TR: America as World PowerCh 18 sec 4: America as a World Power

Russo-Japanese War• 1904, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia declared war on Japan;

competing for control of Korea.• Though they won key battles, the Japanese military were

running out of supplies.• They looked to the U.S. and President TR for help.

~Russo-Japanese War, 1904, Yalu River

Treaty of Portsmouth (1905)• In 1905, Russian and Japanese delegates convened in

Portsmouth, NH to make a peace agreement.

Nobel Peace Prize (1906)

Panama Canal: Hay-Pauncefote Treaty• Hay-Pauncefote Treaty of 1901: Britain gave U.S. exclusive

right to build and control a canal through Central America.• Columbia ruled Panama, but Panama sought independence.

U.S. warships were sent on November 3, 1903 to ensure the Panamanians could win their independence.

• U.S. signed treaty with Panama to pay $10 million, plus annual rent of $250,000, for rights to construct and use the canal.

French couldn’t finish it!• French sold the route for $40

million to the U.S..

Roosevelt Corollary• “Speak softly but carry a big stick.”• Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.

• U.S. would use force if necessary in Latin America to ensure American interests were protected.