Chapter 8: America Builds An Empire

What was a primary reason for the establishment of the Open Door Policy?

• to protect United States trade in China

• to gain control of the Panama Canal Zone

• to encourage Chinese immigration to the United States

• to improve relations with China

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the United States became involved in Latin America primarily to

• raise Latin American living standards

• protect its economic interests

• protect existing colonies

• stop the flow of illegal drugs

Which geographic factor played a role in the construction of the Panama Canal?

• Workers faced attacks by Panamanian nationalists

• Heavy rains and mountainous terrain led to frequent mud slides

• Cutting through the bedrock had to be done without heavy machinery.

• Similar elevations of the Atlantic and Pacific allowed for swift construction

President Theodore Roosevelt's Big Stick Policy was closely associated with

• friendly relations with China after the Boxer Rebellion

• the conservation of natural resources

• court actions to oppose business monopolies

• intervention in the affairs of Latin American nations

As a result of the Spanish American War, the United States saw the need to build the Panama Canal because

• new colonies had been acquired in Africa

• Spanish opposition to the canal had ended

• the United States navy could then move more quickly between oceans

• United States railroads could not transport enough manufactured goods.

The Spanish American War (1898) marked a turning point in American foreign policy because the United States

• developed a plan for peaceful coexistence

• emerged as a new world power

• pledged neutrality in future European conflicts

• refused to become a colonial power

Which policy sought to further American interests in Latin America by using the financial power of American business?

• Policy of Watchful Waiting

• Big Stick Policy

• balance of power

• Dollar Diplomacy

Which overseas action most clearly illustrated the use of the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

• the purchase of Alaska from Russia

• the declaration of war against Spain in 1898

• the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands

• the collection of debts owed by the Dominican Republic

Which two influential individuals are described in columns A and B?

• Moorefield Storey and Woodrow Wilson

• Alfred Thayer Mahan and Sanford B. Dole

• John Hay and William Howard Taft

• Theodore Roosevelt and Andrew Carnegie

The headlines in this newspaper are an example of-

• yellow journalism

• muckraking literature

• investigate reporting

• government censorship