Chapter 23 Lesson 4 Latin American Policies

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The Panama Canal runs through the middle of Panama connecting which two oceans?

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Atlantic and Pacific Ocean

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What was the reason for building the Panama Canal?

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To help ships travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean faster

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The policy of intervening in other nations' affairs when American business interests are threatened is called _______________.

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Dollar diplomacy

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Dollar diplomacy is associated mainly with which U.S. president?

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William Howard Taft

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In 1911 popular Mexican reformer ____________ led a successful revolution against rich landholders and U.S. investors.

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Francisco Madero

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Woodrow Wilson favored using military force as the primary instrument of American foreign policy.

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False

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President ______ ordered American troops to seize the port of Veracruz after General Huerta's troops arrested some American sailors.

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Wilson

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General Pershing's troops captured Pancho Villa in 1917.

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False

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Whose favorite proverb was "Speak softly and carry a big stick"?

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Theodore Roosevelt

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The United States began to act as an "international police force" as a result of...

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The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine