America as a World Power

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America as a World Power

• Ch. 10, Section 4 Americas military and
  political power was extended through the
• Russo-Japanese War
• Panama Canal
• Mexican Revolution

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Russo-Japanese WarRoosevelt wins the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1906

• Roosevelt was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (not
  Noble) in 1906 for his work in the negotiations
  that led to the Treaty of Portsmouth ending the
  Russo-Japanese War in 1905. This made him the
  first American to win a Nobel Prize in any of the
  categories.
• The Prize consisted of
• a large gold medal,
• a diploma in a fancy case
• and a cash award.
• Question
• Besides the prize, what were other results of
  Roosevelts negotiations with the Japanese and
  Russians?

The Treaty of Portsmouth resolved the
Russo-Japanese War and earned Theodore Roosevelt
recognition by the Nobel Prize Committee.
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More on the Panama Canal

• http//www.pancanal.com/eng/noticiero/download/pho
  tos/historic/historic-fotos.html
• Human geographic facts influenced the building of
  the canal. At first living conditions were
  appalling disease was rampant, and 3 out of 4
  American workers abandoned the site and returned
  home.
• Questions How did human factors influence the
  building of the canal?

4
U.S. Latin American Relations

• Question How did building the Panama Canal
  damage relations between the U.S. and Latin
  American nations?
• How it Works
• http//www.pancanal.com/eng/general/howitworks/ind
  ex.html

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Roosevelt Corollary

• What is a corollary?
• What is it a corollary to?
• What does it mean?
• Check out the political cartoon at the top of
  page 362. Can you answer the questions?
• What does the quote mean Speak softly and carry
  a big stick?

6
Missionary Diplomacy

• Whos policy was this?
• What does it mean?
• What does it have to do with Mexico?

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• Was Pancho Villa a friend to the U.S. or a foe?
  Explain.
• What happened to Villa?

An earlier pose of Pancho Villa on his horse
Siete Leguas taken in 1911 when Villa was still a
colonel in the maderista rebellion under the
nominal command of Pascual Orozco.
Pancho Villa and the famed Dorados - "The Golden
Ones" - his terrible cavalry which would attack
firing accurately at a full gallop from their
charging horses in the style of warfare
originally perfected by the Apache and Comanche
Indians whom the Dorados fathers had fought a
generation earlier. Villa is shown in front
identified by an arrow in the photo.