imperialism test retake

Which statement best describes President Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy position toward Latin America in the early 1900s?

• The United States should reduce its involvement in Latin American affairs.

• The Monroe Doctrine permits the United States to intervene actively in the affairs of Latin American nations.

• Latin American nations should form an organization to help them achieve political and economic stability.

• The United States should give large amounts of financial aid to help the poor of Latin America,

But today we are raising more than we can consume. Today we are making more than we can use. Today our industrial society is congested; there are more workers than there is work; there is more capital than there is investment. We do not need more money—we need more circulation, more employment. Therefore, we must find new markets for our produce, new occupation for our capital, new work for our labor. . . .” — Senator Albert J. Beveridge, 1898 *

This statement provides a reason why political leaders of the late 1800s adopted the policy of

• imperialism

• Isolationism

• Protectionism

• collective security

When Americans began looking overseas for new markets in the 1800s, they naturally tended to look west toward islands and nations in The Mediterranean

• mexico

• spain

• the pacific

• The Mediterranean

The Monroe Doctrine declared that the United States would *

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

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

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

• prevent other nations from trading with South American nations

The main reason the United States developed the Open Door policy was to *

• allow the United States to expand its trade with China

• demonstrate the positive features of democracy to Chinese leaders

• aid the Chinese Nationalists in their struggle with the Chinese Communists

• encourage Chinese workers to come to the United States

Involvement in the Spanish-American War, acquisition of Hawaii, and introduction of the Open Door policy in China were actions taken by the United States Government to

• establish military alliances with other nations

• gain overseas markets and sources of raw materials

• begin the policy of manifest destiny

• support isolationist forces in Congress

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 major world power

• pledged neutrality in future European conflicts

• refused to become a colonial power

What was a territory called when an imperial power allowed local rulers to stay in control? This is what the Platt Amendment effectively made Cuba after the Spanish-American War. *

• Colony

• Protectorate

• State

• Unincorporated territory

United States annexation of the Philippines (1898) and military involvement in Vietnam (1960s and 1970s) are similar because in each event the United States *

• achieved its long-range foreign policy objectives

• put the domino theory into action

• created disagreement among citizens about its involvement in the internal affairs of other nations

• demonstrated the strength and success of its military power

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

• Marshall Plan