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Imperial Presidents - Isabella Pellicciari Torres, Involved with Cuba,…

- - - - Roosevelt convinced the Russian and Japanese Empires to sign a peace treaty called the Treaty of Portsmouth
  - - - Bought canal for $40 million
      - Increased US military around new territories
      - Route allows US to gain control over the trade along Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, as well as trading more for less money
    - - Military acted like a police force to keep Europe from gaining territory or power in the Western Hemisphere
      - Latin America resented the US for thinking they couldn't self-govern or resolve their own issues
    - - Roosevelt creates an informal "Gentleman's Agreement of 1907" where the US would not restrict Japanese immigration policies if Japan limited the amount of immigrants that left Japan
- - - - Wanted to spread American businesses to foreign countries
  - - - The US won the war, obtaining Guam, Cuba, and Puerto Rico
        
        Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the war
        
        Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines become US territory
        
        Naval bases and trade ports in new territories boost economy
        
        US faces backlash from Philippines. Riots break out, leading to the death of some American troops
        
        US buys Philippines for $20 million from Spain
- - - - Woodrow Wilson saw Huerta as a brutal leader under his "Moral Diplomacy"
        
        Wilson supported anti-Huerta movements
- - - - People heard about it and tried to overthrow President Diaz, who was supportive of the American Government
        
        Taft sent 2000 troops to diffuse the situation and rebellions eventually ceased
  - - - Succeeded in helping China, but other countries saw how little power, influence, and knowledge the US had, proving that the Dollar Diplomacy was a failure
  - - - The US feared that they would build a naval base and created the Monroe Doctrine, which prohibited foreign governments from obtaining territory in the Western Hemisphere