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What does it mean to be intimidating? Can you think of any situations where someone needs to
be intimidating?
What does it mean to be intimidating? Can you think of any situations where someone needs to
be intimidating?
Boxer RebellionDue to the open door policy, no one country has a monopoly in China
A superpatriotic group known as the “Boxers” set out to “kill foreign devils”
US + other nations stop rebellion, United States sends money to educate Chinese students
Conclusions
Open door notes show that the expansion of the US economy hinged on exports
US has the right to intervene abroad
Fear that part of the world would close to the influence/trade of the United States
Teddy Roosevelt
Vice president to President
Roosevelt quoted an African
proverb, saying “speak softly and carry a big stick, [and] you will go
far.”
What do you think this means?
How can you relate it to America’s
relations with other countries?
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