US HISTORY UNIT 3

The Panama Canal was a way for Roosevelt to protect US possessions in both the

• Pacific & Atlantic Oceans

• Atlantic & Indian Oceans

• Indian & Antarctic Oceans

Which of the following were reasons for promoting US imperialism?

• the need for a new source of cheap labor

• the thirst for new economic markets

The foreign policy of President Taft focused on advancing American commercial interests abroad. Critics called it

• the square deal

• the open door policy

• dollar diplomacy

• moral diplomacy

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

• use the military to protect American interests in Latin America

• permanently station troops in the Philippines & other Pacific islands

• provide military aid to Europe to resist communism

The United States adopted the Open Door policy in order to

• protect American investments in Japan

• gain equal trading rights in China

• restrict Japanese immigration

• prevent Russian colonization of Manchuria

The actions used by one nation to exercise political or economic control over a smaller nation is known as

• dollar diplomacy

• open door policy

• imperialism

• jingoism

The American government supported a revolution in Panama at the turn of the century in order to

• stop human rights' violations in Latin America

• prevent the spread of communism in Latin America

• secure the right to build a canal through Central America

• end European colonialism in Central America

After World War 1, which of the following were gains made by women?

• acceptance as full fighting members of the US army

• increased support for women's right to vote

• equal wages with men for performing the same job

• more women elected to the Senate

Which of the following was NOT true regarding the American Home Front during World War 1?

• Propaganda was widely used

• women took on non-traditional roles

• freedom of speech was widely respected by our federal government

The Western Front was characterized by

• trench warfare

• a stalemate

• poison gas

• all of the choices