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The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine established America’s right to

• provide military aid to Europe to resist communism.

• expand its territorial possessions in Asia and Latin America.

• use the U.S. military to protect American interests in Latin America.

• permanently station troops in the Philippines and other Pacific islands.

Which of the following did NOT stimulate U.S. imperialism?

• need for a new source of cheap labor.

• a belief in the cultural superiority of the Anglo-Saxon culture.

• thirst for new economic markets.

• desire for military strength.

The following political cartoon represents President’s Theodore Roosevelt’s

• Anti-Imperialist position.

• belief that the U.S. had the right to intervene in Latin American affairs.

• determination to create a strong navy.

• success at controlling trusts.

Roosevelt’s “Big Stick Diplomacy” and Taft’s “Dollar Diplomacy” were both intended to

• withdraw U.S. troops from Latin America countries.

• provide U.S. support for countries that were democracies.

• protect American business interests in Latin America.

• prevent American banks and businesses from investing in foreign countries.

The theory of Social Darwinism was used by imperialists to justify

• the evolution of life on earth.

• expanding the power of the U.S. overseas.

• U.S. trade embargoes against England, Germany, and Russia due to their exploitation of weaker nations.

• developing welfare programs for the poor.

In 1900, the U.S. declared an Open Door Policy which reflected the belief that

• the U.S. should open its doors to foreign goods.

• the U.S. had the right to acquire colonies throughout the world.

• China should close its doors to all nations except for the U.S.

• all countries should have equal trading rights in China.

Although President McKinley justified the acquisition of the Philippines with moral arguments - to educate, uplift & Christianize the Filipinos - the real reason the U.S. annexed the Philippines in Feb. 1899 was to

• prevent the imminent invasion of the U.S. by militant Asian forces.

• protect the U.S. from a potential invasion by Spain in retaliation for U.S. support of Cuban independence.

• secure a naval base in the Pacific as a stepping stone to the markets of Asia.

• uphold its promise regarding Philippine independence made during the Spanish-American War.

Roosevelt's "Speak softly and carry a big stick" policy relied on the U.S. having

• unlimited national resources.

• a strong navy.

• a dictator.

• national parks.

The main reason that the U.S. pursued the building of a canal across Central America in the early 1900’s was to

• improve America’s worldwide trade and military abilities.

• provide a faster way for the U.S. Navy to reach the tip of South America.

• prevent Spain from regaining control in Central America.

• help the U.S. to establish new colonies in Central America.

U.S. acquisition of an overseas empire as a result of the Spanish-American War led to legal questions regarding

• creating an Open Door policy with the newly acquired territories.

• setting up a public school system for the new territories.

• the citizenship and constitutional rights of the people within the new territories.

• how to collect the huge amount of money that Spain owed.