Period 7 - EOC

What is the MOST accurate Social-Darwinist defense for imperialism?

• Robber Barons deserved new markets to sell their goods and expand their businesses
• Nations that considered themselves superior felt their right to govern less-advanced nations
• The United States needed to test its military strength for any necessary improvements
• The United States needed to compete with other nations to prove that the United States was superior

The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine called for

• Investing in the economic development of Latin America
• Pledging to help Japan and Russia negotiate a peace settlement
• Prohibiting foreign countries from purchasing land in the Western Hemisphere
• Intervening in Latin American countries that could not pay their European creditors

The major reason why the United States oversaw the building of the Panama Canal was to

• Fulfill our treaty obligations to Spain
• Increase the prosperity of Central America
• Insure the reelection of President McKinley
• Increase the mobility of the US naval fleet

Those who favored American imperial expansion in the late 19th and early 20th century believed it would

• Provide bases for the US Navy
• Act as a buffer zone from invasion
• Lower taxes on middle-class Americans
• Decrease immigration to the United States

The Roosevelt Corollary, issued in 1904, was a revision to what earlier statement on foreign policy?

• The Madison Treaty
• The Monroe Doctrine
• The Open Door Policy
• The Kellogg-Briand Pact

The United States felt that it was important to complete the construction and control of the Panama Canal because

• It would help spread democracy to smaller nations
• It would prevent Russia from doing the same thing
• It allowed the United States to colonize Central and South America
• It allowed ships to cross directly between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan influenced the US to

• Construct the Panama Canal
• Create an air-based attack force
• Avoid becoming involved in world affairs
• Build-up their Navy and become involved in world affairs

The term “dollar diplomacy” primarily referred to

• Making new trade agreements with countries in Latin America
• Policies used during the Cold War to stop the spread of communism
• Helping Latin America government raise the standard of living for its people
• The use of political and economic power to advance and protect US economic interests

The Open Door Policy, proposed by the United States in 1899, called for open trade with

• Cuba
• China
• Russia
• Philippines

“In ALfred Thayer Mahan’s book, The Influence of Sea Power in History, he wrote that “the ships of war of the United States, in war, will be like land birds, unable to fly far from their own shores”Which of these BEST summarizes Mahan’s concern about the US Navy?

• A strong army was more important than a strong navy
• An overactive US Navy stood in the way of expansion
• US would need overseas naval bases for refueling and resupplying
• Naval fleets would no longer be needed by the end of the 20th century