US History 9 Chapter 12 Parts 3 and 4 Quiz

The Monroe Doctrine allowed the United States to:

• remain neutral and not interfere with foreign affairs regardless of where an incident occurred

• maintain peace between Confederate and US governments

• prevent Europeans from intervening in South and North American affairs

• Juggle at least 3 chainsaws while eating an apple

The US gained each of the following areas resulting from the Spanish-American War EXCEPT for:

• Puerto Rico

• Philippines

• Cuba

• Jamaica

The right to intervene and exercise power over Latin American countries if they were guilty of "chronic wrongdoing" was part of the

• Declaration of Independence

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Bill of Rights

• Constitution of the United States

By what name is the "Righteous Order of Harmonious Fists" group of Chinese nationalists better known?

• Qing

• Boxers

• Defenders

• Taiping

Which of these countries did NOT have a sphere of influence in China in the late 1800s?

• Britain

• Japan

• Germany

• United States

One major result of the Spanish American War was the the United States

• established a foreign aid program

• obtained overseas colonies

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• settled disputes by relying on international peace organizations.

The main reason President Theodore Roosevelt supported a Panamanian rebellion against Colombia in 1903 was to

• increase the number of democratic nations in Latin America

• gain the right to complete a canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

• reduce European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere

• prevent a foreign power from seizing land in Central America

What did Filipinos believe when they were fighting alongside American soldiers?

• They believed that the United States would be a kinder ruler than Spain.

• They believed and hoped that they would become a U.S. colony, giving up an independent government.

• They believed that the U.S. would protect them from Japan in the coming World War.

• They believed that they were fighting for their Independence from Spain and that America would support this..

For what geographic reason was a canal built in Panama?

• It was the narrowest part of Latin America, so the canal would be shorter.

• It was the closest Latin American country to major US port cities.

• It had a naval base that all countries could use

• It was already owned by American companies, so it would be easy to build there.

The treaty that ended the Russo-Japanese War was the Treaty of:

• Ghent

• Versailles

• Portsmouth

• Potterville

• Munich