Chapter 22 - Section 4, Latin American Policies

A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas

• peninsula

• strait

• isthmus

• channel

Anarchy means

• disorder and lawlessness

• money for investment

• a law or regulation

• a temporary peace agreement

A policy of joining the business interests of a country with its diplomatic interests abroad

• open door policy

• spheres of influence

• dollar diplomacy

• Roosevelt corollary

In 1903 Secretary of State John Hay negotiated a treaty with _____ that granted the United States a 99 year lease on a strip of land in Panama so we could build a canal.

• Panama

• Colombia

• Spain

• Mexico

The people of Panama wanted to gain their independence from Colombia. The United States sent the warship ________ to show our support of their independence.

• Maine

• Great White Fleet

• Nashville

• Merrimack

The United States claimed the right to intervene in the affairs of Latin American nations whenever those nations seemed unstable. This policy was known as the ________.

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Open Door Policy

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Anti-imperialism

President William Howard Taft hoped to modify American foreign policy by "substituting dollars for bullets." His willingness to intervene in other nations which business interests were affected was known as ______.

• Open Door Policy

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Protectorate Policy

• Moral Dilemma

This Mexican revolutionary led an uprising against Carranza and also shot 16 Americans because of the United States' support of Carranza's government.

• Porfirio Diaz

• Francisco Madero

• Victoriano Huerta

• Pancho Villa

Which president thought the U.S. had a duty "to teach the South American republics to elect good men." He attempted to follow a foreign policy based on moral principles.

• John J. Pershing

• Woodrow Wilson

• Theodore Roosevelt

• William McKinley

Colonel William Gorgas was sent to Panama to _______.

• plan the canal

• fight diseases

• bring order to people

• keep Colombia from invading Panama