Imperialism & WWI

President Taft instituted an imperialist policy in the early 20th century called _______ in which the United States provided economic assistance to Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Nicaragua. 

• Manifest Destiny
• 
  Open Door Policy
• Monroe Doctrine
• Dollar Diplomacy

What reason did President Roosevelt give that the United States was responsible for policing the Western Hemisphere? 

• U.S. doctrine prevented other nations from intervening in the Americas
• European nations were too isolationist to interfere in other countries' affairs
• Latin America had asked the U.S. to be an international police power.
• The U.S. was a world power and deserved the right to have an empire

Which of these territories did the United States acquire as a result of the Spanish-American War? 

• Hawaii
• Panama
• the Phillipines
• the Dominican Repbulic

In 1902, Secretary of State John Hay negotiated a treaty to build a canal in Panama.  The U.S. Senate approved this treaty, but the Colombian government did not. What did the United States do after the rejection of this treaty? 

• The United States declared war on Colombia.
• The United States assisted in a Panamanian revolt against Colombia, and Panama became an independent country.
• The United States imposed a trade embargo on Colombia.
• The United States started to build its canal even though it did not have approval

What was the first territory that the United States acquired in the Pacific Ocean? 

• Hawaii
• Samoa
• Guam
• The Phillipines

Which of the following did the United States control through imperialist policy around the turn of the 20th century? 

• Congo
• India
• China
• Phillipins

One reason the United States was interested in acquiring Hawaii was that trade with Hawaii had become quite important. What was Hawaii's primary export to the United States? 

• cotton
• fish
• corn
• sugar cane

Americans have been exposed to pro-war sentiments in newspapers that often exaggerated the severity of the situation that existed in Cuba.  Which term best describes this type of journalism? 

• yellow journalism
• muckraking
• watchdog journalism
• investigative reporting

 Which action is an example of a U.S. intervention in foreign affairs that the U.S. claimed was justified by the principles set forth in the Monroe Doctrine? 

• The United States appealed to China and other countries to open up foreign trade in China to all countries.
• In 1895, Secretary of State Richard Olney sent a letter to Great Britain asking them to use arbitration to settle the boundary dispute between Venezuela and British Guiana
• Secretary of State William Seward signed a treaty with Russia in which the U.S. agreed to purchase Alaska for $7.2 million
• The United States signed a treaty with Hawaii in 1875 that stated that the U.S. would not impose duties on sugar imported from Hawaii.

The Platt Amendment was a treaty that allowed the United States to build military bases in which country? 

• the Dominican Republic
• Haiti
• Columbia
• Cuba