Overseas Expansion

Which of the following is NOT a type of diplomacy used by the United States during Overseas Expansion?

• Moral diplomacy
• Dollar diplomacy
• Political diplomacy
• Big Stick diplomacy

How did the Panama Canal help businesses and the Navy?

• It made trans-Atlantic flight a reality
• It made travel time between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans shorter
• It increased the number of immigrants coming to the U.S. from Latin America
• It protected the right of the U.S. to trade with European nations

The principle that the United States has the right to act as the "policeman of the Western Hemisphere" and intervene in the internal affairs of Latin American nations was established by the...

• Good Neighbor policy
• Open Door policy
• Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
• Truman Doctrine

The Spanish-American War is referred to as a turning point in U.S. history because...

• The United States emerged as a world power
• The United States strengthened its military
• The U.S. lost the war and decreased in power
• The United States maintained it stance on neutrality

Which of the following was Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy?

• Open Door Policy
• Big Stick Diplomacy
• Dollar Diplomacy
• Moral Diplomacy

All of the following were territories gained during the time period of U.S. expansion, except...

• Cuba
• Guam
• Philippines
• Hawaii

The Roosevelt Corollary outlined all the following EXCEPT:

• The U.S. was to be the great power in the Western Hemisphere
• The U.S. would stay out of involvement with Latin America
• Europe had no right to colonize in the Western Hemisphere
• The U.S. could use their police power in Latin America

When the people of Panama were ready to declare independence from Columbia, the United States:

• Supported Columbia
• Built the canal through Nicaragua
• Was prepared to support Panama
• Gave up on trying to build the canal

President Roosevelt sent troops to support Panamanian rebels in the fight against Colombia so that...

• the Colombians would grant the United States the right to build a canal.
• Panamanians could be free from Colombian imperialism.
• the United States could get the rights to build a canal in Panama at a lower price.
• the Panamanians could build a canal from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

The United States wanted overseas territories because the territories had...

• access to ports.
• customers who would buy U.S. products.
• access to raw materials.
• all of the above