EOC Review: America's Expansion

In the second half of the 1800s, the federal government encouraged the building of transcontinental railroads by

• taking control of the railroad trust

• forcing convicts to work as laborers

• purchasing large amounts of railroad stock

• giving land to the railroad companies

President Washington pursued a foreign policy of neutrality during his administration primarily because he believed that

• the US needed time to gain economic and military strength

• alliances should be established with both France and England

• the US should not expand by force

• treaties were prohibited by Congress

The Monroe Doctrine declared that the United States would

• prevent other nations from trading with South American nations

• view European interference in the Americas as a threat to the national interest of the United States

• help colonies in North and South America adopt a democratic form of government

• prevent the establishment of new European colonies anywhere in the world

The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan represented attempts by the United States to deal with the

• arms race

• President's political opposition

• spread of communism

• national debt

A major reason for the issuance of the Monroe Doctrine (1823) was to

• defend the Panama Canal from Great Britain

• prevent further European colonization in the Caribbean region

• discourage United States trade with Latin America

• provide economic aid to Latin American nations

Which argument did President Woodrow Wilson use to persuade Congress to enter World War I?

• making the world safe for democracy

• retaliating against the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor

• assisting the neutral nations with their defense

• removing the Nazi threat from the Western Hemisphere

President Theodore Roosevelt’s policies toward Latin America were evidence of his belief in

• noninvolvement in world affairs

• intervention when American business interests were threatened

• the sovereign rights of all nations

• the need for European interference in the Western Hemisphere

Manifest Destiny was used to justify an American desire to

• control the area located east of the Appalachian Mountains

• expand the United States to the Pacific Ocean

• warn European countries against colonizing Latin America

• assist Latin America in adopting democracy

Concerns about the rise of terrorism over the last two decades have led to what US action?

• participation in NAFTA

• military action in Afghanistan and Iraq

• withdrawal from the United Nations

• increasing isolation in foreign affairs

In the late 1800s, which reason led the United States to give greater attention to the world beyond its borders?

• fear of revolution in Latin America

• fear of Russian expansion in Alaska

• interest in finding places to settle surplus population

• interest in obtaining markets for surplus goods