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Imperial Presidents, Woodrow Wilson (1913 - 1921), Theodore Roosevelt…

- - - - America should spread peace and diplomacy instead of colonize.
      - other nations should self-govern
      - Continued military in Latin America
  - - - rebels against the government rise up under Pancho Villa.
    - - America declared war on Germany after the US was hunting for Villa and took command of the expeditionary force in France
- - - - Acted as a police force against the Latin Americans and Europeans
      - Latin Americans resented the Americans thinking that they couldn't police themselves.
    - - bought the Panama Canal for $40 million.
        
        allowed for control over the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
  - - - Interferes with the Russo-Japanese war and makes them both sign peace treaties
      - San Fran school banned Asians from going to school which enrages Japan
- - - - helped china combat Japan's growing military
        
        succeeded at first but when Taft tried to help Manchuria, Russia and Japan got angry.
      - Maintained Open Door
- - - - Spanish American War
        
        Sunk an American warship and was conflicted with Cuba
        
        US beats Spain and gains Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico and bought the Philippines in the Treaty of Paris.
        
        The Philippines however, resisted and started guerilla warfare which costed many American and Filipino lives.
    - - Open Door Policy
        
        wanted to freely trade with China and not cause any harm