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* China
* Sino-Japanese War- 1894-1895
* Japan won
* When war was over Russia and Germany moved into China
* The US had missionaries there
* Anyone that hadindustry there at the time feared
* they would take over
* New secretary of state John Hay will be asked to intervene
* He sent out a series of letters known as opendoor notes
* Hay urged countries that had lease holds in China, would respect Chinese rights and the idea of fair competitions (no monopolies)
* In 1900 a rebellion broke out inChina, a group of young people called “the boxers” led what would be known as the boxer rebellion
* The US joined with several other countries to put down the rebellion
* After itwas put down, a war council assessed the Chinese government with and indemnity of $333 million
* US share of that money was $24.5 million
* US felt it was too much andreturned $18 million of the money
* Peking (Beijing) Government
* Set this money aside to educate a selected group of Chinese students in the US
* Election of 1900
*Republicans nominated McKinley, T. Roosevelt as running mate
* Democrats nominate William Jennings Bryan again
* September 1901 a deranged anarchist assassinated McKinley
* At the age of42 TR steps up as President, making him the youngest President to come into office
* His slogan was “Speak softly and carry a big stick, and you will go far”
* His cabinet was madeup of a lot of groups of people known as the “Tennis Cabinet”
* TR wanted an isthmian canal. (Panama)
* Congress was looking at Nicaragua but a volcanoe erupted and stopped it* Clayton-Bulwer Treaty 1850, said if we made a canal, we could not claim it as our own
* Hay – Pauncefate Treaty 1901 gave US rights to build the canal and fortify it
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