4.3 The Panama Canal and U.S. World Power Vocab Q

Woodrow Wilson's Moral Diplomacy

William Taft's Dollar Diplomacy

Theodore Roosevelt's Big Stick Policy

Franklin D. Roosevelt's Good Neighbor Policy

it helped reduce the spread of communism and socialism in Latin America

it resulted in the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement

it increased trade by reducing travel times between the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans

it created tension between the U.S. and Latin American countries over immigration policy

The United States could establish its policy of isolation.

The U.S. military would gain bases in the Pacific Ocean.

The United States would gain valuable metal and lumber resources

The U.S. economy would benefit from new resources such as fruit and sugar.

The U.S. military could protect Latin America from European forces.

American citizens protested the use of the military draft.

The United States gained new overseas markets.

American businesses wanted to limit foreign trade.

The United States adopted an isolationist foreign policy.

The United States acquired Spanish territories in the Caribbean and the Pacific.

The United States proved its nuclear against Spain in Southeast Asia.

The United States stopped the spread of communism in Spain.

The United States ended Spanish trade in the Eastern Hemisphere.

The location was strategically valuable to both military and business leaders.

The islands offered excellent locations for tropical resorts.

The local residents needed help to prevent the spread of poverty and disease.

The local rulers wanted financial assistance to rebuild after a natural disaster.

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