Consider the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). (p.

629)
What role did Roosevelt play in resolving the conflict?
Tokyo officials therefore approached Roosevelt in the deep- est secrecy and asked
him to help sponsor peace negotiations.
What honor did he receive for his efforts?
TR received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906.
How did this experience influence American relations w/ Russia and Japan,
respectively?
Two historic friendships withered on the windswept plains of Manchuria. U.S.
relations with Russia, once friendly, soured as the Russians implau- sibly accused
Roosevelt of robbing them of military victory. Revelations about savage massacres
of Rus- sian Jews further poisoned American feeling against Russia. Japan, once
America’s protégé, felt cheated out of its due compensation.
Consider Japanese-American relations in the early 20th century. (p. 629-633)
What phenomenon did White Californians perceive as a “yellow peril”?
The influx of Japanese to California made the white Californians talking about the
yellow peril.
What policy did the San Francisco school board adopt in response?
when San Francisco’s school board, coping with the after- math of a frightful
earthquake and fire, ordered the segregation of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean stu-
dents in a special school to free more space for whites.
How did Roosevelt resolve the resulting conflict?
He invited the whole San Francisco school board to White House and made them repeal
the act.
What were the terms of the Root-Takahira agreement (1908)?
It pledged both powers to respect each other’s territorial possessions in the
Pacific and to uphold the Open Door in China.
Consider the rise of imperialism during the late 19th century. (p. 630-631)
How does the text define imperialism?
, imperialism was, from the start, a lopsided game.
What ideas and conditions drove nations to establish empires?
Other countries were getting larger and larger and wealthier and wealthier from
imperialism which drove other countries to follow suite.
What ideas introduced by imperialists helped to bring the age of empire to an end?
Imperialism created a stiff competition between countries over available countries
and this led to ww1 and then after the end of Imperialism.