
  
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  President Roosevelt negotiated peace between Japan and Russia with the Treaty of ____________________________ (1905) – he won the Nobel Peace Prize
  

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  The ___________________________ Doctrine (1823) prevented Europeans from establishing new colonies in the Western Hemisphere
  
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  Roosevelt acted as a police officer and it became known as the ___________________________________ or “Big Stick Policy”
  
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  Taft encouraged investment abroad with ______________________________________
  
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  Wilson developed a policy of “watchful waiting” especially in Mexico with Pancho Villa. ___________________________________ was sent to apprehend him, but the U.S. would pull out at the start of WWI
  

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  _________________________________ led to rivalries between France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia
  
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  __________________________________ and Imperialism; Britain felt threatened by German factories and growing navy
  
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  ___________________________________ two alliances in Europe; Germany and Austria against Russia, Frank, and Great Britain
  
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  ____________________________________ and Military Planning dominated European life
  

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  As tensions rose and war seemed likely, European countries began to take sides through a series of __________________ and alliances.
  
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  Germany and Austria Hungary, and Ottoman Empire (Turkey) formed the ____________________ Powers and had over 7 million soldiers in their standing army in 1914.
  
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  Great Britain, France and Russia were the ____________________ (Triple Entente) and countered with some 10 million soldiers by 1914.
  
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  President Wilson urged Americans, especially European immigrants to remain _____________________ “The European war, he said is one “with which we have nothing to do, whose cause cannot touch us.”
  

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  The event that sparked WWI came with the assassination of Archduke _______________________________ of Austria-Hungary and Germany backing Austria-Hungary in a war against Serbia.
  

Open Door Policy __________________________________________________________________________

Dollar Diplomacy ___________________________________________________________________________

Big Stick Policy ____________________________________________________________________________

Treaty ____________________________________________________________________________________

General John J Pershing ______________________________________________________________________