Policy and Diplomacy

Policy and Diplomacy

By Brian White

​Watch the following video as a warm up to the Lesson? Be prepared to answer a few questions after the Video

Multiple Choice

Which was not a Latin American Country mentioned in the video ?

• Panama

• Nicaragua

• Mexico

• Peru

Multiple Choice

When does the U.S. begin to take an active role in Latin America to protect its political and peronal interests?

• After the Spanish American War in 1898

• During the Civil War

• During the Colonial Period

• During the Antebellum period

Multiple Choice

Where did the U.S become more assertive after the Spanish American War ?

• Africa

• Asia and Latin America

• Europe

• South America

Multiple Choice

What country did the U.S. want to establish trade with after gaining Pacific Islands in the Spanish American War

• Australia

• Africa

• China

• Spain

Open Ended

The U.S. wanted to create this in China where they had some control on trade ?

Open Ended

What is a sphere of Influence?

Multiple Choice

The U.S. didnt have any trade influence in this area and wanted to by creating a sphere of influence to compete with European Countries. What area was this ?

• Australia

• Europe

• China

• South America

Open Ended

What was the Open Door Policy ?

Multiple Choice

Who would not benefit from the Open Door Policy ?

• China

• United States

Open Ended

What does the Political Cartoon on the previous slide say about how the United States would benefit from having the Philippines?

Multiple Choice

Who were the Boxers ?

• Chinese Boxers training for the First Olympics

• Chinese Nationalists who wanted foreigners out of their countries

• An athletic team of traveling Chinese Kick Boxers

• Cinese workers that worked in a Box Factory

Multiple Choice

What was the Boxer Rebellion opposed to ?

• Foreign Imperialism and Christianity in their Country

• The making of carboard boxes

• Allowing Chinese Boxers to fight abroad

• Against the idea of Fighting abroad

Open Ended

What role did the U.S. play in the Boxer rebellion ?

Open Ended

What does the Political Cartoon say about China on the Previous slide ?

Open Ended

What was the Platt Amendment ? and how did it impact Cuba ?

Open Ended

Based on the previous slide why did the U.S. have an interest in Panama?

Multiple Choice

What country refused to sell land in Panama to the U.S. ?

• France

• Russia

• Great Britain

• Colombia

Multiple Choice

How does the U.S. help gain influence over Panama to eventually gain the land to build the Panama Canal

• Encouraged a revolution against Colombia so Panama would be free of Colombian control

• Offered Panama large amounts of money and agreed o buy Panamanian goods

• Provided Panama weapons to defeat neighboring countries

• Sold Panama U.S. goods for a discounted price if the agreed to letting the U.S. have land

Open Ended

How did the Panamanians view the U.S. presence in their country ?

Open Ended

What does the Political Cartoon on the previous slide show about the building of the Panama Canal ?

Open Ended

What was the Roosevelt Corollary ?

Open Ended

Why is the Roosevelt Corollary seen as being hypocritical of the U.S. ?

Open Ended

What is Big Stick Diplomacy ?

Multiple Choice

Which President is associated closely with Big Stick Diplomacy ?

• McKinley

• Theodore Rosevelt

• Taft

• Woodrow Wilson

Open Ended

How does the U.S. view itself in Latin America based on Big Stick Diplomacy ?

Open Ended

With Big Stick Diplomacy what quote from roosevelt is most closely associated with it ?

Open Ended

How else did the U.S. intervene in Central America ?

Open Ended

How did the U.S. sue the Great White fleet as it sailed it around the world ? What was the U.S. trying to show the rest of the world?

Multiple Choice

Which U.S. President is most closely associated with Dollar Diplomacy ?

• Taft

• Roosevelt

• McKinley

• Wilson

Open Ended

What was Dollar Diplomacy and what did the U.S. promise Latin American Countries ?

Multiple Choice

What U.S. President is most closely associated with Moral Diplomacy ?

• Taft

• Wilson

• Roosevelt

• McKinley

Open Ended

What was moral diplomacy ?

Multiple Choice

The U.S. would support nations that were doing this and hope to destroy nations that were not like us by using economic presure

• Practicing Democracy

• Monarchies

• Dictatorships

• Communism

Open Ended

List the countries feature on the map where the U.S. intervened in Latin America ?

Open Ended

Explain what this lesson was about

Open Ended

What is one thing from this lesson that you did not know about ?

Open Ended

What is one word from the lesson you were unfamiliar with and give me your definition of it

Open Ended

Research one topic from this lesson that you would like to know more about and report your findings below

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​For a complete review of the notes you can click on the video to watch