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'''Debate: Was our imperialism driven by business interests, such as sugar in Cuba and Philippines? Many critics said so, calling our foreign policy "dollar diplomacy."'''

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== More Imperialism ==

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More "imperialism" by the United States continued after the Spanish-American War. In 1899, an "Open Door Policy" with China provided for open, free trade by all nations, which boosted world trade with China and ended "spheres of influence" by which a western country would claim exclusive influence over certain regions of that vast country.

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But anti-imperialism violence struck in 1900 in China. Called the "Boxer Rebellion," it was a rebellion by the Chinese against Western imperialism. The rebellion was brutally repressed.

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In 1900, the Foraker Act was passed by Congress to give some self-government to Puerto Rico, which by then was a U.S. territory.

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In 1901, the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty between the United States and England authorized the U.S. to build a neutral canal in Central America. This led to the building of the Panama Canal, which linked efficient shipping between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean and became a huge success, much as the Erie Canal in New York had about 80 years earlier.

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'''Debate: Was imperialism all bad? Was any of it bad?'''

== Progressive Movement ==

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