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The Foraker Act
it gave the puerto ricans a limited degree of popular government. it ended us military occupation of puerto rico and began to identify its place. the foraker act was the first law to define puerto ricos territorial status -
Platt Amendment
stipulated the conditions for withdrawl of troops from Cuba that remained since the Spanish-American war and molded fundamental Cuban-us relations until 1934 -
Hay-Pauncefole Treaty
the second treaty signed (1901) ratified by both governments, gave the united states a free hand. the british gave up interest while the us was free to take any measures in order to protect the canal, it agreed that there would be "entire equality" in the treatment of ships -
Roosevelt Corollory
Roosevelt corollory to the monroe doctrine declared that the us could pay off the latin american countries debts to keep european nation out of latin america -
Root-Takahira Agreement
an agreement reached between america and japan in 1908. the us and japan pledged to respect each others territorial possessions in the pacific and stick to the open door policy in china -
Jones Act
granted the philippines territorial status and promised independence as soon as a stable government could be established. the act gave the philippines greater autonomy and provided for the creation of a bicameral national legislature modeled after the us congress -
Espionage Act of 1917
this act made it a crime for any person to convey information intended to interfere with the us armed forces prosecution of the war effort or to promote the success of the country's enemies -
Immigration Act of 1921
limited the immigration of europeans. it affected the growing american fear. these people didn't fit into american society and threatened its very existence -
Fordney-McCumber Tariff
set extremely high tariff rates on foreign imports. foreign goods coming into the us now cost a lot more to buy compared to domestic goods; the idea was to protect american manufacturers and farmers from foreign competition -
Immigration Act of 1924
japanese were banned from coming to america. canadians and latin americans were exempt from the act because their close proximity made it easy to attract them when they were needed and it was easy to send them home when they were not needed -
McNary-Haugen Bill
called for a federal farm board to be created to purchase surplus farm production at pre-world war one prices' sought to keep agricultural prices high by authorizing the government to buy crop surpluses and sell them abroad -
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
bill that increased the tarif to 60%. this was the nations highest protective tariff during peacetime. the tariff deepened the depression that had already begun in america and other nations and it increased international financial chaos -
Stimson Doctrine
attempt to diplomatically attack the japanese. it declared the us would not recognize any territory acquired by force. japan ignored the doctrine and moved into shanghai -
Tydings-McDuffie Act
provided independence to the philippines by 1946. the us did not want to have to support the philippines if japan attacked it -
Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act
designed to lower the tariff. the act allowed the president to lower tariffs with a country if that country also lowered their tariffs. secretary of state hull succeeded in negotiating pacts with 21 countries by the end of 1937
