Topic 3 Lesson 7

What was the main purpose of the Open Door Policy?

• To appease opponents of imperialism by maintaining Chinese sovereignty but allowing outsiders to trade goods with China.

• To establish U.S. control of trade in China.

• To split China into different sections with different economic leaders.

• To keep Russia out of China.

Who benefited the most from the Open Door Policy?

• Russia

• France

• Germany

• United States

What is a "sphere of influence?"

• An area with no outside influence

• An area with exteme political competition

• An area colonized by other countries

• A region in which one power had significant influence on the economy.

What ended military rule in Puerto Rico and set up a civil government; Gave the President of the US power to appoint Puerto Rico’s governor and members of the upper house of its legislature?

• Platt Amendment

• Foraker Act

• Open Door Policy

• Boxer Rebellion

The US policy of using the nation’s money and economic power to exert influence over other countries

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Seward’s Folly

• Seward’s Icebox

• Open Door Policy

This foreign policy was supported by Woodrow Wilson. The US would only support nations with the same beliefs in democracy as the US.

• Moral Diplomacy

• Big Stick Policy

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Dollar Diplomacy

__________ asserted that the United States should act as Latin Americas's police power, intervening to restore order when necessary.

• The Roosevelt Corollary

• The Foraker Act

• The Platt Amendment

• "big stick" diplomacy

Threatening use of force in Latin America if need be

• Dollar Diplomacy
• Moral Diplomacy
• Big Stick Diplomacy
• Shuttle Diplomacy

In order to get access to build the Canal, which country did the U.S. have to assist Panamanians in a revolution against?

• Mexico
• Honduras
• Columbia
• Brazil

Early on, what caused most workers to want to flee from jobs building the Panama?

• Wild Animals

• Diseases

• Landslides

• Low Wages