Progressive Era Foreign Policy Acts

Panama Canal Tolls Act of 1912 specially exepted American coast-to-coast shipping from tolls along the Panama Canal, heartily provoking the British. It was later repealed. (Issued during the Taft Adminsitration)



Jones Act of 1916 granted the Philippines territorial status and promised independence as soon as a stable government could be established (which would be in 1946). (Issued during the Wilson Administration).