East Tennessee State University Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University Electronic Theses and Dissertations Student Works 5-2018 The Open Door, Dollar Diplomacy, and the Self- Strengthening Movement: The irB th of American Idealist Imperialism in China, 1890 - 1912 Frederic Poag East Tennessee State University Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.etsu.edu/etd Part of the History Commons Recommended Citation Poag, Frederic, "The Open Door, Dollar Diplomacy, and the Self-Strengthening Movement: The irB th of American Idealist Imperialism in China, 1890 - 1912" (2018). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 3363. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3363 This Thesis - Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Works at Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. The Open Door, Dollar Diplomacy, and the Self-Strengthening Movement: The Birth of American Idealist Imperialism in China, 1890 - 1912 _____________________ A thesis presented to the faculty of the Department of History East Tennessee State University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Masters of Arts in History _____________________ by Frederic Poag May 2018 _____________________ Henry J. Antkiewicz Ph.D, Chair William Douglas Burgess, Jr. Ph.D Stephen G. Fritz Ph.D Keywords: Open Door, China, United States, Taft, Roosevelt, Dollar Diplomacy, Self- Strengthening Movement ABSTRACT The Open Door, Dollar Diplomacy, and the Self-Strengthening Movement: The Birth of American Idealist Imperialism in China, 1890 - 1912 by Frederic Poag American Foreign Policy at the outset of the Twentieth century evolved from a realist to an idealist position as the United States transitioned to an imperial power.