AP US History
Essential Questions—Chapter 28
AP US History
Essential Questions—Chapter 28
1. Write your definition of peacemaker. Then use this definition to argue that Theodore Roosevelt did or
did not deserve to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
2. Devine the fundamental assumption of the Roosevelt corollary.
3. Explain the ways in which the Boxer Rebellion, the Open Door notes, and the Portsmouth Conference
signaled a new departure for American foreign policy.
4. Do you think the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine fundamentally altered the nature of the
doctrine and the intentions of its original authors? Explain.
5. Assess Theodore Roosevelt’s conduct of American foreign policy, especially in Latin America and Asia.
Did it result in more harm than good to all concerned or vice versa? Explain.
6. Evaluate the effectiveness of the Progressive Era reformers and the federal government in bringing
about reform at the national level. In your answer be sure to analyze the successes and limitations of
these efforts in the period 1900-1920.
7. Compare the progressive movement to the reform movements of the early to mid nineteenth century.
Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
1. William Howard Taft
4. Phillippe Bunau-Varilla
2. John Hay
5. George Washington Goethals
3. Theodor Roosevelt
Define and state the historical significance of the following
6. guerrilla warfare
8. “yellow peril”
7. spheres of influence
Describe and state the historical significance of the following:
9. Philippine insurrection
17. Panama Canal
10. Open Door policy
18. Roosevelt Corollary
11. “the full dinner pail”
19. Russo-Japan War
12. Boxer Rebellion
20. Portsmouth Conference
13. big-stick diplomacy
21. Gentlemen’s Agreement
14. Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
22. Great White Fleet
15. Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
23. Root- Takahira agreement
16. Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty